Social Media Without Silos

Lots of exciting stuff going on in Des Moines Social Media atmosphere, so I'll dive in the middle…

As my colleague, buddy, and oft-times teacher, Nathan T Wright points out, there are several recurring events to keep in mind — each with it's own purpose. Here's how to get involved with any or all of those events, including the monthly Central Iowa Bloggers event (this Friday)

• The new Social Media Breakfast is shaping up to be a great platform for focused learning, best practices, and of course — networking.  I'm hearing great things!
• TechBrew (next on Dec 10) is becoming a must attend, especially for small biz owners, entrepreneurs, and both tech and social folks.
• The Social Media Club Des Moines has long been in my sights and I'm so thankful for Mike Templeton and others taking the lead and getting this started. Already 60 members strong — and it's only been live for a few days. Though Central Iowa already leads the nation in "professional development associations" (it's true!), this "club" is going to add a lot to our community. If you get it, share it.

You can keep up with it all at the Silicon Prairie News: Des Moines page.  And soon the Des Moines Register will have a Social Media Editor (is that you?)

Good to see that, unlike many industries or professions, a healthy amount of conversation, collaboration, and competition combines to create a greater amount of creativity. It's a winning sum – and one reason why Des Moines is one of the leading SocMed/SocNet metros around

We're all still patiently waiting for Foursquare to up their servers so we can all jump on that bandwagon and really get cooking.

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Find Your Social Media ROI

I hear it from a lot of business owners: “Where is the ROI with all this Social Media?“ If this is a question you ask yourself, maybe we should work together a bit more. We can work together solo, or via a professional learning community. Find and increase your ROI. There is a “there” there.