Erin Garrity
I like media that's social.

This month we'll all be presenting! Please plan to come and demo your favorite apps, tools and programs that make you more effective in what you do (could be social media or productivity related but should be relatively useful to anyone in the group). Just prepare a slidedeck of the application or be prepared to share it in a live online demo...

Illuminate Yaletown is a free outdoor winter festival held on the streets of Yaletown.

http://yaletowninfo.com/illuminate-yaletown-2012/

Once the sun sets, the city-scape will feature interactive, innovative, and interesting light art exhibits. Celebrating it's third year, Illuminate Yaletown is a two-night event giving Vancouverites and...

The much-hyped new buzzword in TV circles is cool and all, but few really know what it means. In our February session, Erin Garrity will walk us through some chewy examples of transmedia properties. Come and learn how some TV series and films are adapting to consumer expectation for two-way engagement. This session is guaranteed to inspire some...

If greater than 45 startup flavored people come, I am giving away a flight to SXSW . If greater than 50 people come, I am ALSO giving away a flight to SF for Unofficial Stanford entrepreneur week and tix to the Feb 22 ReverseVC panel:
This is costing me $$$ out of pocket so be nice to me and to each other. PS If Gillian Shaw of the Vancouver Sun...

Hello VSMP,
This month being December we thought it would be great to discuss family and technology. We'll be focusing on social media but I wanted to incorporate technology into the discussions as it's effects are more widespread. The topics we will discuss cover but are not limited to:

Prepare for the unexpected. Set in North America's premier mountain resort, Whistler's action-packed festival of film celebrates its 11th edition from November 30 to December 4, 2011.

Five exciting days filled with 80+ innovative and original films from Canada and around the world, and the people who made them. Lively festival...

Panelists:

Liz Heron is a Social Media Editor at The New York Times, where she taps into social networks for newsgathering, creative distribution and community engagement. Previously, she was on ABCNews.com's audience development team, increasing traffic, interactivity and engagement through SEO, social media and blogs. Before that, she spent...

Merging Media is a 2 day Conference presented by Merging Media Productions and CMPA-BC, featuring the best in brightest in cross-media.

• CONNECT with world-class media trendsetters + thought leaders
from conventional and interactive media

• ENGAGE in the latest trends in transmedia, financing, gamification, social media + convergent...

Interesting Vancouver @MOV

The Museum of Vancouver is delighted to invite the fine folks from Interesting Vancouver to bring their 4th annual evening of interestingness to Kitsilano, for what promises to be a truly multi-disciplinary, creative, unexpected, and inspirational evening of ideas and locally-sourced knowledge sharing for and by...

Topic:


<a href="http://robcottingham.ca/">Rob Cottingham</a>...

Social Media Week (SMW) is a global platform that connects people, content, and conversation around emerging trends in social and mobile media.

Social Media Week Vancouver (SMWVAN) Will be held September 19th-23rd.

GROW2011 is a unique 3-day conference that brings together 500 leading founders, influencers, decision-makers and investors from the Canadian business and technology community and Silicon Valley. More than ever before, companies must learn fast and stay relevant. We live in a world where a new competitor can leap-frog market leaders in a single...

Building on the success of the SOLD OUT national tour in 2010, this one day conference features five internationally renowned bestselling authors and leaders, who will share an exciting blend of cutting edge thinking and real world experience on today’s most critical marketing issues, including...

• Gary Vaynerchuk – Branding & Word of...

P.S. This meetup is a confidential, invitation-only group with a waiting list to become a member. So please RSVP here:

http://www.meetup.com/Vancouver-Social-Media-Professionals/events/16739268/

Northern Voice is a two-day, non-profit personal blogging and social media conference held at the UBC main campus, Vancouver, Canada on May 13-14, 2010. This is the 7th annual incarnation of this event. See 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 for previous information.

What started in 2010 as a grass-roots efforts to motivate people to get out and check in is back and now with the support of over 100 local foursquare committees around the world.

On April 16th (4 and 4 squared) foursquare users are self-organizing meetups, lectures, swarms, scavenger hunts, and much more. Foursquare users can visit 4sqday.com to...

No basics here, no PPC for Dummies. For April's meetup, we will tackle PPC advertising in depth: Best practices, secret ninja tips, expert strategies, and other advanced topics. A special guest expert will lead off the discussion.

IMPORTANT: This is not a meetup for those who prefer to sit and just "absorb" content. All attendees...

Want to join us? Please RSVP here: