Shannon Paul
Social Media Manager at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

Calling all cursors: Your physical presence is requested to welcome Code for America's Detroit fellows. Their spaceship will land at St Cece's Pub in Corktown on Tuesday, January 31st from 5:30 - 8:30 PM (1426 Bagley & Trumbull). Let's celebrate their arrival by packing the house with a small army of supportive troops, phasers...

Join us for the official BlogWorld LA - Digital LA Opening Night Party on Friday Nov 4, with complimentary U4RIK vodka drinks. RSVP here to remind yourself (but does not count for admission): This party requires any BlogWorld pass, and is FREE when you show your BlogWorld & New Media Expo pass at the door. To purchase a pass, use our DIGITAL20...

Register to attend the first fundraiser for Tracy at the Retro Bowl in Dalton on Sunday, October 30. All proceeds from the day of bowling will benefit Tracy and her family. Tracy is without medical insurance and the medical bills for her cancer treatment are piling up. You can help.

Retro Bowl has graciously agreed to provide all the bowling lanes...

Please join us for an evening with Shannon Paul, Social Media Manager at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.

Shannon will be discussing what personal and corporate bloggers can learn from each other.

Hope to see you all at TechTown on the 17th.

*Parking: There is a parking lot adjacent to the building or another on the corner of Amsterdam and...

Former Michigander and current VP of Product at Google, Bradley Horowitz (@elatable) is in town this weekend and willing to share his inside knowledge of all things Google. He recently helped launch Google+ so this is a good chance to learn more about it straight from the source.

Join Social Media Club Detroit at Grand Traverse Pie Company (home...

Social Media is a Party! presents 'Creating Your Social Media Strategy'

The panel of experienced Social Media Strategists will discuss the steps necessary in creating a solid social media strategy for your business. You will walk away with actionable advice that you can implement immediately.

REGISTER:...

Join us Friday July 8th for a night of bowling and fun as we Strike Out Autism in our 2nd Annual Bowling Fundraiser.
All proceeds will go directly to Santino's Voice. Santino's Voice raises money for our son Santino who wages the battle against AUTISM everyday. With your help he is one step closer to VICTORY!

Check in begins at 6:30 pm...

Get your hooch on with your pooch! Join us at the 2011 Kickoff of Drinking With Dogs, held the 4th Tuesday of the month through September!

I'm about to drive three days from Florida to Michigan, that can only mean one thing... I'm really going to need a drink! Come out to celebrate my driving feat and the day of my birth.

We'll be getting there at 8pm to grab a bite to eat beforehand and secure some seating outside. :)

Ignite Detroit is a night of presentations with a twist. Presenting on a subject of their choice, speakers have exactly five minutes to enlighten and inspire their community using twenty slides that auto advance every fifteen seconds.

Ignite Detroit #2 will be held inside MotorCity Casino Hotel at Sound Board, one of the coolest event locations in...

100% of all ticket sales and all donations through the Twestival Detroit site will go directly to Forgotten Harvest and their program to feed at risk youth! So, even if you're not able to join us in person, you can purchase a ticket or make a donation for this wonderful cause!

Twestival® (or Twitter Festival) uses social media for social...

The Saturday night SXSW Interactive place to be. Join us for an indelicately delicious good time!

From 9:30 pm until approximately 10:41 pm, we'll have an open bar. To get in the club until the open bar is over, you'll need the password "premise."

Make sure to arrive at 9:00 if you want to get in, as club capacity is limited...

Join us in person for our annual Live Diggnation in Austin at SXSW (you know what that means - beer, magic and the best kind of debauchery!). Also appearing is resident magician Brian Brushwood of Scam School, Indie rock duo Bad Veins, and our favorite nerd-tastic musician, DJ Mike Relm! So if you're in Austin for all the SXSW goodness, or you...

On Saturday February 12th at 7:00pm Inside Detroit will be striving for a chance to beat the Guinness Book of World Record for the Worlds Largest Group Hug! This HUG effort will be held during the annual Motown WinterBlast Celebration!

If you haven't yet gotten your "I Hug Strangers in the D" button, stop by these great Detroit...

Motown Winter Blast embraces the fun and exciting activities of a cold, winter in and around Campus Martius. When you’ve had enough of the frosty temperatures, join the Detroit Medical Center (DMC) and Blue Cross Blue Shield of MI (BCBSM) social media crews for a #WarmUp in the Compuware building this Saturday.

While you thaw and reduce your...

Calling all Girl Geeks! Join us for our 2nd Michigan Girl Geek Dinner!

It's time all of us Girl Geeks got together, had dinner and learned from each other.

Mary Rotman from O'Reilly Media (http://oreilly.com/) will be our featured guest. She'll be visiting us from San Francisco, California!

Join us around 5:30pm and grab a beer....

Are you ready, Detroit?

After hosting the 140 Characters Conference in cities like New York City, Los Angeles, London and Tel Aviv, Jeff Pulver is bringing this one-of-a-kind experience to The Fillmore in downtown Detroit on October 20, 2010. The conference schedule is fast-paced and will include 10 minute individual stories from people across all...

Brand Camp '10 will bring together the best and brightest minds in new media, marketing, branding and business development to explore how the real-time Web is revolutionizing work, people and companies.

This year, Brand Camp University’s message is “Awaking Your Inner PRENEUR.” (Entrepreneurship + Intrapreneurship)

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While you are attending SXSW, you will get the chance to own a special treat by Natasha Wescoat in the FIRST annual #SXSWarthunt! Original Wescoat art, art merchandise and other suprises will be riddled across the famous haunts of Austin, Texas during the sensational week.

How will it work?

- Natasha will place each prize somewhere hidden...

The SXSW MUSIC AND MEDIA CONFERENCE showcases hundreds of musical acts from around the globe on over eighty stages in downtown Austin. By day, conference registrants do business in the SXSW Trade Show in the Austin Convention Center and partake of a full agenda of informative, provocative panel discussions featuring hundreds of speakers of...

Shannon Paul is coming back to Detroit for a quick visit!

We are getting together to catchup on old times and see what adventures Shannon has been up to. You are of course welcome to join us at Royal Oak Brewery.

Hope to see you there!
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Shannon works as the community manager for PEAK6 Online, parent company of OptionsHouse, OptionsNewsNetwork...