RSVP Today! Understanding the Mobile User and Future of Mobile Tools
Call for Speakers: Mobile Social!
It’s time! Save this date: Tuesday January 31st – we’re having our first SMCLA event of the year. The focus: mobile social trends and tools.
We’re looking for speakers for this panel as well as for our future panels. Nominate someone or yourself – let us know what your specialty is. We can always use new speakers as well as veteran pros.
Email us at socialmediaclubLA^AT^gmail*dot*com.
Date: Tuesday, January 31st
Time: 6:30PM – 9:30PM
Where: ING DIRECT Cafe, Westwood, CA
Stay tuned! More details to come.
Headed to CES? RSVP for LaunchFest
LaunchFest Showcase in Las Vegas
Social TV, Social Media and Mobile Marketing Trends
Our friends at iHollywood Forum are having an event at CES on Wednesday, January 11 in Las Vegas. Join them (and some of us SMCLAers) in Vegas for LaunchFest at CES.
What is LaunchFest? This is the annual networking dinner and program held during CES. This year, they’re focusing on celebrating startup launches, new products and services and new business strategies. If you are a startup, consider sending in your application to have the opportunity to pitch at the event and get some feedback.
Essentials:
Date: January 11
Time: 5:45 – 7:00PM for dinner and networking; 7:00 – 8:00PM program; 8:00 – 10:00PM networking mixer
Where: Clarion Hotel
Parking: Free hotel parking or five-minute walk from the Convention Center
Cost: $60 for dinner, program and mixer; $20 for networking mixer
** For more detailed information, click on the Eventbrite page.
Happy New Year!
It’s the last day of 2011. What have you done with the other 364 days? Where have you gone? Where will you go in 2012? Who will you reach out to?
I found Google’s video of the most searched topics to be a terrific “the world’s” year in review. Take a look and let me know what you think.
I asked our Board if they had any new year’s resolutions for 2012. A couple members shared theirs:
I have a New Year’s resolution to help my parents get “social”. I appreciate Klout and Windows Phone 7 for having sent me a Windows phone as a perk and so I gifted it to my mom for her birthday. I noticed that she really hasn’t been taking advantage of many smartphone features and so my new year’s resolution is to get closer to my parents by teaching them that there’s more to the Internet than forwarding PowerPoint email chain-letters. In getting them up to speed, I hope to also revisit some of the basics myself. – Garick Chan
spend more time bring w people and less time tweeting – Natalie Petouhoff
I’ve got one, too, and it’s similar to Garick’s. (Right on about the email chain letters, Garick!) My goal is to understand why some of my friends and family are still using their work email addresses to send out personal emails, and to educate them on why it’s not a good idea. (Even after all these years… they are still using work email.)
On behalf of SMCLA, have a wonderful New Year’s Eve and we wish you a happy, productive and wired New Year!
Happy Holidays!
From all of us at SMCLA, we wish you a terrific and warm holiday weekend!
This year, we started with a pretty new Board as well as a few returning members. We’ll be ramping up 2012 again, so please let us know if you’re interested in receiving updates from us and/or volunteering on the Board!
Email us at smclosangeles(at)gmail[dot]com or tweet us at @smc_LA!





