Social Media Breakfast Minneapolis & St. Paul Has The World’s Largest Event

I can be a little (a lot) competitive and for my friends around the country who talk about how cool their Social Media Breakfast, happy hour club or professional network is let me say this...

We kicked your ass today.

Has your event ever had 300+ people, met 16 months in a row or had a jumbotron? Yes, I said jumbotron. Minneapolis/St. Paul is not the flyover prairie you think it is so step down from your “I am so cool sitting here on a coast” pedestal. (sorry, had to get that out of my system)

We owe this effort here to one guy, Rick Mahn (@rickmahn) Founder of Social Media Breakfast – Twin Cities. Rick is one of the nicest guys you will meet. He will mention he has had some help planning events and sponsors (including me two times in the beginning) and that this is about the community (which it is) but without Rick’s leadership this thing would not be what it is today. He is not doing this for himself but believes we have a great community here and it should get together.

Check Out Ignite Minneapolis And My Favorite Mykl Roventine And His Bad Fonts

I was not able to get to the Ignite Minneapolis event on April 22^nd but I did watch the first half on video stream and now seen the rest on the web site.

Ignite is an event with a variety of topics (some serious most not so much) with each presentation 20 slides and 5 minutes in length.

Mykl Roventine did a presentation on “Bad Fonts”. I do not have a clue what font is best or worst to use but Mykl certainly has made it so I know to not ever use Comic Sans.

Here is his presentation:

 

The Ignite Minneapolis site says they may be doing another event mid to late June. I am going to submit an idea on doing a job search but this one will be much more fun than what I usually do.

And they are looking for sponsors so if want to reach the crossroads of the Minnesota marketing, PR, Social Media and tech community this is money well spent.

Paul DeBettignies To Present At The Minnesota Chapter Of The Project Management Institute Job Fair

April 20th, 2009 from 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM the Minnesota Chapter of the Project Management Institute will be hosting a job fair for Project Managers and Business Analysts.

So far 20 companies are participating in the job fair.

This is an awesome opportunity to be proactive with your networking in meeting with Recruiters and should you be in a job search clearly this is an event to attend.

During the job fair I will be doing two mini presentations on doing an effective job search.

For more information on the PMI job fair (and the dinner meeting that follows) click 2009 Project Management Institute Minnesota Chapter Job Fair.

Paul DeBettignies A Panelist For Minnesota PRSA Event

Thursday April 16^th, 2009 I will be part of a two person panel for a Core Training class for the Public Relations Society of America - Minnesota or MNPRSA.

 

Information on the event from the MNPRSA web site:

Career and Building a Personal Brand

Guest Panelists:

• Mary Kloehn, Managing Partner, Navigate Forward
• Paul DeBettignies, Recruiter, Blogger, Founder of BeYourOwnHeadhunter.com

As a public relations professional, you’re likely an expert at building and managing brands for clients and companies—but what about developing your personal brand?

Join distinguished leadership and executive transition consultant Mary Kloehn, and social media maven and recruiter Paul DeBettignies as they talk about building and using personal brands online and off. As a consultant, Mary Kloehn draws from human resource and business leadership perspectives to package and present a personal brand. Paul DeBettignies brings a recruiter’s point of view, offering advice for using social media to enhance a personal brand and secure the perfect job.

Take away best practices for building your personal brand and using it to make your mark in your current position, while on the job hunt or when making a career transition. After all, your personal brand is what sets you apart from the rest.

Click Career and Building a Personal Brand for the registration page

Join MNPRSA group online:

• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• MinnesotaPRSA on Twitter

Minnesota Job Fair: Monster Brings Keep America Working Tour To Minneapolis

Tomorrow (March, 24^th 2009 from 10 AM to 3 PM) Monster.com will be hosting a free job fair.

The event will held at the (click this link for a map) Hyatt Regency Minneapolis

I have been in touch with a few of my Minnesota Recruiters friends and hear that on the employer side of things the event is full with 30+ companies and a few on a waiting list.

Let me repeat that, a waiting list for a job fair.

Some of the companies:

• Xcel Energy
• ShopNBC
• Taylor Corporation
• Digital River
• Fairview Health Services
• ADC Telecommunications
• Manpower
• Ecolab

I am not aware for what skills sets the above or other companies are hiring for.

If you are wondering if you should attend I would say yes. This is a good opportunity to make contacts at companies and if they are not hiring your skill set now create a relationship so you can contact them (or they contact you) the coming weeks and months.

For more information (or if you are in another city) click Monster Brings Keep America Working Tour

Minnesota Chamber Of Commerce 2008 Annual Meeting

The Minnesota Chamber of Commerce will be holding their 2008 annual meeting October 1, 2008 from 7:30 am – 1:30 am at the Crowne Plaza St. Paul – Riverfront in Downtown St. Paul.

Presentations for the issues conference from 7:30 am – 11:30 am:

• The Minnesota Business Barometer: How Minnesota businesses view the economy and the issues that will shape their future
• Meeting the Global Climate Challenge: What approach makes sense for the environment and the economy?
• K-12 Education: What route to world class student achievement?
• Governing Minnesota: Pass or fail – what does the Legacy Amendment mean to Minnesota?

Luncheon, annual meeting, and keynote speech from 11:30 am – 1:30 pm:

• George Stephanopoulos, Chief Washington Correspondent for ABC News

For more information on the event and to register click Minnesota Chamber of Commerce 2008 Annual Meeting & Issue Conference

Click Minnesota Business Meetings And Technology Events for more Minnesota meetings and events and MN Headhunter for the latest blog posts.

Social Media Breakfast Twin Cities #7 Set For September 19th, 2008

As posted on TWINCITIESBLOGS.COM

I know I am posting this at the last minute (relatively speaking) but tomorrow Social Media Breakfast – Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St. Paul area) will be hosting its next get together of Social Media type industry folks to include those interested in the topic, and those in marketing, technology, sales, and a couple of us recruiter types.

The event is from 8 am – 10 am and we will be meeting at Best Buy Corporate Headquarters

To find more about the event check out the group site Social Media Breakfast – Twin Cities and the registration page for the event Social Media Breakfast – Twin Cities 7. You must register to attend.

Agenda for the event:

• Gary Koelling, co-founder of Best Buy's BlueShirtNation will talk about BSN and GiftTag
• Group question: Social Media "Pureists" vs. the "Corporatists" in the enterprise. What's your take?
• Three Volts will talk about web video and it's use by companies
• Conferences - Who's going and why (BlogWorld Expo, DEMO, Defrag, SXSW)

Many thanks to Rick Mahn (@rickmahn) who helped create the group and coordinates the events.

Thanks also to Sterling Cross Group for sponsoring this month’s event.

Here are some pics from the last event that had a presentation from Julio Ojeda-Zapata (@jojeda) on his book “Twitter Means Business - How microblogging can help or hurt your company” and from Phil Wilson (@Philson) on his new site ComicTwit:

Group Pics

 

Julio Ojeda-Zepata

 

Rick Mahn

 

Phil Wilson

Frozen Perl 2008 | Perl In Practice | To Be Held In Minnesota

Frozen Perl 2008 "Perl In Practice" a great event for the Minnesota Perl community will be held Saturday, February 16 2008 starting at 9 am and will be held at the McNamara Alumni Center on the University of Minnesota campus.

For more information click Frozen Perl 2008 and Minneapolis Perl Mongers for the local group.

Registration is open.

Yep, I will be there for part of the day. Not sure which yet.

 

Technorati Tags: Perl, Perl Mongers, Minneapolis Perl Mongers