Come Experience Austin!

From our friends at Leadership Austin: We have just a few spaces remaining in the upcoming spring 2011 session of Experience Austin – please help us spread the word!

The new season kicks off  next Friday (April and we are really excited about the slate of topics and speakers that we have lined up. Most of our participants come to us by word of mouth, and we hope that you will consider forwarding the below program information on to your colleagues and others  who may be interested in deepening their Austin connections.

Registration can be done online at http://www.leadershipaustin.org/programs/experience or by calling 499-0435 x 111 for more information.

SXSW – Come say Hello

Hey Gang. Looks like I was lucky enough to get a slot speaking at SXSW this year. In fact I got two! Not only is this a first for someone representing non profits, this is a huge step in our representation at SXSW. For the first time in my life I will be speaking at SXSW Interactive AND SXSW Film!

SXSW also contacted me about something very special going down this year…more on that when I can talk about it. In the meantime take a look and let me know which sessions you can come to. Don’t be shy. Come say hello!

I’m teaching Social Media 101 – Interested?

Hey Gang,

I am teaching a college class on Social Media this year. It’s an intro class for people to get started on using Social Media to promote themselves and their non profits or businesses. If you’re interested in taking the class I am teaching it in the business school over at ACC here in Austin.

Click here to check out and register for the class. Scroll down and look for BUSX 3003.

Here is what you will be learning:

Course Description: Instruction in terminology, theory and application behind the current trend of Social Media. Will cover aspects of Social Media usage in Marketing, Business, Non Profits, Job Seeking, Public Relations, Advertising and maintaining/enhancing social connections.

Prerequisites: Fundamentals of PC Use, Web Usage, Including Orientation to Windows, or equivalent experience.

Objectives: Every student will be able to:

• Create an Online Profile

• Identify parts of the screen on Social Networks

• Identify eight (plus) key Social Media Applications and Networks

• Use Help on these Social Networks

• Fill out an online profile

• Navigate in selected Social Networks

• Upload photos/videos/graphics

• Discover theories behind various social networks/social media apps

• Determine appropriate usages of various social networks/social media apps

• Apply appropriate usages of those networks/apps

• Explore the usage of those network/apps and the world around them

Rationale: Social Media is one of the largest growing fields of information dissemination in our world today. This class will form the building blocks students need to apply Social Media to marketing themselves, their businesses or simply understanding the world wide communication revolution that is Social Media.

Interested? Know someone who might be? Help me spread the word!

Are you a member of NTEN?

NTEN is the Non Profit Technology Education Network. NTEN is also the membership organization for nonprofit professionals who put technology to use for their causes.  NTEN is a community of peers who share technology solutions across the sector and support each other’s work. They enable our members to embrace advances in technology through knowledge sharing, trainings, research and industry analysis.

Basically NTEN helps you do your job better, so you can make the world a better place.

I am a member! Are you?