{"id":214,"date":"2009-04-10T13:10:55","date_gmt":"2009-04-10T18:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.adam-jackson.net\/?p=214"},"modified":"2009-04-10T13:10:55","modified_gmt":"2009-04-10T18:10:55","slug":"speaking-at-sms-the-power-of-social-networks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2009\/04\/10\/speaking-at-sms-the-power-of-social-networks\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Speaking at SMC’s “The Power of Social Networks”"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been very fortunate to have friends in the industry that have invited me to speak at their events. They’ve all been small events and I haven’t been paid for the privilege but the opportunity to share my thoughts on the industry among my peers is always an honor. This time around, I’ll be a panalist at a Social Media Club meetup in San Jose. The theme is “The Power of Social Networks” as it relates to business and specifically enterprise business. I’m also extremely lucky to be a panelist alongside Tara Hung and Clara Shih who are both very talented authors.<\/p>\n

I met Tara for the first time at Tech Karaoke San Francisco which I think was in August and she was working on her book The Whuffie Factor<\/a>. Since then, she and I haven’t ever sat down but I’ve certainly put her on my list of talented people I’d like to have coffee with. I don’t know anything about Clara (even though I should) but her book, The Facebook Era<\/a>, is fantastic.<\/p>\n

So why am I up there as a panelist? I continually tell people that I’m just a guy with a blog and I think I’ll keep that as my pitch. Everyone says to work on that pitch but there’s no need. I meet new people and make new friends organically without shameless self promotion and that’s just my style. My group of friends is small but I have friends and not a ton of business cards that don’t truly affect my health or happiness.<\/p>\n

I’d like all of my friends and readers to try and make it to this meetup. It’s going to be great. Here’s the description.<\/p>\n

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For the Social Media Club’s April event we will be looking into the power of social networks.\u00a0 We are excited to kick off the evening with a half-hour fireside chat with John Hagel, network effects expert and Director at Deloitte Consulting LLP. After the chat Chris Heuer will moderate a discussion with a panel of distinguished social media authors who will share their insights on social networking channels, such as Facebook and Twitter, and provide details on how these tools can powerfully function in the enterprise to help companies accomplish real business objectives.<\/div>\n
We will be joined by authors:<\/div>\n