Tonight, hosted by Cooper Union in NYC, was the latest edition of the Social Media Club. After the previous Social Media Club event I covered in June, I was very much looking forward to tonight’s event. Last time there were over 50 people from a diverse set of backgrounds and careers which gave me an opportunity to network with folks I might not otherwise meet. Tonight’s attendance was 18 with a couple of late-comers added to the counter later during the event. Last night was the SMC event in San Francisco which judging by the Twitter messages appeared to be very well received.

The topic was listed as "Join NYC chapter leader Howard Greenstein in a conversation with SMC Co-Founder Chris Heuer about how Social Media is making business personal again." The evening began with each attendee sharing sites that they found interesting or exceptional. I won’t list them because I am certain you know all of them.

Overall I found the discussion dull and lackluster compared to other SMC nationwide events. Chris had a batch of slides (embedded below) but didn’t really go through them other than the first few, other slides he just seemed to slide through. Howard sat in the front but I couldn’t really tell to what position he was taking (moderator, leader, etc.).

An alternative would have been to start with the slide presentation, and then open it to discussion topics with Howard and Chris (both bright guys) discussing their opinion on the topic and then group chat. It just seemed like the chat was moving in too many directions with no central focus. I think concrete examples of good and poor executions of Chris’ topic would have worked well too. Personally I think Chris should have stood as it would give him additional focus as the topic leader.

Anyway check out the presentation slides below and I look forward to reporting on the next event.

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