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So How Will this #NWITweetup Poker Run Work?

So, people have been wanting to know how this July 2010 #NWITweetup work. Here’s the story from A to Z

From 6pm-8pm, the poker run will be open. You can complete the run at any point during the time frame

1) To participate in the poker run, head over to Evelyn Bay Coffee Company. You will get a sheet of paper where you can keep track of your poker hand. Once there, you will have the chance to pick a card (card face-down. No cheating). Once you pick the card, an NWITweetup volunteer will write it down on your sheet and put their initials on it. From there you will go to Phillips Ace Hardware (2 block south down Calumet. East side of the road). FOURSQUARE USERS:  Remember to check in!

2) At Phillips Ace Hardware, you will head to the back of the store – towards the Service Dept. (Make sure your poker sheet is with you). Once at the service desk, you will pick a card again and go through the steps. After you get a card you will get a free gift. Then you head on to Cartronix (1/2 block down the road. HINT:  Park at Cartronix BEFORE you go to Ace Hardware and you can walk to each of the remaining locations.). And if you have FOURSQUARE…check in

3) At Cartronix, you will get your third card and be eligible for free gifts. Do the steps, get the card, check in with FourSquare, and then head on down to Majestic Jewelers (a couple storefronts south).

4) Majestic Jewelers:  Once you get your card from Majestic, you will get a complimentary bottle of Nail Polish Remover you’re welcome, Daver,
and a 20% off coupon! Then it’s time to, “hail, hail. the gang’s all here,” at Billy Jacks Cafe & Bar! (just a couple of stores away).

5) Billy Jacks Cafe & Bar:  Get your last card, and see your friends and colleagues. Stay, hang, be one with.

Once you have all 5 cards:  take it to either Daver or Finn so they can use them for the drawings.

At 8pm, we’ll do announcements, talk a little about updates, and then drawings will begin!

Note: You have to have a full poker hand to be eligible for the drawings!

• Valpo Life Gear
• Free Car Washes (pending)

And the grand finale:  The Sonos Wireless Multi-Room Music System

Then after the drawings are done, the mixer can continue,

• drink specials
• including specials on GUMBALLHEAD
• and the soothing acoustical sounds of none-other than Valparaiso city mayor, Jon Costas!

And, Mr. Mayor, I hope we get to hear your rendition of “Fire and Rain!”

If you have any questions, please email either:

• finn@nwitweetup.com (Nat Finn)
• dave@nwitweetup.com (Dave Woodson)
• eric@nwitweetup.com (Eric Carter)

and hope to see you there.

and, now, you don’t have to do the Run and can just go hang out, but what fun is that?

Attend #NWITweetup’s Social Media Celebration 2010 State of the Tweetup Luncheon

On Wednesday, June 30th, from 11:30am-1pm, #NWITweetup will be just one of the 340 Meetups in 74 countries celebrating “Social Media Day.”

What Is Social Media Day?

Social Media Day is an event concocted by online magazine Mashable as a way to celebrate the revolutionary media and its growing presence in the world. No more; no less.

For more lack of details regarding how the even came about, please visit the Mashable site.

How #NWITWeetup will Celebrate Social Media Day

Here at #NWITweetup, not only did we want to celebrate the day, but to use the day as a time of reflection; to consider how the medium has trickled its way in to each and every one of our lives and how it will continue to impact us as we go further.

With that in mind, #NWITweetup is taking the time, while get the community is in the same room, to discuss the future of #NWITweetup. And, “no,” this will not be a one-shot deal, but a chance to get the dialogue started. It is our hope that the event will spur serious discussion. So if you can’t make it to the event, it’s okay. Please continue to send us tweets, comment on our posts, leave comments on this post, and…most importantly…BE HEARD!

Besides, we’ll be running the discussion live on UStream!

It is our hope that if the level of debate is raised on Wednesday, that by August 2010 we’ll have a direction to take us for next year. And if this goes well, we’ll have a tradition and we’ll do it all again next year.

List of Events (in No Particular Order) for #NWITweetup’s Social Media Day 2010.

11:30am – Gather, gaggle, and grub at Pepe’s in Valparaiso, IN.
12:00pm – Speaker: Steve Dalton. Topic: A mysterious secret.
12:10pm – Speaker: Dave Woodson. Topic: A secretive mystery.
12:20pm – Speaker: Nat Finn. Topic: “State of the #NWITweetup”
12:30pm – Discussion: “#NWITweetup 2010-11″
12:55pm – Giveaways: – Cartronix and Valpo Life (so FAR!!)

Topics for State of the #NWITweetup Discussion

Where would you like to see events hosted?
Who would like to host volutneer?
How much should #NWITWeetups cost? (Just kidding)
What days work best?
How many #NWITweetups a month?
Would you like to see workshops?
Should #NWITweetup try to gain interest from traditional businesses, or should those be seperate events?
Community Chest

Giveaways

Cartronix - free bluetooth headsets
Valpolife – clothes & gear

Other notes:

• Please comment here, tell us on twitter, or email us on nwitweetup@gmail.com your interest in attending so we don’t bomb Pepe’s unintentionally.
• The “State of the #NWITweetup” event will aire LIVE on UStream so if you can’t see it, you can catch it on your computer during your lunch break
• Cartonix’s Eric Carter will be on hand to partake in the discussion and to hand out free giveaways
• Valpolife founder Chris Mahlmann will be there to not only attend, partake in the discussion, and hand out free stuff but to also take video, pictures, and conduct interviews.
• Remember your business cards!

#NWITweetup’s 2010 Social Media Day Quick Facts

Time: 11:30am-1:00pm
Place: Pepe’s Mexican Restaurant, Valparaiso (on Rt. 2, just south of US 30)
Speakers: Daver, Dalton, Finn – and the #NWITweetup community
Free Stuff: Cartronix & Valpo Life & Portage Life
Free Food: Chips and Salsa. Pepe’s has lunch specials every day at great rates. I know. I’ve been eating lunch there once a week since January 2008.

Map to Pepe’s Mexican Restaurant in Valparaiso, IN.

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(photo credit: Mashable via Flickr)

Social Media Day June 30th

Social Media Day NWIndiana

We are really doing this last minute – I know

Here is the line up so far:

• June 30, 2010
• 11:30 to 1pm Pepe’s in Valparaiso, IN
• several local Social Media Leaders will speak
• We will discuss the #nwitweetup to help it grow to foster more community and business involvement

We want anyone and everyone there that can come.  It will be a great time of community, networking and business.

In the coming days and weeks, we will be looking for more involvement and direction on which way you want to take the monthly Tweetups.  Please do not be bashful, this is Social Media, where we take the online offline.

We, also, hope to be able livestream the even on ustream, we will post the link as we get closer.

Dave

June #NWiTweetup Recap and Social Media Day

We are still working out the details for Social Media Day whether it is going to be a lunch or a after hours extravaganza.  We would like to get a few more businesses there and then have some great learning sessions and some of the best networking in NW Indiana.

So stay tuned for more details and there is going to be one great low-lite reel on this very special episode of #NWiTweetup Video Recap

Social Media Day June 30th, Pepe’s In Valparaiso, Social Media Luncheon more details coming soon

and for the record, I know the sound is off on this I am working on it.

Stay tuned

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