Event: Powerful Solutions for Small Businesses

Got tipped off on this one from the host himself, the Social Media Swami himself, Shashib .   Network Solutions in partnership with DC Media Makers is holding a pretty cool little event coming up in early June, the 4th to be exact at Busboys and Poets.

The evening will be hosted by our very own Par-Tay host Jonny Goldstein and the speaker is going to be Rohit Bhargava, author of the recently released “Personality Not Included”

Rohit is a marketer, blogger, speaker and author of the anticipated
new book, Personality Not Included — a guide for companies on
understanding and using their personality to better connect with
customers in the social media era. A founding member of the pioneering
360 Digital Influence team at Ogilvy, he writes the Influential
Marketing blog (now ranked among the top 50 marketing blogs in the
world) and is often featured as an expert in media including The Wall
Street Journal, BusinessWeek, and Fast Company. His new book,
published internationally by McGraw-Hill, has received significant
early praise and features a forward by bestselling author and
entrepreneur, Guy Kawasaki.

It is at an awesome venue and I am sure the guest list will not disappoint.  Here are the details

Location:

Busboys and Poets

2021 14th St. NW
Washington DC 20009
Ph: 202-387-7638

RSVP - http://www.solutionsarepower-dc.eventbrite.com/

Hope to see many of you there !

Event: SocialDevCampEast

Seems like the springtime is prime time for events popping up in the DC/Baltimore area.

A couple of our local friends, Ann Bernard and Keith Casey of WhyGoSolo, and David Troy of Twittervision are busy putting the final touches on the Barcamp styled SocialDevCampEast.

Here are the details:

When
May 10 2008
8:30AM - 10PM

Where
University of Baltimore
Thumel Business Center Building
Mt. Royal and Charles Streets
Baltimore, MD

SocialDevCamp East is the Unconference for Thought Leaders of the Future Social Web

Where is the social web going? It’s going mobile, to geocentric services, and to open platforms. Join a community of like minded developers, social media gurus and thought leaders for an unconference to discuss the future of the social web.

We’re looking for thought leaders from DC to Boston to meet, forge relationships, and envision the future.

I am really looking forward to this one.  If you head over to the wiki page for the event, folks are dadding some really great topics for discussion sessions:

• Google App Engine: Implications and First Impressions
• State of the Rails: A Look at the present and Future of Rails
• Mobile Application Development with iPhone & Android
• What are the implications of Geo-based web applications?
• How will Agile Development practices affect ideation and funding processes?
• Platforms Present & Future: Facebook, OpenSocial, LinkedIn, Friendster, etc.
• What will matter on the web a year or two from now?
• Where will information aggregation take us?
• Social Media is here to stay – so where will it go next?
• How will Google keep affecting development, the web and our lives?
• What are the next things web users will want from the web?
• What will be the impact of future generations to the current web we know today?
• Social Media in the workplace vs. in life
• How the Web is being broken apart into pieces - Justin Thorp

I am really looking forward to seeing many of you there.

Another Social MatchBox in the Books

And it was a good one.  Robert and his team at JobMatchBox did an outstanding job of gathering a great mix of presenters, job seekers, socializers, etc.

It took place down at Teqcorner in the Tysons Area.  A good venue compared to some we find ourselves at.

The companies presenting got a short time to show their wares to the crowd and there was plenty of time for good ol'fashion networking.  I was fortunate to meet another bunch of people that have become Twitter followers with me recently.  And as always it was great to catch up with all.  Unfortunately I have no Keith Casey quote for everyone this week.  I will see him next week and I can only hope for a golden nugget from him then. 

Anyway, this was by far one of the best community events I have been to so far.  I hope to work with Robert soon to set one up for the Maryland area and showcase some of the startups up my way.

See everyone soon.

Event Reminder: Social Matchbox DC II

Just wanted to pass along a reminder for the Social Matchbox event taking place this coming week.

According to the press release for the event

is an open mic night and networking event for startup companies backed by angel and venture investors as well as those who aspire to join their ranks.  The open format is a fusion of resume clinic, startup job fair and networking event.  The audience mirrors the local startup community with professionals from disciplines including advertising design, marketing, human resources, sales and software engineering.

Where:  TeqCorner, 3rd Floor, 1616 Anderson Road, McLean, VA 22102, 703-714-6171, www.teqcorner.com

When : Monday, March 31st, 2008 6-9 PM

Schedule:

6-7pm Networking and Resume Clinic

7-8pm Presentations 

8-9pm Networking

There are a lot of great local companies participating and also many form the local community that will be there to netwrok, look for work, look for co founders, etc

It is sure to be a good time to meet and greet with many form across the various DC communities.

Event: Social Media Club & WhyGoSolo

The Social Media Club here in the DC area announced their next event today and I am excited to help pass on the news.

Their April event will showcase Ann Bernard, CEO of WhyGoSolo.  

Ann will show us how a local start-up company has created a social media platform that leverages the web from one click of a button. WhyGoSolo has the solution to bridge our online worlds to offline real world connections but that’s only a small part of the story. The more involved and complex social media becomes, the more critical it is to keep it simple and user-friendly for both businesses and web users to leverage. Ann will explain more about the key factors of creating a platform that is fully integrated in everyone’s online worlds and that works has a hub of information that gathers and delivers information where people want to receive it and view it.

I have come to know Ann over the last few months and am looking forward to hearing her at this event.  She has done a great job with her team to build a very innovative application that I use to make my offline connections.

Here are the details of the event:

Date:	Thursday, April 10, 2008
Time:	6:30pm - 8:00pm
Location:	Viget Labs
City/Town:	Falls Church, VA

Click HERE to add it to your calendar.

Please RSVP to larissa@livingstonbuzz.com by April 8th.

 Look forward to seeing many of you there to come out and show Ann our support !

Anyone Up For A Cherry Blossom Photowalk ?

I must admit, it kind of snuck up on me this year, but this coming weekend is the start of Cherry Blossom season.  And how better to celebrate than to get out and take some pics ?

So I want to put the feelers out there to see who may join me for a Cherry Blossom Photowalk.  Anyone interested ?

Here is the link to the Park Service page with all the blossom information.  Forecast is for rain on Saturday, but Sunday is supposed to be nicer with a high around 60 or so.

So what do you say, you in ?  Stop by and give me a handshake over at WhyGoSolo

Event: Refresh DC March Happy Hour

RefreshDC is having a Happy Hour this week in DC.  Many of you are aware of the great job RefreshDC does in the DC area
 

Refresh is a community of web designers, developers, and other new media professionals working together to refresh the creative, technical, and professional aspects of their trades in the Washington, DC, area. Our goal is simple: bring together the best and brightest new media professionals in the DC metro area so that we may learn from one another. Our industry is too rich for any one person to "know it all." That's where we come in.

They hold some great events and this month decided to have laid back happy hour for all to get together.  Here is the Upcoming Event page for the meetup and here are the details for you as well.

Capitol City Brewery

TECH cocktail Returning to DC

Just caught wind of this over at Justin Thorp's blog and wanted to pass along the news.  TECH cocktail is coming back to the DC area for another go around.  I was not there for the first visit here, but I heard it was a great time .

So Frank Gruber and Eric Olson  are bringing the event back in late April.  Here are the details of the event.

Date: Thursday, April 24, 2008
Time: 6:30pm - 9pm
Venue: MCCXXIII: 1223 Connecticut Avenue, NW - Washington, DC 20036 (Map)
Cost: $0 - It’s free!
RSVP: techcocktaildc2.eventbrite.com

There are sponsorship and demo opportunities available.  Here are those details

TECH cocktail DC 2 will be sponsored by AOL and Viget Labs. If you are interested in sponsoring TECH cocktail DC 2 we still have spots open so please contact us as soon as possible - more information on sponsoring is here. We run these events to break even and would love to do so on this second event. Also if you are interested in demoing your startup product or service please contact us. See you there!

Hope to see you all there !

Event: SocialMatchBox, Part Duex

On the heels of a successful first go at the SocialMatchBox, which gathers local startups and prospective workers together, they are holding another event. 

Participating companies this time will be

• Clearspring
• comScore
• FOLIOfn
• Intridea, Inc
• Positive Energy
• Viget Labs
• Siteworx
• Zadby.com
• and others to come

According to the event page

The event brings in members from around the DC startup and technology community for what some like to call an open mic night for hiring teams and entrepreneurs.  The open format is a fusion of resume clinic, startup job fair and networking event.  Attendees include hiring teams representing top startup companies from around the DC area, job seekers, founders with entrepreneurial ideas looking for others to join them, and people interested in getting into the mix.

If you have any interest in supporting the event, shoot them an email , otherwise head to the event page to register.

See you all there.

Event Recap: DC New Media Technology

Tonight I ventured down to the Lotus Lounge for the DC New Media Technology happy hour.  It was sponsored by Voxant and was a good time.  As usual we are starting to see the beginnings of good things happening on the area and the roots of a core of people that are here in DC to bring the area to tech life.  Nick O'Neill form The Social Times was there and we had some really good talks between us and Andrew Wright and others as to the state off affairs here in DC with regards to tech.  It was a good time.  Nick obviosuly has a lot of irons on the fire and it is always good to catch up with him.

I actaully had a bit of a "double date" thanks to our friends over at WhyGoSolo.  I had set up a listing for the event and got a "handshake" form 2 people, David Patton (@dcpatton ) and Keith Casey (look Keith No Quote !!).  I tried to keep them both unaware I was 2timing them, but in the end they found out about each other :(  Needless to say, I went home alone

There was one guy, whose card I did not get, but is a young man form Boston who was down to check out the DC startup scene.  Of course Nick and I gave him an earful and I think he was kind of impressed with what is happening in DC.  My friend Jeremy Epstein of Microsoft was there fresh off the birth of his little girl and enjoying the web social scene.

I was also fortunate to finally get a chance to meet up with Bob and his wife Julliane (hope i got the speeling right) of JobMatchBox.com.  He has another SocialMatchBox coming up next week (more to come on this).  We will be looking to co sponsor  some things in the Rockville area to get some of those startups out into the light as well with JobMatchBox in the near future.
The events keep getting bigger and better and is a great way to get out and meetup with some great people.  See you all at the next one !

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