Social Media Club Los Angeles – SMCLA

A very special invitation to SMCLA folks:  This Week in Startups
We are very excited to invite the Social Media Club members to this week’s This Week in Startups. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP here:  http://twistmeetup2.eventbrite.com/
Live Episode & Meetup with DNAMail
December 11th, 2009
George Naspo, CEO of IKANO
Jason Calacanis and the team at [...]

It’s time again to come together for the holidays!
We invite you to the Second Annual Digital Family Reunion on Wednesday, December 2nd at Wokcano Restaurant in Santa Monica from 6-11pm.
In association with some of the region’s top trade associations/social networking groups and industry hosts, DFR ‘09 promises to be the largest holiday party of the [...]

As technologies continue to make it easier to connect with friends and family online, families are turning more and more often to the distribution communication platform that Twitter and Facebook Status Updates provide. Combining Twitter with other social applications (like Facebook) serves to strengthen and magnify the communication capabilities of families on the Internet to an even greater degree.

The ubiquity of pink cows: How Facebook and iPhone are changing the way we play.
Just as the Internet has transformed how we watch movies, read books, and listen to music, social media, led by Facebook and iPhone, are changing the way we play games. How has the gaming industry responded to our new recreational [...]

Register HERE for FREE:   http://smcla-gaming.eventbrite.com/
Location UPDATED:
Rubicon Project 7:00pm – 9:30pm
1925 Bundy Ave
Los Angeles CA 90025
Moderator:
Mike Prasad of Girl Gamer
http://www.girlgamer.com/
Panelists:
Quin Banks, CEO of Tarver Games
http://www.tarvergames.com/
Aaron Kaufman, Community Manager / Associate Producer, EA Games
http://www.commandandconquer.com/ a
Josh Hartwell, CEO, GoSub60 Games
http://www.mobiledeluxe.com/
Ian Swanson, Co-founder and CEO of Sometrics
http://sometrics.com
With all of the major console and PC video game [...]

As a ramp-up for the next week’s SMC-LA meeting on social media and gaming, here are a few recent blog posts on the topic to get attendees ‘in the mood’ for the panel discussion.
The Social Media-Gaming Connection by Mark Walsh
What are the hottest business trends in social media? Gaming and virtual payments are among the [...]

The Social Media Club, Los Angeles is excited to announce that one of our founding members and current volunteer, Serena Ehrlich, has been asked to join the Advisory Board for the Marketing and Advertising programs. The Certificate in Marketing consists of four track concentrations focused on marketing management, sales and marketing account management, marketing communications, and a “roll your own” (*hint* *socialmedia* *hint*) track. We are very pleased to know that Serena will be aiding students to develop their analytical, critical, and creative thinking skills in the realm of Social Media knowledge.

Social Media Club of Los Angeles (SMCLA)

7:00pm – 9:00pm @ Blankspaces (www.blankspaces.com)
With the World Series approaching and the NFL season kicking off, we’re at a perfect point to discuss sports in social media. Recent flare ups with NFL policymakers and ESPN’s recent missteps on social media policy have really put social media in the sports [...]

As a warmup to next week’s meeting on Sports and Social Media, I thought a few reflections from one of the greatest baseball players of all time would be appropriate.
Last week, I started reading a book called “Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee” and am amazed by how much I have learned about Yogi so far.  I [...]

We’re very pleased to announce our first two panelists for the 9/22 Sports and Social Media event.

K.P. Anderson (@ikpanderson)
Bio: Executive Producer of E! Television’s “The Soup” and the spinoff “Sports Soup” on Versus.

Sweet! A sports mind with some humor mixed in. We’re liking this one. More to come this week as [...]