This months event:

This months Social Media Breakfast Fort Wayne event will consist of a panel of those charged with social media management and active social media professionals. They will be answering questions, discussing, and displaying methods for managing message delivery and interactions via social media channels.

Host Kevin Mullett, himself an online marketing practitioner, will ask the panel a series of questions geared specifically to have you leave with an enhanced understanding of how to use social media to enage their audence.

Come with pen, paper, laptop or other mobile notation and recording device to take note of how each of the four panel members will answer practical questions like:

• Setting up an editorial calendar
• When is it appropriate to preload or schedule content
• Why is being transparent or real important and how to do it while being efficient
• How to use alerts and notifications when a response or action is required
• Tips on maintaining quality, legal, and ethical methods for posting
• What tools might make social efforts easier and more efficient
• much, much more, including open follow up questions.

Our panel will consist of:

Heather Schoegler - @HSchoegler: Communications Director for health care non-profit. Her blog.

Lee Hershberger - @LeePings: Marketing Director for Harlan Cabinets

Scott Howard - @ScLoHo: Media and Marketing, multiple ScLoHo blog author

Randy Clark - @randyclarktko: Member of the TKO Graphix marketing team

The Plan:

• 7:30 a.m. Breakfast & Networking
• 8:00 a.m. Take your seat, pens & devices ready?
• 8:45 a.m. Open question time
• 9:00 a.m. You can't hide from work any longer.

This Months Sponsor:

Cirrus ABS - A full-service Web developer, marketing agency, and business consultant. Our specialty? NetCentered business strategies – the kind of strategies that help you leverage the Internet, Internet-based technologies, and traditional media to best achieve your business goals.

Space is limited and these events have had notoriously large attendance so sign up today if you plan to attend.

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