Don't forget! Third Tuesday Vancouver tomorrow!

Tomorrow marks our first formal Third Tuesday event, featuring Tod Maffin speaking on the subject of “Swarm Communications: When Good Buzz Goes Bad” – If the Internet is like a swarm, then sometimes good buzz can quickly turn into bad buzz and you can get stung. Tod will introduce you to both the swarm culture and the danger and opportunities in blogs and podcasts. Featuring everything you need to master Tod’s S-W-A-R-M system to respond to negative buzz online.

In case you haven’t RSVP’d for this event yet… Please go to the Third Tuesday Vancouver group site, and login to let us know you are coming. Signing up takes moments, if you haven’t yet registered. Plus, you’ll get all the details for future meet-ups, speakers, and location of events.

Tomorrow’s event will be held at SoHo in Yaletown (1283 Hamilton St., Vancouver). We’ll be starting at 6pm, with Tod speaking followed by an informal Q&A for a bit, and ending with an opportunity to network and socialize… Next month, Joe Thornley (propr.ca) and David Jones (www.prworks.ca) will be in town to speak on the importance of social media to us as Canadians, and long term community building.

I’d also like to take a moment to thank Joe for all the hard work he’s done to promote and support Third Tuesday events across Canada. We got some great news yesterday from him! Here’s an excerpt from his blog post Chaos Theory video The Batman vs Dracula: The Animated Movie

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Of course, there are unavoidable costs – even for a free community event. We don’t pay our speakers. They all donate their time and expertise for the common good. However, there are still costs for sound systems and meeting space. And anyone who has organized something like this knows that the organizers can be left holding a big bill at the end of the event.

So, we’re just delighted that CNW Group will provide us with financial sponsorship. This is very important. We make every effort to keep our events simple. CNW sponsored our special pre-Mesh Third Tuesday last spring. And now they’ve indicated that they will help us with additional events this season. That’s a real weight off the organizers and makes it possible for us to concentrate on attracting top speakers.

I’d like to thank CNW Group for helping us with these events — And keeping these meet-ups accessible to everyone.

Hope to see you all there, tomorrow!

And here’s a question for my visitors: Have you ever been to a social networking group gathering like this? Did you enjoy the experience?