A big thank you to everyone who joined us for the May 4th breakfast once again hosted by the very yummy Kansas City Cafe. Also a special thanks to the Grammy award rendition of "Happy Birthday"...it was an awesome start to the day!

We had the honor of learning more about the Children's Center for the Visually Impaired and the amazing work they do for our community. They are preparing to host their first ever Blind…

What a great day yesterday! Thanks to Brainzooming and many other sponsors, SMCKC was able to host a successful and valuable ideation session that collected literally hundred's of ideas on how KC can utilize Google gigabit fiber to lead, learn, live. The event captured the attention of the local media and is starting to be discussed in the blogging community. Please be sure to visit our…

(There will be a series of posts including recaps created by members on their respected blogs...a big thanks for allowing us to re-publish them here on the smckc.com site!)

Eric Melin and Mike…

(There will be a series of posts including recaps created by members on their respected blogs...a big thanks for allowing us to re-publish them here on the smckc.com site!) 

This morning, Spiral16 was proud to be a co-sponsor of the Social Media Club of Kansas City‘s monthly breakfast, which was kind of a big deal today because it included a presentation by Ford‘s…

(There will be a series of posts including recaps created by members on their respected blogs...a big thanks for allowing us to re-publish them here on the smckc.com site!)

Have you seen the 2012 Ford Focus Doug campaign? The integrated social mediacampaign with an orange sock puppet named Doug driving around…

Thank you to everyone who came out for the July 8th breakfast, it was another fantastic meal from our friends at Kansas City Cafe! We appreciate the heart felt presentation from the Salvation Army which touched all of us in the room. We brainstormed some…

I know many of you are already aware of the great work the Salvation Army Children's Shelter does for our community, but for those of you who may not be familiar with the organization, I wanted to share this KC Star article. We will be hearing from Nicole Feltz and her inspiring story at our July 8th breakfast. In addition, members from the Salvation Army and 610 Sports teams will discuss the upcoming Larry Steward Memorial Radio-thon that directly benefits the Children's Shelter. We will…

Our friends over at Facebook have once again “surprised us” with changes to Page design. To be fair, they had communicated a few months ago that Pages would at some point change to be consistent with the personal profile design changes they implemented in December, 2010. Unfortunately, not everything was clearly explained and in some cases what they said a few months ago is no longer accurate. These new changes will impact how…

We had a great turn-out at last Friday's breakfast but we know many of you were unable to attend and wanted to make sure everyone had a chance to review our 2011 plan. We also wanted to announce that we are now taking nominations for President and two chairperson positions, Technology and Advocacy. You can learn about more about these positions and responsibilities by reviewing our board manual. Nominations can be sent to lisa@freshid.com,…

(Big thank you to Social Media Club HQ and blog writer Susan Breidenbach for writing this great post showcasing SMCKC!)

Here is a link to the original post: http://socialmediaclub.org/blogs/from-the-clubhouse/championing-social-media-america%E2%80%99s-heartland

Too much planning leads to analysis paralysis, a fatal error in an arena…

SMCKC Members,

As we prepare to say goodbye to 2010 and give a big hello to 2011, we thought it was a good time to…

We received an update today from the National Chapter announcing Social Media Club membership has achieved a HUGE milestone...100,000 members! What is also exciting is the shout-out they give to the SMCKC chapter in their blog post...cool stuff! If you haven't yet, please take this chance to visit the new National website and learn a bit about all of our growing sister chapters across the globe. We expect…

At the core of social media is the spirit of authentic conversations. We understand people shared a variety of opinions, emotions and concerns during the past week associated with the launch of the SMCJoCo chapter. We as a board have struggled with how to respond to our community about the events that have transpired since we were…