Lesson learned at Social Media Club Dallas
By Trey Reeme on January 24, 2007
Charlie and I battled heart-o-dallas traffic to walk in two minutes late (sorry) for the first meeting of the Social Media Club Dallas last night. Held in the very purple uptown offices of Yahoo!, the roundtable was moderated by Giovanni Gallucci and included twenty-five or so participants discussing social media (and mostly debating the need for the Social Media Press Release).
During the chat I realized I was a little out of touch with the rest of the social media community – meaning I’m guilty of being a lurker on the sites of social media’s A-list. Google Reader tells me that of my “96 subscriptions, over the last 30 days you read 2,692 items, starred 39 items, and shared 59 items” – which may sound impressive, but it was really mostly Lifehacker and financial institution blogs.
I’m starting to see the need to get out of my comfort zone a little more and into the larger social media community.
Not to hit the Digg frontpage. Not to live off AdWords revenue (yeah, right). Just to meet some like-minded folks who are more than happy to share great ideas.
For anyone who was there, I’m glad to meet you. And I’ll see you again.
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Elliott Pesut on January 24
Hey Trey. This is Elliott from the meeting last night. I couldn’t agree more. Last night I went home thinking “boy have I just seen the tip of the ice berg or what?” The meeting was awesome! I too am guilty of “lurking” around sites and not really fully participating (something I hope to change). I salute your efforts to move out of your comfort zone! Best of luck and I look forward to seeing you guys at the next meeting!
Lauren Vargas on January 25
Please to meet you too.
The meeting was a reality check from minds of all communication strengths.
Trey Reeme on January 25
Lauren and Elliott, it was great to meet you both, too.
Lauren has a great summary of the event up on her Communicators Anonymous blog.