March 20, 2011
We will be joined by Beth Koemans, MCDM’s Program Manager and Community Architect, to discuss the need for, and potential forms of, an MCDM alumni/professional development group. Although not confirmed, it is hoped that other MCDM representatives will be able to attend as well. An opportunity to contribute to the main agenda points of this meeting will be available at the February 27 meeting. Anyone who can’t make either or both meetings is encouraged to contribute to the discussion online, and these points will be reviewed during the meeting.
Before the meeting, the written agenda will be posted to the Media United blog.
March 9, 2011
PSAMA and SDMA are collaborating for a day long conference called MarketMix 2011 Tracks for Social Media, Branding and Analytics/Search. Keynotes by marketing folks from Seahawks, Mariners and Sounders along with CMO at Virgin America, Porter Gale. $99 student rate through 2/23.
February 27, 2011
The primary purpose of this meeting is to give people interested in Media United a chance to prioritize potential agenda items for the next meeting (March 6), at which we will be joined by at least one official representative of the MCDM program. Through past meetings and online discussions, the following list of potential agenda items has been identified.
- Career Networking and Counseling
- Access to MCDM assets like Angee Linsey workshops
- Professional Dev Month events with Comm Department
- Networking Events
- Ideas and Eggs salons
- Monthly Happy Hour w/ current students, faculty
- Four Peaks Events
- Career Events/Fairs – partner with B’School Alumni group?
- Ongoing Learning
- Class Audits, video of speakers
- Annual or SemiAnnual retreats/bootcamps/workshops
- Four Peaks
- How is “membership” envisioned? Priority, free member benefits for alum?
- Continued input and opportunity to work events or access to speakers
- Comm Department support
- Access to complete alumni list
- MCDM specific satellite events during Comm events – Hall of Fame, Graduation
- Maintenance of listservs and web/wiki products for alumni connections
If you have additional suggestions, please share them. Big thanks to Harry for pulling more than his fair share of the weight in keeping this moving the past couple of weeks.
Eventbrite RSVP isn’t required, but it’s helpful to figure out who’s coming.
February 17, 2011
IABC/Seattle, the local chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) is holding its annual half-day seminar on the topic of ”Communication Innovation: Be Heard in an Age of Information Overload.”
Speakers include Dr. Mary Czerwinski of Microsoft Research, Dr. TJ Larkin of Larkin Communication Consulting, Eric Weaver of Ant’s Eye View, and a panel moderated by Jeff Hason, CMO of Hipcrick that includes panelists Melissa Tizon of Swedish Medial Center, Paul McElroy of Alaska Airlines and Margot Savell of Weber Shandwick.
Speakers will explore the topic of information overload, how it affects us and the ways that we can overcome its effects to break through the noise and be heard. The event starts with a networking breakfast with hosted table topics starting at 7:30 a.m. The program runs from 8:30 a.m. and finishes at 1:30 p.m. with the panel over lunch. More details: http://bit.ly/flj2nH
February 10, 2011
The local chapter of American Marketing Association – PSAMA - is planning a replay of the SuperBowl ads at the Fox Sports Grill. The event will be hosted by UW football alum Brock Huard and a lineup of local advertising and PR pros. $30 buys appetizers and the meeting, cash bar. The event kicks off at 5:00pm.
February 9, 2011
The Seattle Chapter of Association for Women in Communication – AWC – will be holding a panel discussion to address the question “Are today’s colleges putting too much emphasis on technological training and related skills at the expense of basic communications concepts such as reading, writing and public speaking?” Speakers are academics and students from UW, Seattle U and Shoreline Community College. Co-sponsored by City Club. The event starts with coffee and networking at 6:30pm.
January 30, 2011
This is a kickoff meeting to introduce the idea of Media United to the MCDM Alum (and soon to be!) community, and provide an opportunity for interested people to help shape the organization and collaboratively make it a powerful resource for professionals in emerging media disciplines. (more…)
January 25, 2011
SMC Seattle is celebrating it’s Second Anniversary with a Celebration at Banyan Branch – Food, drinks and special guests. Party will benefit jobs initiatives at Jolkona
