… right over here.

And be sure to tell your friends to come, too!

At the last New Media Cincinnati Second Saturday earlier this month, we mentioned that Anne Castleberry, Julie Sweeney Bogart, and Michelle Beckham-Corbin were organizing an event for December. Below are the details with links to RSVP.

SOCIAL MEDIA HOLIDAY

HAPPY HOUR

Festive Fun with

Peeps – Tweeps – Digital Folks

Great Networking Opportunity

And Good Ol’ Holiday Cheer

Wednesday, December 16th

6:00pm – 9:00pm or Later !

JAG’S Steak & Seafood

5980 West Chester Road, West Chester, OH 45069

(513) 860-5353 www.jags.com

—– MAIN BAR AREA —–

Wonderful Appetizers

No Admission Charge

Happy Hour Prices 6-8pm

Live Music Starts at 8:00pm

—-  FREE WIFI —-

RSVP for Head Count Please

ANY QUESTIONS

Anne Castleberry: acastleberry AT fuse DOT net 513.675.8875

Julie Sweeney Bogart: juliecinci AT gmail DOT com 513.307.1405

Michelle Beckham: mbeckhamcorbin AT fuse DOT net 513.543.1935

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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On March 14th, 2009, approximately 50 people attended the New Media Cincinnati Meet-Up at the Pub in Rookwood Mews.  This is the largest gathering we’ve ever had!

Social Media is all about being social and making interpersonal connections.  To further foster the spirit of collaboration and networking, please find a list of those in attendance and their corresponding web sites.

Each name links to a Twitter account if one has been previously established.  If we have forgotten your link, feel free to leave it in the comments.

-Michelle Beckham

To share this post on Twitter, please use the following text:

RT @newmediacincy: March 2009 Meetup – Largest Attendance Ever! http://bit.ly/3mzTKC

In case you haven’t noticed, we’re meeting up tomorrow.  Here’s some food for thought.

I just happened upon this blog post from Justin Knowacki entitled “I Don’t Want To Meet You“.  Justin talks about how we tend to gravitate in public situations to people we already know.

This post reminded me that some people are Extraordinary Extroverts and have no problem engaging in conversations with people they don’t already know.  They get energized from being in a crowd and mingling with others.  I would consider myself to be one of them.

Other folks are quite the opposite: coming to a public event takes so much out of them.  They feel worn out from being around so many people.

Over the years, I have had to learn to “tone down” my extroversion a bit and work on really relating with all kinds of people.  A big key for me is to try to let other people do most of the talking.  The best way to be interesting, Dale Carnegie said, is to be genuinely interested in other people.  So talk to them about what they like.

Justin offers 5 tips for breaking up the monotony of a live event:

• Pre-set one goal.
• Talk to the loner.
• Bring people together.
• Make a scene.
• Refuse to leave until you’re out of business cards.

Go read what he means by this, and let’s have a great meetup!

Sue LaChappelle from The Women’s Circuit Blog asked that I promote this event.  I sent a message out to the New Media Cincinnati Facebook group already, but, now that we have a blog, this also is the perfect place to mention things like this.  Here we go:

Spring is around the corner and it’s time to turn a new leaf. Time to renew past relationships and begin to cultivate new ones. Find new life in those networking events that you may have sworn off during the cold winter months. Do you have a game plan , are you making productive connections, do you know the treasure you are hunting for ?

Join us as Beth Bullock, Community Director of Legacy Connections, shares some ideas for making connections that last and lead us to the treasure we all are in search of… new business and lasting relationships that grow and prosper.

Thursday, March 5th
6-8pm
Hosted @ Neal’s Remodeling Showroom
7770 East Kemper Road
Cincinnati, Ohio 45249 (map)
refreshment provided

Feel free to bring a friend and don’t forget your business cards.
Please RSVP to RSVP@TheWomensCircuit.com

Sounds like a great time! I’ll be there.

NOTE: This is event is completely different from the regular New Media Cincinnati meetup we’ll be having on the 14th.  Details for that coming soon.

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