To all you social media types in Kansas City it is that time again when we all get together for some food, fellowship, and fun!

As always the event is open to all and free (besides what you want to purchase food wise).  There will be some discussion on a topic around social media and you can meet some of those peeps you follow on that little service called twitter.

below are a few more details on the event and if you could jump over the the smckc site and rsvp so we can get a count that would be great.

Hope to see you there!

Time: May 1, 2009 from 7:30am to 9am
Location: First Watch – North Kansas City
Street: 409 Armour Road
City/Town: North Kansas City, MO 64116

Whitney Mathews of the local Kansas City company Spiral16 recently sat down with a local blogger/podcaster Ed Roberts who runs the KC Weather Podcast and they discussed using social media when it comes to reporting or talking about severe weather

Some new features Ed has added when it comes to sever weather in the social media realm is adding a chat room for everyone to get together and interact with Ed and others as well as using the hashtag #kcstorms on twitter.

[Listen to the podcast]

Last night we had a smckc evening event hosted by Jennings Public Relations and Advertising. It was great catching up with everyone as well as meeting a few new faces to the crowd.

After some good food, drinks, and chatter we broke into groups to discuss different aspects of social media and I decided to attend the discussion on personal branding as it really pertained to me the most.

It was a great discussion hosted and facilitated by Ramsey Mohsen who is an awesome web designer/video blogger here in the Kansas City area.

Well kids its that time again for the monthly Social Media Club of Kansas City breakfast which will take place at First Watch in Westport.

As always the event is free to everyone (just have to purchase your breakfast if you want some) and all are welcome.

Hope to see you there and just as a side note we are looking at this possibly being the most attended breakfast ever!

Hope to see you there.

[event info and rsvp]

Going to the social media breakfasts here in KC I have discovered some great companies right here in the area that can help companies or individuals looking to jump into the social media scene.

Below is a list of some of those companies in the area with their twitter accounts listed as well as some of the individuals that are a part of each of them. Be sure to check them out.

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Ideas And Angles
Ideas and Angles helps people and businesses in Kansas City connect with their customers on a new level. Leveraging social media tools and emerging technologies to assist marketing efforts. [twitter]

Zach Cobb
Chris Culbertson

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The Social Lites
The Social Lites, Inc. was formed in early 2008 as a solution for businesses and organizations looking to successfully implement social media and networking into their web marketing campaigns. Our goal is to help your company achieve a strong web presence by helping you correctly utilize social media to promote your products, services, and ideas. By building relationships with your audience through social media, you can increase sales, gain supporters for your cause, and attain better search engine results. We can show you how!

Jenn Bailey
Christina Maki
Shelby Garlock

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LightThread
LightThread is a next generation, services, platform and intellectual venture capital company specializing in strategy, innovative applications and building connections between businesses. [twitter]

Lisa Qualls
Zena Weist
Vince Vaughn
Simon Kuo
Johnathan Hand

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Spiral16
Spiral16 is an informatic software development company with one goal: to create innovative business intelligence tools that help you manage the impact of your enterprise.[twitter]

Whitney Mathews
SpiralShawna

Its that time again!! Time for the monthly social media club kc breakfast. This month we will be meeting at Le Peep at 79th and Quivera in Lenexa at 7:30 am on Friday (3/6)

[Breakfast Info and RSVP]

Seems like we have had a little downtime from events after a busy end of 2008 and beginning of 2009 so it will be fun to talk with the usual gang as well as meet the new faces to the group.

See you there!

This past Friday we had our monthly social media club kc breakfast and I recorded the discussion with my flip. Enjoy.

Ok kids it is that time….time for our monthly social media club kc breakfast.  If you are into social media or looking to learn about social media or maybe just want to have breakfast with a group of awesome people then this is the place to be.

We will be meeting at First Watch in Westport around 7:30am Friday (2/6) so make sure you jump over to the SMCKC site and rsvp so we can get an early count of how many to expect.

Hope to see you all there!

Local company Spiral16 put a little video blog together highlighting the Social Media Club KC meetup from last night.  I even make a little appearance where you can see my smiling mug!!!

Great job guys!

Time for a little plug:
Spiral16 enables businesses to discover patterns and relationships hidden among large data sets by organizing them through various interactive displays.

Last night there was food, there was beer, and most of all there was a huge crowd. Nicholson Kovac was the location and the audience was hovering around 90 or so.

Social Media Club KC put on a meetup for those in the community who are interested in all types of social media and the social web.

I got the chance to be on a panel that discussed using twitter to help your business and what was kool about it was in social media fashion the panel pretty much grew to the whole room.  Social media at its finest!

The crew from the Life In The Tubes Video Podcast were there with their cameras so once that video makes it’s way on the interweb you can bet I will be sharing it with everyone.

[flickr pics of the event]

Are you interested in learning about social media?  Do you use it now and want to find like minded people to discuss your thoughts and ideas?  Well then we invite you to come to our events some time.  We have an events page on our site keeping you upto date on what is going on and they are open to all in the public.

Upcoming Events
1/24 Pool Hall meetup in Lenexa
1/27 Lawrence tweetup

I have to say over the last few months we have seen incredible growth in attendance and participation and with some more great events coming up in the Kansas City area like Startup Weekend and in the midwest with Big Omaha we are really seeing the region grow and make its presence felt in tech/social media arena.   It is exciting times and I am glad to be a part of getting things going.

Hope to see you all soon!

[smckc site]
[smckc twitter]