About
Educating and Informing about social media best practices, and how it can work in and with all fields and company types. Founded December 2008, first meeting January 2009.
SMBNH: Learning Over Coffee
If you feel spammed or marketed to by any of our team members or any of our speakers at our events, please alert us immediately. The purpose of SMBNH is NOT to market ourselves, but to share our knowledge with you so you can grow. You can report spammy practices to Leslie via email or phone (800.501.4049).
Social Media Breakfast History
On seeing growing demand in this area, Leslie decided to fill the need with a new branch of the nationwide Social Media Breakfast in NH. It isn’t that she doesn’t love Boston, because she does, but our neighbor to the north is rich in technology and social media, and often overlooked when events are planned. She 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 is the Social Media Breakfast in NH 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!
SMBNH Founder and Coordinator: Leslie Poston
Social Media Breakfast NH found and coordinator, Leslie Poston, is passionate about helping people and businesses find their way to success via technology. As a writer, she has over 200 ebooks and books in her repertoire and several more in development, including Twitter for Dummies with Laura Fitton and Michael Gruen.
As a speaker and leading authority in social networking, new media, brand and business development, she is the Founder and CEO of Magnitude Media social media and business development consultancy. She was also the Co-Founder of Film Pop!, a digital and new media services development agency for independent film as well as a long-time consultant to the entertainment industry for new media development and marketing.
A firm believer in translating online relationships and successes into the offline world, she has also founded Social Media Breakfast New Hampshire, PodCamp NH and the nationwide Strong Women in Tech initiative. She also sits on the Board of Directors of Portsmouth Public Media.
When she isn’t watching or playing sports (especially hockey and UFC/MMA), playing piano, hiking, sailing, skiing, supporting local bands, playing with her Rottweiler, or working, Leslie can be found on Twitter (@leslie) and other social media sites, meeting new people, forging relationships between businesses and customers and making connections with the world.
Leslie is assisted by her Social Media Breakfast NH helpers: Kevin Micalizzi (@dimdim / @kevinmic) and Matt Turner (@onmatt), as well as Diane Vautier, Melanie Burger, Karen Liot Hill, Nik Palmer and many other members of the fabulous SMBNH TEAM
