May’s Third Tuesday Social Media Meetup is in SJ this month at the Happinez Wine Bar on the 20th at 7 pm.

Generously sponsored by propelSJ, YourTeam Online & Evolving Solutions. We will have the first ever web circuit set up to give people a hands on crash course in some cool social media tools like Twitter, Friend Feed & Blogs.

Also, learn how to produce and use a social media news release, with services like prweb so your business gets picked up internationally and in search engines.

If you haven’t already please join Third Tuessday and RSVP. We have had a lot of fun at each event and everyone has walked away learning something new.

I’ve noticed lately that we’ve had a great shift towards information collaboration in the IT industry in NB.  It’s something this province really needed because of our geographical spread. Twitter has definitely played a role in that. I’d like to bring attention to a couple of great new or relaunched blogs that have cropped up. And I’m sure they’ll be posting more regularly than I do;)

Moncton IT Alliance (follow John on twitter at http://twitter.com/johnsgunn)

“We believe that Moncton has among the best and brightest IT talent in eastern Canada. Education, entrepeneurs, and innovators are among the power behind our IT community. Even Apple Computers co-founder Steve Wozniak compared us to Silicon Valley during the ’70s while touring Moncton and Sackville last year!”

From My Eyes to Yours (follow Philippe on twitter at http://twitter.com/lpgauthier)

“I love business and technology and this is my little corner off the Internet where I experiment and share the things that I find interesting.

I pass it on, from my eyes to yours.”

I’ll have an update on AIM (Atlantic Internet Marketing conference) later today.

I’ve had a lot of guilt lately about the lack of posts. WalkingSpree is booming and it’s taking up even more of my time on top of normal life. Yet, I know there will be lulls again and I think there’s a need for this information. So I’ve requested for other writers to help collaborate with me on the blog. I have a few that have come forward. If anyone else is interested in sharing with posts, please contact me.

On another note, We had our Third Tuesday Social Media Meetup in Fredericton recently. Generously sponsored by LearnNB and OrangeSprocket hosted the venue for us at their very trendy office space. radian6 had managed to arrange to have a question/answer session with social media expert Chris Brogan via the web. Chris Brogan is not only informative, we also discovered that he has a wonderful sense of humour.

Congratulations to Kira Award winners this year of which Spheric and radian6 both took away awards.

Finally, I’m in Moncton this week at AIM (Atlantic Internet Marketing Conference). I’ve already met some really interesting people and look forward to the talks tomorrow.

Last week, Third Tuesday held it’s third meeting in Moncton. Dan Martell and crew did an amazing job with promoting the event and we had a whopping attendance of approx. 120 attendees. The crowd was diverse with people from IT, marketing, business, tourism, health, and entrepreneurs. I would have to say that studio 700 was a fabulous venue.

We were fortunate to have a couple of mentions in the TJ and T&T over the last couple of weeks. Although I have to admit, that I find the mix of cybersocials and Third Tuesday in one article a little odd. However, it’s good news for everyone in the IT industry that there is more involvement and participation from all fronts. I’d also like to make sure that David Alston from radian6 is credited as the co-founder of the Third Tuesday NB group.  And I feel a need to qualify my old boy’s club statement from the article;) I was referring to how social media breaks down barriers like those that exist in the “old boy’s club”. That we can communicate with everyone on the same field from IT to business leaders to media moguls. Those of you participating understand how rich the collaboration is within social media.

You can read comments about the events and join Third Tuesday NB meetup if you haven’t already;

http://publicrelations.meetup.com/99/

This ensures that you’re on the mailing list for new events as they happen. We’re preparing out next meetup for Fredericton in April.

Lisa, Dan and Chris

And yes, we’re holding a Mac Air, courtesy of Dan. It truly is as thin and light as they say.

Rick Segal (The Post Money Value) is making his way east to do a series of roundtables for startup entrepreneurs to meet an experienced VC and ask questions.  Raising capital is an important part of a startup, so this would be a great opportunity for entrepreneurs to take advantage of. The seats are limited, so I would recommend signing up asap.

April 14th – Halifax  (8a – 10:30a) Sign up here

April 14th – Moncton ( 5p – 7p) Sign up here

April 15th – St. John’s (5p – 7p) Sign up here