Social Media Club Forms Interim Board of Directors

Jul 9, 2008 Michael Brito

And the very cool thing about this entire situation is that I am on the board. I am very excited to be a part of this project; and I am also humbled that Chris Heuer has asked me to participate. To be on the same list as those listed below is truly an honor. Here is a tidbit of what I and 41 others will be tasked to do in the coming months:

The new interim board has been charted to address several key organizational and strategic deliverables, including development of membership goals, acceleration of local chapter development, increase in adoption of industry standards and implementation of a new legal structure to enhance future growth … The board will also focus on increasing its research efforts and strengthening relationships with other organizations such as the Society for New Communications Research (SNCR) and the International Association for Business Communicators (IABC). The interim board’s work will be completed once the club reorganizes as a new entity, and holds an election amongst its members for a formal Board of Directors.

Also, I will get to work with several key, industry-leading social media analysts, bloggers and business leaders, many of whom I already know; and looking forward to meeting and working with the ones I don’t know.

Lee Aase - Social Media University, Global
Rohit Bhargava - Influential Marketing Blog and Personality Not Included
Richard Binhammer - RichardatDell
Michael Brito - Britopian and Conversations Matter
Chris Brogan - ChrisBrogan.com
Mike Chapman - Austin Social Media Club and Every Dot Connects
Megan Cole - MeganCole.org
Alex de Carvalho - alexdc.org and Social Object
Todd Defren - SHIFT Communications and www.pr-squared.com
Serena Ehrlich - Business Wire
Jason Falls - Social Media Explorer
Maggie Fox - Social Media Group
Jon Gatrell - spatiallyrelevant.org
Howard Greenstein - HowardGreenstein.com
Francine Hardaway - Stealthmode
Josh Hallett - Hyku
Annie Heckenberger - pikpr.blogspot.com and redspurs.com
Chuck Hester - Intellicontact
Chris Heuer - ChrisHeuer.com
Sherry Heyl - Mind Blogging
Tara Hunt - HorsePigCow
Bill Johnston - Forum One
Jennifer McClure - Society for New Communications Research
Mike McGrath - Dogpatch Dispatch
Jake McKee - CommunityGuy.com and Ant’s Eye View
Gregory Narain - SocialTwister
Lee Odden - Online Marketing Blog and TopRank
Erica OGrady - ReinventingErica.com and Peanut Butter Media
Jeremiah Owyang - Web Strategist
David Parmet - Marketing Begins At Home, LLC and PerkettPR
Jackie Peters - heavyBlog
Pierre-Yves Platini - Yoono
Douglas Pollei - Pollei.com
Connie Reece - Every Dot Connects and Austin Social Media Club
Chris Saad - ChrisSaad.com
Andy Sernovitz - Word of Mouth Marketing and GasPedal
Brian Solis - PR2.0
J.J. Toothman - jjtoothman.net and Red Pill
Todd Van Hoosear - Tech PR Gems
Des Walsh - Des Walsh dot Com
Kristie Wells - KristieWells.com

I will keep y’all updated as we begin to form committees and start working on projects. In the meantime, if you want to learn more about social media or just get involved with the club, I encourage you to do so.