We wanted to share some exciting results from our 2011 census involving Social Media Club Jacksonville, where innovators from Florida meet for monthly events to share, engage and collaborate with the community on the issues of social media and technology.  Our Facebook page has grown to 569 members and our Twitter feed, to 1477 members. For more information, please visit our Facebook page or Twitter feed and join us for an upcoming event!

LOCAL LEADERSHIP TEAM/VOLUNTEERS

Social Media Club Jax is looking for help shaping the future of social media in our local area. We have identified a few roles that will help us move the club forward as the local organization of choice for all people interested in social media. These people form the leadership team of SMC Jax.

Partnership Director - Lauren Beyer (@ltbeyer)

Our activities wouldn't be possible without partners. We partner with other businesses and organizations to find topics, speakers and venues for future activities. The Partnership Director manages the relationships with the global Social Media Club parent organization, other important social media organizations (both national and local), as well as with local businesses and organizations interested in sponsoring or hosting upcoming activities. This person is responsible for:

•  Managing relationships with SNCR and other national/local social media organizations
• Build and maintain relationships with, and identify co-sponsorship opportunities with, local marketing and technology organizations
• Identifying and managing the relationships with past and future event sponsors, co-sponsors and venues
• Coordinating with the Programming Director to find appropriate time slots, topics and venues for partner-sponsored events
• Coordinating with the Production Director to identify speaker and sponsor needs for each event

Programming Director – Stacey Steiner (@starpulp)

At the heart of the Social Media Club are great interactive events. The Programming Director manages all aspects of the activity calendar for SMC Jax. This person is responsible for:

•  Developing and managing the schedule of events, including regular public meetings.
•  Identifying topics for upcoming events
•  Coordinating with Partnership Director to secure speakers and identify venues for events
•  Securing speaker bios
•  Preparing the event program for each public event, including agenda, directions and other special instructions
• Hand off event program to Promotions Director for publicity and Production Director for planning and coordination of event

Promotions Director – OPEN

Promotion is key to the ultimate success of our organization--and the earlier the better! This person is responsible for:

•  Managing the Social Media Club JAX web channels, including Facebook, Twitter and the official SMC Jax page on socialmediaclub.org.
•  Coordinating with Programming Director to secure program agenda for each event
•  Promoting future events through all the above-named channels
•  Publicizing future events through online and traditional channels
  

Production Director – OPEN

This person is responsible for all aspects of event execution, including:

• Assuming responsibility for event program from Programming Director
• Scheduling and managing planning meetings with event sponsors and speakers
• Managing on-site signage, video, audio and lighting
• Coordinating food and drink with event sponsors and/or venue
• Staffing and managing event registration
• Managing development and collection of feedback forms
• Managing giveaways and all-other on-site activities
  

Membership Director - OPEN

The membership director is responsible for three important roles:

•  Managing the master membership list of Social Media Club JAX
•  Promoting local membership in the global Social Media Club membership site
•  Managing the relationship with the global Social Media Club membership site
  

Digital Scribe - OPEN

•  Responsible for recording the group's events, through words, photos video.
•  Create recaps, including any photos or video, after each SMC Jax event.
•  Coordinate with the Promotions director to get recaps published to SMC Jax website, Facebook and Twitter.

If you have ideas for other director roles or committees that will move the club forward, please email Lauren Beyer & Stacey Steiner at smcjax@gmail.com.