Some of you might know that when I’m not working as creative director at Collective Bias, entertaining wife, kids, & dogs, or hiding in the woods, I’m working with the Social Media Club, Northwest Arkansas chapter. Yes, even my hobbies include social media… it’s an addiction, I know. This little volunteer job allows me the opportunity to network and hang out with some of the more entertaining people in my area as well as make valuable business connections and grow the impact of social media all over Northwest Arkansas. Recently I’ve had the honor of being included in two other local networking groups of equally motivated and fun people.
First was the MACC Initiative (Mothers & Companies Cooperating), led by Autumn Manning. The group is comprised of an impressive group of women who have made it their goal to excel both professionally and at home. Through sponsorships they’ve recently become officially non-profit and their numbers and influence are growing daily.
The second group is the Network Community of Northwest Arkansas. The group, led by Michael Mollitor meets monthly to network and welcome professional newcomers to the area. Michael told me that the group initially was started to fill a the void that most transplants to the area feel upon moving across the country to work near the “Big Three.” Their membership is large and they hold monthly meetings that see a fair number in attendance.
My group, the Social Media Club, Northwest Arkansas (SMCNWA), is part of the larger international club that’s chapters are committed to growing social media professionally and personally all over the world. I’m director of membership and do all I can to keep up with our president, Kyle Judkins, and two other directors, Collin Condray and Tom Redwine in expanding this goal to our area. We’ve got a good number of club members and tend to see a fair turnout at all our meetings and tweetups.
Now for the fun part… In January, we’re combining efforts to link the groups together if only socially to further each of our causes. Venue and exact time and date are still being verified but we anticipate upwards of 150 people in attendance. I’m really looking forward to bringing the groups together and seeing what we can do together. If you’d like to be a part of the event, contact me or anyone listed in this post. Its going to be a great night of conversation at a area restaurant and we’ll get the details ironed out early so you can track down a sitter if needed.
~comments?
Posted in 
Tags: 
Today I took the Organizational Champions ECChO assessment to see where I measured up in the grand schema of it all in comparison to other champions. I’ll review my experience and results below but get to the gravy first. Here’s the link:
So the GM execs seem to be throwing in the towel and this is irking me a bit. Primarily because these guys are making a profit today, albeit a small one, and for what? For ultimately dooming the company they ran into the ground? This behavior must have been taught in one of those econ classes I skipped in undergrad.
