Special thank you to our event sponsor, University of New Hampshire (UNH). Thanks to their generosity we are able to offer this breakfast at no cost to you.

Location: UNH Campus (street address, room and parking information to be added here shortly)

Social Media Breakfast History

On seeing growing demand in this area, I decided to fill the need with a new branch of the nationwide Social Media Breakfast in NH. It isn't that we don't love Boston, because we do, but our neighbor to the north is rich in technology and social media, and often overlooked when events are planned. I saw a need for networking opportunities that were easier to get to for the northern tech and social media crowd, and decided to step up and fill it. Because NH itself is a diverse and scattered state, the Social Media Breakfast there will be just a little bit different than the one in Cambridge/Boston. Our first meeting was in January 2009, and was a roaring success.

What is a Social Media Breakfast?

From the official description: The Social Media Breakfast was founded by Bryan Person in August 2007 as an event where social media experts and newbies alike come together to eat, meet, share, and learn. Marketers, PR pros, entrepreneurs, bloggers, podcasters, new-media fanatics, and online social networkers are all welcome to attend.

The breakfast series began in Boston and has now spread to more than a dozen cities throughout the United States and around the world.

How will the Social Media Breakfast in NH be different?

The main difference between Social Media Breakfast NH and other SMBs will be all-inclusiveness. I do not want only social media people and companies to attend, I also want technology types, programmers, coders, tech writers, tech companies and more to attend. As a state that is rich in technology but scattered in distance, I think the best networking and connection making effect will be achieved by combined our different cultures. You never know, as a social media type you might just meet the coder you've been looking for to create your dream project if we all come together to connect and to learn from each other!

Theme for the third Social Media Breakfast: Education 2.0 (how social media tools can help educators)

The third Social Media Breakfast NH (hashtag #smbnh) will be all about topics related to Education 2.0. In this struggling economy and shifting paradigm we need to be working together to be more successful and better weather the storm. We should be pulling in all aspects of technology, new media, old media and social media to succeed. This  meeting will help us lay the foundation for a richer, better education, tech and new media community in NH.  

Usually, In addition to myself, who will be your host and MC for the morning, you will have three speakers giving three brief presentations on topics relating to the theme for the morning. However, we are switching it up a bit this month. BEcause the focus is education, I thought, "Why not educate?". To that end we will have two speakers, then any educators in attendance will get the floor to put us, the social media gurus in attendance, on the spot and let us answer their questions. A kind of reverse breakfast, if you will.

Speakers:

• Opening Remarks by Evangelos Simos, Professor at UNH

• Kelley Muir, Partner of Sunder Media and Director of Float Left Labs, has worked in the interactive and new media realm, in NH for the past 5 years. Kelley was part of the first graduating class of New Media from the
University of Maine and has a focus on usability, user experience, and design. Kelley’s favorite word is intuitive. she will be discussing "Interns 2.0: A reflective look at the role of Interns, their treatment in our industry
and country, As well as how the economy has changed the internship process for better and worse."

• Hans Mundahl has taught since 1995 when he first stepped to the front of a classroom as a Fullbright Exchange Teacher in the former East Germany.  Since then he has been creating stimulating educational experiences for students that combine cutting edge tools with durable skills.  Hans is the Director of Experiential Learning and Technology Coordinator at the New Hampton School. He will be presenting on using live streaming and Mogulus in the classroom.

• Reverse speaker slot: educators and students in the room will get a chance to pick the brains of the social media crowd for how to use social media tools in and out of the classroom

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Let's make the new SMBNH crackle with energy and success! See you there!