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Miami's web and new media community


November Meetup and a primer on RefreshMiamiNovember 19

November meetup.

Just a quick word to update you on our upcoming meetups. Our next one is tonight, November 19th, 2008, at 7:30PM at Brikolodge. Please RSVP on facebook.

December meetup and party.

How did this year fly by so quickly? Whether it was a great year or a so-so year for you, it’s time to celebrate! Please RSVP on Facebook for our December 17th meetup.

Who participates in RefreshMiami?

RefreshMiami is a volunteer-based community of over 500 new media professionals in the South Florida area, including Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and Monroe counties. Refresh members include local professionals, startups, freelancers, and students who work in or are interested in new media, the internet, technology, social media, and design. From the CEO to the intern, from the venture capitalist to the startup, from the programmer to the artist, Refreshers are a diverse set of skilled and passionate people.

How much does membership cost?

Participation and membership in RefreshMiami is free. Be sure to join our group on

October Refresh Miami Meetup - October 29, 2008October 27

Hey folks,

Quick heads up for those of you not on the google group or the other mailing lists. The next meetup is this coming wednesday October 29,2008 at 7:30PM. Space is limited so please show up early and make sure you RSVP.

RefreshMiami meetup on October 29th at Yahoo! Hispanic Americas.

Our next meetup is next Wednesday, October 29th, 2008, at 7:30PM at Yahoo! Hispanic Americas (1 Alhambra PLAZA, Coral Gables, FL 33134 8th floor). Please RSVP on facebook.

This month’s speakers: Alex de Carvalho, Michael Montgomery, and Adam Singer.

“The dream had vanished. Unfortunately the lifestyle remained” —Gapingvoid. The question is, how do you create new opportunities for yourself? Alex de Carvalho presents five steps to personal branding online and will lead a discussion on best practices for online reputation management. He is the co-founder of StartPR, which provides self-service tools for brand monitoring online. He blogs on social media at alexdc.org and Twitters @alexdc.

Michael Montgomery will discuss

Refresh your Fall: September meetupSeptember 22


Image courtesy of Onajide Shabaka of Miami Art Exchange

Our next meetup is on Wednesday!

Yahoo! Latin America hosts us again at their cool Coral Gables offices and we’ve got great presentations lined up:

- Alexandra Leite will describe what it’s like to work in global virtual teams;

- Jeffrey Sass of Myxer will talk about dealing with the complexities of mobile content;

- Jose from the Knight Foundation will present the Knight News Challenge Garage and give information on how you might win part of $5 million!

If we’re running on time, we’ll lead a discussion on “Steps to building your personal brand online.” Let us know about your experiences of what works … and what doesn’t! :)

Here are the details of the meetup:

When: Wednesday September 24th, 2008, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Where: Yahoo! Latin America
Street: 1 Alhambra Plaza, Coral Gables, FL
RSVP: http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=36985634056

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Quick poll: RefreshMiami meetup locationsSeptember 19

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If you can suggest a venue or company that would like to host RefreshMiami, please get in touch with us.

Thanks!

SXSW Panels by RefreshersAugust 13

South by Southwest (SXSW) is the biggest interactive conference in the world. Several of our RefreshMiami members have submitted panels for the conference. Please consider taking a look and supporting them with your vote in the SXSW PanelPicker!

If there are any more SXSW panels proposed by South Floridians, please feel free to mention them in a comment, especially with a link.