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Refresh Miami August Meetup
Friday, August 21st, 2009
When:
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
7:30pm – 10:00pm
Where:
Doubletree Hotel
2649 S Bayshore Dr
Miami, FL
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You can rspv here
Come join us for this month event, we are going to have a great lineup.
Robert Murray will introduce us to Social Media for Social Change, an example of how social media can bring together people from all around the world together to change society in a big way.
John James Jacoby , the developer of Buddy Press, will talk about WordPress MU and Buddy Press, more specifically about the new Buddy Press 1.1 release that is scheduled to come out later this month.
Alex De Carvalho and Brian Breslin are going to give us an overview on the current situation of the South Florida tech community and its future.
Tags: August, buddypress, meetup, miami, refreshmiami, social media, social network, south florida, wordpress
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May 27th: Refresh and Reboot!
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
Come join us for an evening of learning, discovery, and socializing as we “Refresh and Reboot” for another year of new media innovation in South Florida. We look forward to hearing about the stuff you’re working on at our meetup this Wednesday, May 27th.
David Bisset – @dimensionmedia will present on how to build a social network using WordPress and BuddyPress, which has recently been released. David specializes in website strategy and design and is an expert on WordPress and WordPress Multi-User platforms.
We will also talk about the other new media and tech events in South Florida, and you will have the opportunity to introduce your meetup or event in two-minutes or less.
There will be food, wine, beer, sodas, and other snacks and refreshments. Please make sure you RSVP at the facebook page. Find out more about RefreshMiami. We will be meeting at 7:30pm, at:
Brikolodge
3301 NE 1st Ave Unit L207
Miami, FL
Directions for getting to Brikolodge:
Brikolodge is in the Midtown4 building, on the south side of the building (follow the signs). Midtown 4 itself is at the southeast corner of NE 33rd street and NE 1st Avenue. There is plenty of parking along the street, and several garages a block or two away (next to target or the other stores on S Miami Ave).
Upcoming New Media Events
It’s a busy month! Featured events include:
Lisa Sparks and Alex de Carvalho will speak about using E-Mail and Social Media for Business Success on May 27, 4-7pm, Hyatt Coral Gables, 50 Alhambra Plaza, Coral Gables. RSVP here, the cost is free.
Miami Drupal Training, May 27-29.
This Saturday, May 30th, join over 200 other local techies as we learn from local and non-local experts on developing for the facebook platform. Facebook, Intel, and Infinimedia are proud to host the second ever Facebook Developer Garage in South Florida. Topics will include integrating Facebook Connect, Facebook Connect on iPhone, building your fan page, Social Gaming, and more. See Facebook Miami for more details and the speaker’s lineup. The event is at capacity, please arrive early to ensure your seating.
LaidOffCamp Miami: on Saturday, June 6, 2009 a gathering of job-seekers, freelancers, entrepreneurs and startups will meet at the Miami Beach Convention Center for South Florida’s first community-driven conference for creative employment. Don’t miss this event!
Second #pizzatweetup June 8th, 7pm at The Sicilian Oven Lighthouse Point. Free pizza when you buy a drink!
Social Media Club South Florida June 9th, 7-10pm, is holding an outstanding meetup: “Creative Community Engagement and Engaging Creative Communities”. We will be joined by a panel of artists and bloggers, including Steve Roitstein of the Palo latin-jazz band, Maria Lemus, creative writer, Carlos Miller, photographer, Onajide Shabaka, artist, and Irina Patterson, art event entertainer. Denise Jacobs will lead the panel, and later we’ll dance to the tunes of Palo music! Please RSVP here.
Coffee & Social Media meets the 2nd Tuesday of every month in Naples. Next meeting is June 9th, 8am at Bad Ass Coffee. Email cyndee@c2-com.com or (239)571-3174 for more information.
FPRA Treasure Coast Annual Media Conference June 12th, Stuart. This year’s topic is “Successful Media Strategies”.
Mobile Monday Miami on June 15th, in conjunction with the Mobile Commerce Americas conference
Miami Herald tweetup, June 16th (@miamiherald, @heraldsports). Time and location TBD.
The AWC hosts “Social Media – Challenge or Opportunity?” on Thu, Jun 18, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at the Havana Club. In a few short years, online communications have changed dramatically. From blogging to Facebook to Twitter, more and more people are participating in the conversation online. For continued effective communication, using these tools is not optional, it’s required … or is it? Join Murray Izzenwasser and Alex de Carvalho for a lively discussion at the outstanding Havana Club, at no charge!
KickStartz Weekend 2009 will held June 18-20, 2009 at DeVry
University in Miramar Florida. KickStartz is an intense 3 day event bringing techies, designers, marketers, and business folks together to create businesses, projects, and work through their ideas! Idea submissions will be presented in an “Elevator Pitch” format to the attendees. The attendees will vote the ideas down to 10 or so finalists. The attendees will then be broken out into teams and will literally create these businesses over the duration of the event.
Friday, June 19, 10am, the Naples Daily News Press Conference and Media Tour, Naples, Florida. Collier County’s only local daily newspaper will move into its new $95 million multi-media facility in September. Media and communications professionals in South Florida are encouraged to attend this personal first-look at their new facility in Naples hosted by publisher Chris Doyle. Critics call it the “last newspaper press to be built in America.” Contact PRACC for more info.
More events:
“The Glitter of Twitter & Social Media” at SFIMA, June 11th
Miami Ruby Brigade Meetup June 15th
RefreshMiami June Meetup June 24th
South Florida iPhone Meetup Group TBA
Check Doterati’s site for many events in Orlando
PRSA PRVille June 18-20, Jacksonville
Tags: internet, meetup, miami, new media, refresh, refreshmiami, social media, south florida, technology, web
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November Meetup and a primer on RefreshMiami
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
November meetup.
Just a quick word to update you on our upcoming meetups. Our next one is tonight, November 19th, 2008, at 7:30PM at Brikolodge. Please RSVP on facebook.
December meetup and party.
How did this year fly by so quickly? Whether it was a great year or a so-so year for you, it’s time to celebrate! Please RSVP on Facebook for our December 17th meetup.
Who participates in RefreshMiami?
RefreshMiami is a volunteer-based community of over 500 new media professionals in the South Florida area, including Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and Monroe counties. Refresh members include local professionals, startups, freelancers, and students who work in or are interested in new media, the internet, technology, social media, and design. From the CEO to the intern, from the venture capitalist to the startup, from the programmer to the artist, Refreshers are a diverse set of skilled and passionate people.
How much does membership cost?
Participation and membership in RefreshMiami is free. Be sure to join our group on LinkedIn, GoogleGroups, or Facebook to get updates on our upcoming meetups.
What are RefreshMiami meetups like?
Our meetings are an informal gathering of local professionals, startups, freelancers, and students who work in or are interested in . We get together on the last Wednesday of each month at 7:30pm. At 8pm, we have three companies or individuals present their topic, which may be a demo, a concept, an idea, an insight, or something they are working on. The presentations run for 10 minutes each followed by a 5 minute discussion. After the presentations are done, we network over food and drinks at the location or at a nearby bar. Generally, between 60 to 100 people come to RefreshMiami meetups.
If you would you like to present or demo something, let Brian or Alex know and we’ll set you up.
Great! Can my company host or sponsor a meetup?
We have generally held our meetups at Brikolodge, the University of Miami School of Communication, and Yahoo! Latin Americas.
Hosting requires inviting us to use your facility for a meetup on the last Wednesday of the month. We would prefer that the location is in Miami or Ft. Lauderdale and can hold abut 100 people. Generally the host sponsors the event with food and refreshments and drinks.
If you cannot host RefreshMiami but would like to sponsor us, we will hold the meetup in your name at Brikolodge.
If you would like to host or sponsor one of our meetups, please contact Brian or Alex.
I can’t host or sponsor RefreshMiami; how else can I support the community?
There are lots of ways to give back to your community. If you appreciate the meetups, the easiest way to help is to talk about Refresh to your friends and colleagues, to blog and Twitter about Refresh, and to bring a friend to a meetup.
Got a particular skill you’d like to donate, like web design or programming? Please contact Brian or Alex and we’ll put it to good use … and give you full credit.
I would like to market my product/service to RefreshMiami members.
We ask you to refrain on marketing and advertising your wares to Refreshers. In other words, RefreshMiami is a place to feed, not feed off of.
Getting updates about RefreshMiami and other South Florida new media and tech events.
The best way to get updates is to join one of our groups, on LinkedIn, GoogleGroups, or Facebook. We generally send out one email per month that looks like this, with information about most web and new media events in South Florida. The Google Groups is also a place to hold discussions with other members.
Tags: design, development, event, ft. lauderdale, media, miami, networking, new media, refresh, refreshmiami, social media, south florida, tech, technology, web
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October Refresh Miami Meetup – October 29, 2008
Monday, October 27th, 2008
Hey folks,
Quick heads up for those of you not on the google group or the other mailing lists. The next meetup is this coming wednesday October 29,2008 at 7:30PM. Space is limited so please show up early and make sure you RSVP.
RefreshMiami meetup on October 29th at Yahoo! Hispanic Americas.
Our next meetup is next Wednesday, October 29th, 2008, at 7:30PM at Yahoo! Hispanic Americas (1 Alhambra PLAZA, Coral Gables, FL 33134 8th floor). Please RSVP on facebook.
This month’s speakers: Alex de Carvalho, Michael Montgomery, and Adam Singer.
“The dream had vanished. Unfortunately the lifestyle remained” —Gapingvoid. The question is, how do you create new opportunities for yourself? Alex de Carvalho presents five steps to personal branding online and will lead a discussion on best practices for online reputation management. He is the co-founder of StartPR, which provides self-service tools for brand monitoring online. He blogs on social media at alexdc.org and Twitters @alexdc.
Michael Montgomery will discuss Microformats:
If you’ve never heard of microformats
…and are tired of re-doing everything at every new “social” site.If you’ve heard of microformats
…but don’t use them in your sites.
…or don’t know how.
What are microformats?
Designed for humans first and machines second, microformats are a set of simple, open data formats built upon existing and widely adopted standards.
So… “Markup, only better”
And… “Social websites, with less work”“Microformats make it easy for you or anyone to share and reuse data in your webpages and content elsewhere — for example, to populate an address book, browse social relationships, share reviews, tag content or publish and discover events.” —Chris Messina
Michael blogs at michaelmontgomery.net and Twitters @montgomery. His company is Montgomery Studios.
Adam Singer will present on a social media marketing campaign he created for Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company, where more than 1,500 bloggers signed up for a “java beta test”. Incorporating feedback from the blogosphere, Joffrey’s then went on to produce a crowdsourced blend of java aptly named Coffee 2.0.
He will run through the highlights of the campaign, why bloggers were buzzing (literally and figuratively) and speak on the power of niche marketing in social media.
Adam is director of digital strategy for Pierson Grant Public Relations in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He blogs on social media, marketing, PR and creating buzz on the web at TheFutureBuzz.com. He Twitters @adamsinger. He’s also an electronic musician and a lover of anything web/tech related.
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Refresh your Fall: September meetup
Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Image courtesy of Onajide Shabaka of Miami Art Exchange
Our next meetup is on Wednesday!
Yahoo! Latin America hosts us again at their cool Coral Gables offices and we’ve got great presentations lined up:
- Alexandra Leite will describe what it’s like to work in global virtual teams;
- Jeffrey Sass of Myxer will talk about dealing with the complexities of mobile content;
- Jose from the Knight Foundation will present the Knight News Challenge Garage and give information on how you might win part of $5 million!
If we’re running on time, we’ll lead a discussion on “Steps to building your personal brand online.” Let us know about your experiences of what works … and what doesn’t! 
Here are the details of the meetup:
When: Wednesday September 24th, 2008, 7:30pm – 9:00pm
Where: Yahoo! Latin America
Street: 1 Alhambra Plaza, Coral Gables, FL
RSVP: http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=36985634056
Here’s a Yahoo! map of the location.
Space will be limited to 75 people this time, so make sure to RSVP and to arrive promptly on time. Nearly 100 attended the last event, which caught us by surprise since there were more people than had confirmed. Please arrive early as we may not be able to accommodate more than 75 people.
We’ve set up a quick poll to record your preferences on where to hold RefreshMiami meetups. Please take a couple of seconds to choose you preference: http://tinyurl.com/3ov5d5
If you are interested in presenting at the October event or hosting the October event, please let us know.
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