Open mike from the geek dinner with Shel Holtz

At the geek dinner last week (see this post if you don't know what I'm talking about), Shel Holtz passed his microphone around the table. Much like the old kids game of telephone, the instructions were passed along from person to person as the mic made its way around the table.

Everyone introduced themselves and talked about what social media means to them. Shel posted the file up on his site so you can take a listen and hear from the group that made it out to dinner at Big Daddy's.

We had 22 people at the geek dinner and just over 200 the next day at the event in the Berkeley Street Theatre. We talked a lot about social media and its impact on business.

I'd love to hear your thoughts around social media and how/if you'll be implementing it in your company. It can be as simple as using technorati to monitor your company to launching a full fledged blog. Anyone care to share how they are (or will be) initiating, adapting, and/or using social media in their company?

Comments

[Eden Spodek]

The geek dinner and Shel's presentation were a great way to kick of the 10th anniversary. AIMS is headed in a very positive direction. Big shout out to Kathryn and the AIMS board.

As for social media in the workplace, I am monitoring our company on Technorati and other tracking sites. One of our IT divisions uses a wiki developed in-house. A senior executive has an internal blog. About 5% of the staff have joined LinkedIn. I've been introducing other people to LinkedIn and the wealth of information available via podcasts. I've been showing them how using these tools can add value at work.

[Michael Seaton]

Thanks for the feedback Eden. The Shel Holtz event was indeed a great way to celebrate a decade of AIMS.

We hope to continue to bring leading edge topics and compelling speakers to AIMS.

On behslf of the Board of Directors, we are very glad to hear such positive things back from our membership. And yes, Kathryn deserves all the credit for delivering a lot of good things since she arrived on the scene.

Keep the feedback coming in, we love to hear what is on AIMS members minds.