Do this for better Second Saturday Social Networking

I hope you’re looking forward to this month’s New Media Cincinnati Second Saturday event on… Saturday (Register here). I’m encouraged that so many of you in the Cincinnati social media community have signed up to come, and I’m very grateful for those of you who have made donations. (It really helps!)

When the group was much smaller, during meetups we would do iRiver Introductions. (Remember those?) It was not much to pass around my audio recorder and introduce ourselves to one another; everyone was able to pay attention and it didn’t take much extra time.

Now that the group is larger, it doesn’t make sense to devote 30-40 minutes just to hear everyone’s Tell Me About Yourself speech. No offense – you all are awesome, really.  I just think the group has grown to where we need to handle this differently.

Now when you register for New Media Cincinnati events via Eventbrite, I make sure you include a Twitter presence (if you have one) and your areas of expertise.  As the day of our event approaches, I’ve begun checking out the Attendee list to learn more about who’s coming.  This actually will guide my approach to networking during the event, since I’ll know you’re coming and what you are about.  I’m also going to make sure I personally am following you on Twitter.

So I encourage you to follow my example for better social networking at New Media Cincinnati Second Saturdays.

P.S. Did you know there’s an RSS feed for the Attendee list? Another nice feature if you don’t want to have to check out the website every day.

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