Social Media Club of Dallas
February 18th, 2010 Meeting

#smcdallas
@smcdallas
http://www.smcdallas.org 

We are excited to bring folks together to hear social media best practices from agencies, corporate marketers, and professional consultants.

• Start Time is 6:30pm. Please arrive no later than 6pm so we can get started on time.
• Don't park in the Moroch Building Garage as it closes at 7pm

Agenda: 

1. Welcome and intro to speaker - Jessica Nunez @NunezPR

2. Sponsor Introductions - KickApps and Zoe's Kitchen

3. Featured Speaker - Aaron Strout, CMO of Powered, Inc.

4. Post Event Tweetup at Bengal Coast

 
About our Speaker

Aaron Strout @AaronStrout
Chief Marketing Officer
Powered

As the head of marketing at social media agency, Powered,
Aaron focuses not only on day to day marketing activities but also provides a social voice for the company. In this role, Aaron continues with his speaking, blogging, podcasting and social networking activities with an eye toward creating awareness and lead generation for the company. Prior to joining Powered, Aaron was the Vice President of Social Media at Mzinga, a Burlington, Massachusetts-based provider of online communities and social networks for businesses. In this role, Aaron focused on tapping into the power of social media for business.

In addition to his knowledge of the interactive and new media landscape, Aaron has more than 15 years of online marketing and advertising experience, with a strong background in integrated and online marketing. Before joining Mzinga, Aaron worked at Fidelity Investments in their retail division, with a focus on online and acquisition marketing. Aaron's work at Fidelity revolved around Web strategy & marketing, as well as the development of interactive and print campaigns, including direct mail, e-mail, banner & print ads, and event marketing.

Aaron is a founding member and former president of (BIMA) and a member and former board member of the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX). Aaron is an interim board member for the prestigious Social Media Club. He will be part of a team responsible for creating standards around social media and community. He also sits on the advisory board for BuzzGain (recently acquired by Meltwater News), SavvyAuntie.com, Dialog and the Social Media Marketing Institute.

Thanks to our Venue Sponsor: KickApps @KickApps

Thanks to our Venue Sponsor: Moroch | PR @MorochPartners

 Thanks to our Catering Sponsor: Zoes Kitchen @ZoesKitchen

Thanks to our Web Hosting Sponsor: Firehost, Inc. @Firehost