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- October Refresh Miami Meetup - October 29, 2008October 27 2008
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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 Microformats:
If you’ve never heard of microformats
…and are tired of re-doing everything at every new “social” site.If you’ve heard of microformats
…but don’ - Refresh your Fall: September meetupSeptember 22 2008
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Image courtesy of Onajide Shabaka of Miami Art ExchangeOur 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=36985634056Here’s a
- Getting ready for June’s meetupJune 5 2008
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Our next meetup is coming up in a couple of weeks on June 25th, as always on the last Wednesday of the month.
Nathaniel McNamara of HIG and YASNAP will present his thinking on viral distribution of web applications. He’ll talk about how to how to build, measure and optimize your apps for viral distribution.
We have also started researching the ins and outs of formalizing RefreshMiami as a non-profit organization. There are many pros and some cons, and we’ll present our latest thinking and progress at the meeting. If you have experience in running or setting up a non-profit, we would love to hear from you.
After that we’ll have some beers and wine!
RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=13697336138
Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Time: 7:30pm - 10:30pm
Location: Brikolodge
Address: 250 NW 23rd ST, Miami, FL - RefreshMiami meetup on May 28th, 2008 at DotMarketingMay 8 2008
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On May 28th, DotMarketing will host RefreshMiami and Denise Jacobs will present “Open Your Mind To Accessibility.” She’ll provide an overview of accessibility, what it is and why you should care (hint: it’s good for the bottom line!). Denise’s presentation covers the solutions, trends and project planning of accessibility. As a bonus, she’ll give tips on ways to increase the accessibility of flash files and blogs.
RefreshMiami May will be at 7:30pm in the heart of the Grove. Afterwards, we’ll continue the networking at a nearby bar.
If you’re on Facebook, please RSVP at the event page.
- RefreshMiami’s Anniversary: Thank You!May 8 2008
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On Wednesday, May 2nd, we celebrated our two-year anniversary!
Over the last two years, many people have contributed to our community. We are particularly grateful to those who have provided venues for us, those who have helped get the word out, and most of all, those of you who attend and participate regularly … you know who you are!
So last week, many of you came to celebrate! Here are some photos.
Michael Tangeman posted about RefreshMiami, comparing it to the First Tuesdays and such of the early dot.com days:
“It is so refreshingly unlike the dot.com days here in Miami. No suits, no VCs just flown in from the Valley, no investment bankers looking to take somebody public, no lawyers handing out cards and w
