Welcome to SMBNH: Circles of Influence: Google+ and How Social Media Empowers Users to Unite, Grow and Shape Communities

With a focus on large scale communications and communites as well as small scale, we explore how social media has helped nations topple, companies grow, politics change, local movements get off the ground and more. Whether it’s news regarding Libya’s conflicts or supporting a local talented artist by creating community and communication, these flexible tools help make it happen.

This month we are being hosted by Phillips Exeter Acedemy in Exeter, NH.

From their Mission page:

“Exeter seeks to graduate young people whose creativity and independence of thought sustain their continuing inquiry and reflection, whose interest in others and the world around them surpasses their self concern, and whose passion for learning impels them beyond what they already know.”

Some of our brightest stars have attended Phillips Exeter Academy and benefitted from their philosophy.

This month’s focus brings us a well rounded group of speakers as well.

The morning begins with an address from Phillips Exeter Academy, then seques into our three speakers, starting with

Leslie Poston, Founder of Magnitude Media and co-author of Twitter for Dummies, contributor to the Social Media ProBook and author of the Grande Guide to Social Advertising, as well as (coming in 2012) Social Media Metrics for Dummies, will address some of the privacy concerns faced by educators and others when building communities. Then moving on to

John Herman, Media Literacy Educator and Founder of NH Media Makers, author and polymath as well as a very special guest from Google will talk to you about building community, applying media literacy best practices and other topics related to Google +, and will demonstrate several of the Google + capabilities live during the talk.

We’ll then be closing the morning with our featured speaker:

Grant Sanborn, Director of Interactive Marketing for HCA Healthcare. Grant will speak about the challenges and best practices he’s experienced in building an online community around a 17 hospital group, including Portsmouth Regional Hospital.

There will also be a one hour campus tour of Phillips Exeter Academy immediately following the breakfast as well. We encourage you to take part.

All of us at SMBNH look forward to seeing you all there.

Follow Leslie, John, Grant, Phillips Exeter Academy, SMBNH on Twitter before the breakfast for up to the minute updates.

Circle Leslie, John, or Mike from PEA on Google + to get in the spirit of the breakfast.

We hope to see you at our next SMBNH on July 22, 2011! Online signup closes on June 21, 2011.

You can read what Social Media Breakfast NH is all about, how Leslie and friends started it many moons ago and who the awesome people on the SMBNH team are who make these breakfasts possible, like co-organizers Kevin, Nik, Karen, Diane, Matt, Susan and Melanie by heading over to the official blog and reading our About SMBNH page. There is also a mailing list in the side bar there – signing up means you will hear about these events first!

WALK UPS WELCOME BUT IT MAKES IT EASIER TO GET ENOUGH FOOD FOR ALL IF YOU SIGN UP!

Leslie and Kevin would like to thank Charlene Andersen and Tom Elliott, without whom we couldn’t have pulled off SMBNH this month. Thank you!

The Theme for July 2011′s Social Media Breakfast NH is the Use of Social Media for Innovation and Entrpreneurship

We’re creating your rock star event now, so sign up early to get your spot.

Agenda

8:30 – 8:58 AM Networking and Breakfast

8:58 – 9:00 Opening Remarks by SMBNH Founder Leslie Poston

9:00 – 9:05 Sponsor Remarks by Idea Greenhouse

9:05 – 9:25 Josh Cyr, Alpha Loft

9:25 – 9:45 Michael Behrman, Revolution Energy

9:45 – 10:05 Amy Hall, Granite State Dairy Promotion

10:05 – 10:30 Group Q&A with all speakers at the front to field questions

We’d like to thank our venue sponsor, the Idea Greenhouse (Website, Twitter)

We’d like to thank our food and beverage sponsor: the Idea Greenhouse (Tom, thank you so much for sponsoring both halves of the event this month!)

Directions and Parking info at this link

Tell your fellow NH VIPs that we’re looking for YOU to help make SMBNH 2011 amazing:

We’re looking for your help to direct the topics of the next year’s Social Media Breakfast NH! Won’t you fill out this quick form letting us know what you want to hear about for SMBNH 2011?

We’re also adding to our speaking roster for 2011 – have you always wanted your 15 minutes to share your knowledge with your SMBNH peers? Now is your chance! Tell us all about you and how you can help us increase our brain power at an SMBNH in 2011 on this form.

STALK US:

On Twitter

On Facebook

On LinkedIn

On The Web

By Email (Leslie)

Updates and changes to this event, including confirmed speakers not yet listed, can be found on the blog.

We hope to see you at our next SMBNH on June 17, 2011! Online signup closes on June 16, 2011.

You can read what Social Media Breakfast NH is all about, how Leslie started it many moons ago and who the awesome people on the SMBNH team are who make these breakfasts possible, like co-organizers Kevin, Nik, Karen, Diane, Matt, Susan and Melanie by heading over to the official blog and reading our About SMBNH page. There is also a mailing list in the side bar there – signing up means you will hear about these events first!

Leslie and Kevin would like to thank Diane Vautier, without whom we couldn’t have pulled off SMBNH this month. Thank you!

The Theme for June 2011′s Social Media Breakfast NH is Green Tech

We’ll be discussing how customers and businesses are using social media to go green, and how companies, employees and customers can use these tools to their advantage. 

Agenda

8:30 – 8:58 AM Networking and Breakfast

8:58 – 9:00 Opening Remarks by SMBNH Founder Leslie Poston and Co-Organizer Diane Vautier

9:00 – 9:05 Sponsor Remarks by Nashua Library

9:05 – 9:25 Kate Luczko, Interim Executive Director, New Hampshire Business for Social Responsibility

9:25 – 9:45 Jim Cavan, Green Alliance

9:45 – 10:05 Debbie DeMoulpied, Owner, Bonafide Green Goods

10:05 – 10:30 Group Q&A with all speakers at the front to field questions

We’d like to thank our venue sponsor, the Nashua Library (Website, Twitter)

We’d like to thank our food and beverage sponsor: Starbucks Nashua on Colliseum Avenue

We’re looking forward to having these sponsors involved in May!

Note: There is plenty of parking in Nashua, however, be sure to park in a metered spot – unmetered parking is private and your car will be towed by the spot owners

Directions at this link

Tell your fellow NH VIPs that we’re looking for YOU to help make SMBNH 2011 amazing:

We’re looking for your help to direct the topics of the next year’s Social Media Breakfast NH! Won’t you fill out this quick form letting us know what you want to hear about for SMBNH 2011?

We’re also adding to our speaking roster for 2011 – have you always wanted your 15 minutes to share your knowledge with your SMBNH peers? Now is your chance! Tell us all about you and how you can help us increase our brain power at an SMBNH in 2011 on this form.

STALK US:

On Twitter

On Facebook

On LinkedIn

On The Web

By Email (Leslie) 

Updates and changes to this event, including confirmed speakers not yet listed, can be found on the blog.

We hope to see you at our next SMBNH on May 20, 2011! Online signup closes on May 19, 2011.

You can read what Social Media Breakfast NH is all about, how Leslie started it many moons ago and who the awesome people on the SMBNH team are who make these breakfasts possible, like co-organizers Kevin, Nik, Karen, Diane, Matt, Susan and Melanie by heading over to the official blog and reading our About SMBNH page. There is also a mailing list in the side bar there – signing up means you will hear about these events first!

Leslie and Kevin would like to thank Melanie Burger, without whom we couldn’t have pulled off SMBNH this month. Thank you!

The Theme for May 2011′s Social Media Breakfast NH is Local Business Tech

We’ll be discussing how customers and businesses are using social media to go local, buy local, eat local and more, and how companies, employees and customers can use these tools to their advantage.

Agenda

8:30 – 8:58 AM Networking and Breakfast

8:58 – 9:00 Opening Remarks by SMBNH Founder Leslie Poston and Co-Organizer Melanie Burger

9:00 – 9:05 Sponsor Remarks by Roundabout Diner

9:05 – 9:25 Sarah Diment, The Beachmere Inn

9:25 – 9:45 Walter Elly, MicroArts, Location Based Services in our community businesses

9:45 – 10:05 Stephen Bobbett: Illustrator and Designer, STREET Server and Social Media Liaison

10:05 – 10:30 Group Q&A with all speakers at the front to field questions

We’d like to thank our venue sponsor, the locally owned and operated and social media active Roundabout Diner.

We’d like to thank our food and beverage sponsor: Roundabout Diner

Roundabout Diner is a locally owned restaurant with fabulous food and service, centrally located on the Portsmouth Traffic Circle to serve you.

Follow Roundabout Diner on Twitter

We’re looking forward to having these sponsors involved in May!

Note: There is plenty of parking at the diner

Tell your fellow NH VIPs that we’re looking for YOU to help make SMBNH 2011 amazing:

We’re looking for your help to direct the topics of the next year’s Social Media Breakfast NH! Won’t you fill out this quick form letting us know what you want to hear about for SMBNH 2011?

We’re also adding to our speaking roster for 2011 – have you always wanted your 15 minutes to share your knowledge with your SMBNH peers? Now is your chance! Tell us all about you and how you can help us increase our brain power at an SMBNH in 2011 on this form.

STALK US:

On Twitter

On Facebook

On LinkedIn

On The Web

By Email (Leslie)

Updates and changes to this event, including confirmed speakers not yet listed, can be found on the blog.

We hope to see you at our next SMBNH on April 29, 2011! Online signup closes on April 28, 2011.

You can read what Social Media Breakfast NH is all about, how Leslie started it many moons ago and who the awesome people on the SMBNH team are who make these breakfasts possible, like co-organizer Kevin, by heading over to the official blog and reading our About SMBNH page. There is also a mailing list in the side bar there – signing up means you will hear about these events first!

Leslie and Kevin would like to thank Karen Liot Hill and Nik Palmer, without whom we couldn’t pull off SMBNH in the Upper Valley. They make this event happen!

The Theme for April 2011′s Social Media Breakfast NH is Green Business

We’ll be discussing how customers and businesses are using social media to go green, and how companies, employees and customers can use these tools to their advantage. This is the first of TWO Green 2.0 breakfasts – the next will be in Nashua this summer.

Agenda

8:30 – 9:00 AM Networking and Breakfast

9:00 – 9:05 Opening Remarks by SMBNH Founder Leslie Poston and Co-Organizer Karen Liot Hill

9:05 – 9:10 Sponsor Remarks by Klifton Library

9:10 – 9:25 Kimberly Quirk, Owner, Energy Emporium, Enfield, NH

9:25 – 9:55 James McDougall, Co-Owner, Catalyst Webworks

9:55 – 10:10 Roundtable Session

10:10 – 10:30 Group Q&A with all speakers at the front to field questions

We’d like to thank our venue sponsor, the Kilton Library.

(Logo coming soon)

We’re looking forward to having them host us in April!

Special thanks to Sarah for making it happen!

Note: The Library is not open for regular business before 9AM, they are making a special exception to open their doors early for SMBNH attendees only.

Tell your fellow NH VIPs that we’re looking for YOU to help make SMBNH 2011 amazing:

We’re looking for your help to direct the topics of the next year’s Social Media Breakfast NH! Won’t you fill out this quick form letting us know what you want to hear about for SMBNH 2011?

We’re also adding to our speaking roster for 2011 – have you always wanted your 15 minutes to share your knowledge with your SMBNH peers? Now is your chance! Tell us all about you and how you can help us increase our brain power at an SMBNH in 2011 on this form.

STALK US:

On Twitter

On Facebook

On LinkedIn

On The Web

By Email (Leslie) 

Updates and changes to this event, including confirmed speakers not yet listed, can be found on the blog.

January 21, 2011 (Manchester)
February 18, 2011 (Portsmouth)
March 18, 2011 (Keene)
April 22, 2011 (Upper Valley)
May 20, 2011 (Portsmouth)
June 17, 2011 (Nashua)
July 22, 2011 (Dover)
August 19, 2011 (Concord or Manchester)
September 16, 2011 (Upper Valley)
October 21, 2011 (Exeter)
November 19, 2011 (Nashua)
December 16, 2011 (Portsmouth)

This year we’ve been moving forward with SMBNH events only when we have enough sponsorship and speakers to warrant it.

Don’t forget to sign up on our sponsor or speaker pages if you’d like to help us continue to bring free learning to the companies and people in NH in this, our third year. We can’t do it without you!

Eric:

Walter:

Neil:

We hope to see you at our next SMBNH on January 21, 2011! Online signup closes on January 20, 2011.

You can read what Social Media Breakfast NH is all about, how Leslie started it many moons ago and who the awesome people on the SMBNH team are who make these breakfasts possible, like co-organizer Kevin, by heading over to the official blog and reading our About SMBNH page. There is also a mailing list in the side bar there – signing up means you will hear about these events first!

The Theme for January 2011′s Social Media Breakfast NH is Location Based Services

We’ll be discussing how customers and businesses are using location based services, and how companies, employees and customers can use these tools to their advantage.

Agenda

8:30 – 9:00 AM Networking and Breakfast

9:00 – 9:05 Opening Remarks by SMBNH Founder Leslie Poston

9:05 – 9:10 Sponsor Remarks by Manchester Public Library

9:10 – 9:25 Neil DeLuca, Yahoo!

9:25 – 9:55 Walter Elly, Microarts

9:55 – 10:10 Eric Leist from Allen and Gerritsen

10:10 – 10:30 Group Q&A with all speakers at the front to field questions

We’d like to thank our venue sponsor, the Manchester Public Library.

Mission: Manchester Public Library The Manchester City Library Foundation is a private, nonprofit corporation committed to providing supplemental support to the Manchester City Library. The Foundation reinforces the need for continued and increased public support for the library, and serves as a catalyst for attracting private funding from individuals, businesses, organizations and foundations in order to enhance library services to our community. Library on Twitter: @manchlibrary

We’re looking forward to having them host us in January!

Special thanks to Mary Gallant, for making it happen. 

Note: The Library is not open for regular business before 9AM, they are making a special exception to open their doors early for SMBNH attendees only.

Last but not least, a huge, huge, huge Thank You to Amanda Narcisi. Because Kevin Micalizzi was a bit tied up this month (his company, DimDim, was purchased by Salesforce) and Leslie Poston as well (lots of growing pains for Uptown Uncorked in January!), Amanda stepped up to the plate for us, pitched in, and got this entire event DONE, in record time. She is fantastic

Tell your fellow NH VIPs that we’re looking for YOU to help make SMBNH 2011 amazing:

We’re looking for your help to direct the topics of the next year’s Social Media Breakfast NH! Won’t you fill out this quick form letting us know what you want to hear about for SMBNH 2011?

We’re also adding to our speaking roster for 2011 – have you always wanted your 15 minutes to share your knowledge with your SMBNH peers? Now is your chance! Tell us all about you and how you can help us increase our brain power at an SMBNH in 2011 on this form.

STALK US:

On Twitter

On Facebook

On LinkedIn

On The Web

By Email (Leslie) 

Updates and changes to this event, including confirmed speakers not yet listed, can be found on the blog.

We hope to see you at our next SMBNH on December 10, 2010! Online signup closes on December 9, 2010.

You can read what Social Media Breakfast NH is all about, how Leslie started it many moons ago and who the awesome people on the SMBNH team are who make these breakfasts possible, like co-organizer Kevin, by heading over to the official blog and reading our About SMBNH page. There is also a mailing list in the side bar there – signing up means you will hear about these events first!

The Theme for December 2010′s Social Media Breakfast NH is Hire 2.0

We’ll be discussing how recruiters and human resources professionals are using the social web to find, vet and hire new employees, and how companies and job seekers can use these tools to their advantage to make their job search reach farther than it ever has before, become more hireable, and fix problems on social sites that may be preventing an employee from getting hired or a company from being seen as a desireable place to work  (that’s right businesses – this is a two way street these days).

Agenda

8:30 – 9:00 AM Networking and Breakfast

9:00 – 9:05 Opening Remarks by SMBNH Founder Leslie Poston

9:05 – 9:10 Sponsor Remarks by Steve Butzel, Assistant Director, Portsmouth Public Library

9:10 – 9:25 Andrew White, Executive Recruiter, MRI

9:25 – 9:55 Speaker, TBC, Human Resources

9:55 – 10:10 David Gallant, Hubspot 

10:10 – 10:30 Group Q&A with all speakers at the front to field questions

We’re looking to make this breakfast something you can use to start your hiring practices and your job searches off on the right foot in 2011 and get you ahead of the curve.

We’d like to thank our venue sponsor, the Portsmouth Public Library.

Mission: Portsmouth Public Library is a gateway to reading, information, culture, community activities, and self-directed learning. It serves those who want to read, to learn, or to connect with our community and our cultural heritage. The library’s mission is one of sharing and it strengthens the community.

We’re looking forward to having them host us in December!

Library on Twitter @portsmouthlibnh

Facebook them at facebook.com/pplnh

Flickr connect via flickr.com/photos/portslib

Special thanks to Steve Butzel, Assistant Director, for making it happen. 

Note: The Library is not open for regular business before 9AM, they are making a special exception to open their doors early for SMBNH attendees only.

Tell your fellow NH VIPs that we’re looking for YOU to help make SMBNH 2011 amazing:

We’re looking for your help to direct the topics of the next year’s Social Media Breakfast NH! Won’t you fill out this quick form letting us know what you want to hear about for SMBNH 2011?

We’re also adding to our speaking roster for 2011 – have you always wanted your 15 minutes to share your knowledge with your SMBNH peers? Now is your chance! Tell us all about you and how you can help us increase our brain power at an SMBNH in 2011 on this form.

STALK US:

On Twitter

On Facebook

On LinkedIn

On The Web

By Email (Leslie) 

Updates and changes to this event, including confirmed speakers not yet listed, can be found on the blog.

Last 2010 Meeting: December 10, 2010 (Portsmouth)

January 21, 2011 (Manchester)
February 18, 2011 (Portsmouth)
March 18, 2011 (Keene)
April 22, 2011 (Upper Valley)
May 20, 2011 (Portsmouth)
June 17, 2011 (Nashua)
July 22, 2011 (Dover)
August 19, 2011 (Concord or Manchester)
September 16, 2011 (Upper Valley)
October 21, 2011 (Keene)
November 19, 2011 (Nashua)
December 16, 2011 (Portsmouth)