Social Media Club Louisville

Patrick O’Keefe, author of, “Managing Online Forums,” and a nationally-recognized expert on message board and forums presented a web conference to the Social Media Club Louisville Tuesday night. The event was sponsored by DBS Interactive.

O’Keefe’s web conference, conducted over video conferencing platform ooVoo, is below. The recording began just seconds into O’Keefe’s opening comments. His talk was approximately 15 minutes while the engaged crowd asked questions for an additional 25 minutes. Because of the setup - speakers feeding O’Keefe to a room - there is a bit of an echo and some instances of feedback.

Four copies of, “Managing Online Forums,” were given away as door prizes. Okeefe also blogs at ManagingCommunities.com.

The SMC Louisville’s next even will be it’s monthly cocktail hour at Proof On Main on Tuesday, Oct. 28 from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m.

Are you a fan of Twitter? A Friendfeed power user? A Flickr diva? A blogger extraordinaire? Are you a new media using, technology savvy woman? If you said yes then the honor of your presence is requested at Let Them Tweet Cake! 

Inspired by Let’s Tweetup, Louisville Geek Dinner and similar meetups Let Them Tweet Cake! is a social gathering for women with interests in social media, blogging, social networking and other online technologies and all manner of geekiness. We want to get together to talk about our shared interests, learn about new technologies from each other, develop new friendships and social connections and just generally have a good time. And oh yeah, eat cake.

While many meetups are held in pubs or restaurants Let Them Tweet Cake has a decidedly sweeter location: Sweet Surrender.  Not only has Sweet Surrender graciously agreed to host our meetup they have also agreed to have half slices of cake available for purchase during Let Them Tweet Cake. Half slices of cake are better for my hips and also better for my wallet. Thank you Sweet Surrender.

What: Let Them Tweet Cake!, a meetup of new media using, technology savvy women in Louisville
When: Thursday October 16, 2008, 6:30PM-8:30PM
Where: Sweet Surrender
1804 Frankfort Avenue
Louisville, KY

Please RSVP to info@consuminglouisville.com (preferably with “Let Them Tweet Cake” as the subject) by Tuesday October 14, 2008 so we can have a loose estimate of how many women to expect. If you decide to come at the last minute or forget to RSVP please come anyway, we want to see you there!

Online forums and message boards are often ripe with knowledgeable and enthusiastic users who are true influencers on the Internet. But communicating with those influencers can be risky for brands, organization or marketers unfamiliar with the unwritten and sometimes quirky rules of engagement in such communities.

[flickr style="float: right"]photo:2891175016[/flickr]Patrick O’Keefe, author of “Managing Online Forums,” and owner and founder of the iFroggy Network, will discuss these niche communities and how to approach them as a user, marketer or potential manager, in a web teleconference presentation to the Social Media Club Louisville. The teleconference will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 21 as part of the SMC Louisville’s networking event from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at The Louisville Visual Art Association at the Water Tower. O’Keefe’s teleconference is scheduled to run from 7 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. The rest of the event will be informal networking for those in attendance.

Several copies of O’Keefe’s book will be given away as door prizes. Refreshments will be served. The event is free and open to the public.

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Patrick O’Keefe is a writer, web developer, and community administrator who has been managing online communities since 2000. Beyond just being the administrator, however, he’s spent substantial amounts of time contributing to communities from all angles, as a member, staff member and owner. He founded and owns the iFroggy Network, an Internet network featuring several communities, including SportsForums.net, KarateForums.com, phpBBHacks.com, CommunityAdmins.com and PhotoshopForums.com. He writes for multiple blogs, including ManagingCommunities.com.

For more information, contact Jason Falls at (502) 815-3257 or email smclouisville — at — gmail.com.

IMAGE: By Wendy Piersall on Flickr.