Inaugural NYSA Meetup + SocMed 2011

We're hosting 'Inaugural NYSA Meetup' to help the community meet
in person and get to know each other better.

We will also be telling you a bit more about the collaboration between
NYSA and LSR (our London counterpart). We hope to have some
presentations on social media, mirroring LSR's SocMed event.

UPDATE: SOCMED 2011 to be hosted this evening !

SocMed (http://socmed.org.uk/)is an all-things-social-media event. Focusing on how we
interact within the space as a community and as individuals. Thanks
to the great feedback we've received and an awesome volunteer
team, we are able to host SocMed 2011 (NYC).

SocMed 2011 (London) will be hosted on 8-Dec.

Agenda:

6:30pm: Arrivals & network
7:00pm: Welcome & introductions
7:15pm: Speaker debate
7:50pm: Drinks break
8:10pm: 3 startups present
8:40pm: Drinks & networking

Debating 'Are There Too Many Social Platforms in the World' are:

DAVE KERPEN (http://twitter.com/davekerpen), co-founder and CEO at Likeable Media. He is an
award-winning social media and word-of-mouth marketing firm.
Dave and his wife and COO Carrie have transformed theKBuzz
(founded in 2006) into Likeable, 1 of Facebook Top 65 Preferred
Developer Consultants as well as the only 3-time WOMMY
Award winner for excellence from the Word of Mouth Marketing
Association(WOMMA). Likeable Media has also been listed at #118
on INC 500's list of Fastest Growing U.S. Companies. Dave has been
featured on CNBC Money ABC World News Tonight, the CBS Early
Show, the New York Times, and countless blogs. Within the past
year, Dave has spoken at dozens of social media related conferences
and webinars for organizations such as WOMMA and the American
Marketing Association. Dave's book, a New York Times Best Seller,
is Likeable Social Media: How to Delight Your Customers, Create
an Irresistible Brand, and Be Generally Amazing on Facebook and
other social networks.” Dave is proud of his Likeable business
accomplishments but prouder of Charlotte and Kate, his two
daughters at home in New York.

&

MATTHEW KNELL (https://plus.google.com/110297095188805513559/about), Social Media Director at AOL. Matthew is a
social media marketer, web technologist, community evangelist,
and communications professional with a long history designing,
developing, and marketing a wide array of successful digital
products including a patented pay-per-click advertising system (http://tgsm.us/mkpatent) for
About.com, the first social media strategies for JetBlue Airways (http://www.jetblue.com/) a
social media platform for MTV Networks and social media
marketing distribution strategies for CafeMom (http://www.cafemom.com/). He is a proud
graduate of Pace University Seidenberg School of Computer
Science and Information Systems and serves as a Tech Mentor in
Residence there. Currently, he is the Social Media Director at
AOL. He also teaches Social Media and Web Marketing at NYU
School of Continuing and Professional Studies.

Startups Presenting:

DOMINO (http://dominobrooklyn.com) – Your "go-to" guide for all things Williamsburg.
Domino selects restaurants, bars, shops and events based on local
buzz, reviews, and notoriety all with the intention of saving
you time. In the pipeline: Domino Smart Guide (http://dominobrooklyn.com/smart-guide)

HOPSKOCH (http://www.hopskoch.com) – Create a variety of personalized social games
that you can share with your friends and family. Hopskoch
inherently allows for games to be played across various types
of devices and platforms.

GETGLUE (http://getglue.com) – A leading social network for entertainment. Users
check-in and share what they are watching, listening to and
reading with friends; get fresh recommendations, exclusive stickers,
discounts and other rewards.

&

A special 'Google Hangout' appearance by Mark Davis, founder at
KOHORT (http://kohort.com). Mark will speak about how Kohort is disrupting the
community management industry and how you can be part of the
disruption. There will be a short q&a session.

• Why do we charge ? We provide drinks (and occasionally some
  snacks) during our events, the $5 charge helps us fund this and
  keeps the group free for everyone.