Seeking Comment on FTC “Blogging” Disclosure Policy
I have been trying to organize this for a while, but after reading this post from Kim Hart on The Hill.com entitled FTC’s blogger rules ‘constitutionally dubious,’ says IAB, it is time for Social Media Club to create a public response and reccomendation. Our goal is to submit a thorough response to the FTC before December 1, 2009. If someone wants to step up from the club and take point on this, we would all benefit from someone shepherding this forward. In addition to leaving comments below, I would ask that you tag any posts, twe

Where Will Video Take You, Where Will You Take Your Video?
The primary goal of Social Media Club’s Reality Check is to get down to the brass tacks of how people are really using different technologies and to uncover unmet needs. In this, our premiere series of Reality Check, we are focused on how people are using video in both their personal and professional lives. More specifically, we are trying to discover where you take your video beyond your desktop and your living room and thinking about what you would really like to do with video while on the go. We want to discuss your ideas, insights, case studies and deeper needs so that we can all learn from each oth

Social Media Boot Camp in Salt Lake City
For those of you on the United States’ west coast, or interested in being on the west coast (or at least the intermountain west) next Friday, October 23, 2009, the Social Media Club of Salt Lake City has arranged for a first-of-its-kind event to be held in Salt Lake City. For the first time, Ragan Communications is bringing its world-class training operation to Salt Lake City to presents two seminars: Advanced Writing & Editing

Social Causes: Tweets For Boobs.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and my dear pal, Josh Strebel, has rolled up his social cause loving sleeves and launched the Tweets For Boobs website to support the efforts of the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

SMCEDU: Richmond’s Panel Kicks Off a New Chapter
On Monday night, SMCEDU-RVA held its kickoff event at Virginia Commonwealth University with a great panel discussion. Kendall Morris and Nathan Hughes of the Richmond chapter of SMC deserve credit for organizing an engaging forum that should result in greater interest for the academic community in central Virginia. What struck me most was the diversity of both the panel and the audience. The range of questions and answers demonstrated the breadth of social media — it touches many fields and se