Comments on: New Media Cincinnati – My First Meetup

By: Matt Welty

Matt Welty — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:41:27 +0000

Daniel - Great to meet you - I'm looking forward to connecting again in the future. Michelle - I wish I could have been at the January meetup. It sounds like it was the perfect way to start out and have the experience of meeting people in different "groups" and fields of interest. Also - I liked your thoughts on the "Social Media is Like a Buffet Table" article. I too need to work on how I describe the value of social media to those outside of the circle.

By: Michelle Beckham

Michelle Beckham — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:44:21 +0000

Thanks for sharing your first Meet-Up experience and advice to others to “jump in”. Social Media is all about being social and a Meet-Up is the best way to accomplish this in addition to picking up some new knowledge, tips and business contacts. The New Media Cincinnati January 2009 Meet-Up was my first foray into Social Media meet-ups. I think the thing that got me wanting to come back was that Daniel Johnson Jr. did an exercise on Social Tagging that got participants moving around and interacting with each other. It proved to be a physical example of tagging disguised as an ice-breaker. The end result was that it got people up and out of their comfort zones, small groups, etc. to interact with others. That is the true message of social media: interacting/connecting with others. Since then, I have become active in several local groups and am loving every minute of it!!!

Thanks for posting!

By: Daniel Johnson, Jr.

Daniel Johnson, Jr. — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:12:02 +0000

It was nice to meet you and chat, even if so briefly, on Saturday, Matt!