Kickstarting Social Media San Antonio

June 30th is Mashable's official Social Media Day and thanks to the exceptional work of Serving Social (http://www.servingsocial.com/) to kickstart Texas, #SMDay is upon us.

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We're warming up the meetup with a get together at the Microsoft Community Theater at La Cantera.

Brad Voeller, founder and CEO of DCI (Digital Creative Institute (https://digitalcreativeinstitute.com/)) and Laura Calo, Director with MediaTech Ventures, will be hosting a discussion: Social Media for Good Dialogue.

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Brad previously co-founded CollegePlus a leading academic and life coaching service, and founded two nonprofits and several international education programs in South Korea.

As well as working directly with MediaTech Ventures, Laura serves as a a communications and humanities visiting professor with DeVry University and Adjuct Faculty with the University of Phoenix.

The dialogue will allow participants an opportunity to hear and share their experiences with social media, trends, successes and how their organizations have been able to do great things with social media. We will also highlight a few key social media companies that will share what they do to build community and impact change through using social media.

Following the discussion, we'll be livestreaming talks from an exceptional group of social media professionals including:

Kristie Whites, Serving Social

Lani Rosales, The American Genius

Scott Carson, We Close Notes

Lindsay Marder, Digital Marketer

Jane Hervey, #bossbabesATX

Chelsea Collier, Smart Cities Connect

Jane Ko, A Taste of Koko

Paul O’Brien & Pete Monfre, MediaTech Ventures

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This is a Social Media event! Speakers will be livestreamed to this Microsoft location and via Facebook at MediaTech Ventures (https://www.facebook.com/MediaTechVentures/) - Please RSVP to join us at La Cantera or just to watch, chat, and share what's going on via Livestream.

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#SMDAY celebrates the technological advancements that enable us to connect with real-time information, share ideas, speak and have our voices heard all over the world.