Wednesday’s nationwide CitizenGulf Project raised around $10,000 with less than two months of planning. Boston contributed both money, awareness and insight. Even if you missed Wednesday’s event, you can still contribute to the cause!

Here are the five videos we made during Wednesday evening’s CitizenGulf event, thanks to Jeff’s insight and Ja-Nae’s camera skills:

PART 1: In which we learn who and what brought us all together this evening:

PART 2: In which we talk miles (both vertical and horizontal), and the three main industries impacted (oil, seafood and tourism):

PART 3: In which Jeff answers questions about safety, the difference between hurricanes and oil spills, and the tension between the government, BP, scientists and reporters:

PART 4: In which Jeff talks accounting (lost sales, lost jobs, etc.), awareness, access, anniversaries and appetites:

PART 5: In which we wrap things up, Jeff reminds us how we can help here in New England, pleads with us to not boycott BP gas stations and answers the burning question of what his favorite meals were:

Thank you to our attendees, supporters and promoters, who include:

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It was a damp day with occasional fits of rain, but a dedicated group of photogs took a tour of Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge last weekend.

Mount Auburn Cemetery was designated a National Historic Landmark by the Department of the Interior, recognizing it as one of the country’s most significant cultural landscapes. Founded in 1831, it was the first large-scale designed landscape open to the public in the United States. Today its beauty, historical associations and horticultural collections are internationally renowned, and #SMCBoston was there.

Tag your photos SMCBoston in Flickr and they’ll show up in this slide show:

It’s taken a great deal of effort to pull this together in a very short amount of time, but I’m very excited to be able to share that the Gulf Coast charity event planned for August 25th is a go — sign up now at http://citizengulfboston.eventbrite.com/.

Join the Social Media Club Boston on the evening of August 25th for a nationwide event to raise money for the victims of the recent Gulf Coast disasters. We’ll be kicking things off at 6pm at the Precinct Bar in Union Square, Somerville with a reception. At 7pm, we’ll enjoy presentations from one or two of our special guests, speaking about the situation and efforts in the Gulf. Raffle and LIVE music will follow — stay tuned for more info on the band, guest speakers and raffle items.

Your $10 cover charge will get you in the door, a drink ticket for your favorite New Orleans – inspired cocktail, free food, and the opportunity to listen (to great bands), learn (from smart people) and win! Prizes will include a vacation package in Cape Cod, gift certificates and much, much more! SIGN UP NOW!

Go here for parking and directions: http://www.precinctbar.com/info/parking.php

All ticket sales and donations from CitizenGulf Day of Action events will give families living in affected areas the extra support they need to get their children off to a great start this school year and to help ease stress on families with after school support services and activities.

Don’t forget to sign up at http://citizengulfboston.eventbrite.com/.

Thanks so much to the Precinct Bar for being so accommodating and helpful!

Sign up at http://citizengulfboston.eventbrite.com/

Here is the upcoming schedule of events for August, September and October. Signups are active on almost all of them — please hold the date of August 25th for the CitizenGulf Charity Event until we have details and a signup!

August 21, 2010
Urban Escapes Party – Boulders, Beers & BBQ (Everett) – MetroRock

August 22, 2010
Social Media Photo Walk 3 (Cambridge) – Mount Auburn Cemetery

August 25, 2010
CitizenGulf Charity Event (Somerville) – (Precinct Bar)

September 16, 2010
Social Media Emergency! (Boston) – Boston Bar Association

October 4, 2010
Flying Cars are Here: The Futuristic Present of Marketing (Boston) – Hill-Holliday

Thanks to our sponsor Netezza, members of the Boston Social Media Club were fortunate to be able to enjoy an intimate evening with author and former BusinessWeek Senior Editor Stephen Baker. Steve’s most recent book, The Numerati, looks “at how a global math elite is predicting and altering our behavior — at work, at the mall, and in bed.” He was invited to present a keynote at the company’s Enzee Universe 2010 User Conference, and was gracious enough to take time out of his schedule to meet with the group and share his thoughts on life, journalism, numbers and the new book.

Here is the complete audio from last night’s session.

Special thanks again to Steve for taking the time to speak with our group, our sponsor Glen Zimmerman of Netezza, Wendy Larkin of Topaz Partners who manned registration and Tim Allik who played cameraman.

Update 23 June 2010: Tim Allik captured some video of Steve talking specifically about his BusinessWeek experience. You can read Tim’s thoughts on the Tech PR Gems blog, and have a look at the video below:

Please join special guest Stephen Baker, author of "The Numerati" and former BusinessWeek reporter, for the next Social Media Club Boston event on the evening of Monday, June 21st, 2010, hosted by Netezza. Sign up for the event at http://intelligenteconomy.eventbrite.com/

Stephen will be speaking at Enzee Universe 2010, and has graciously offered to stop by for a few remarks on how can we keep from drowning in — or just completely ignoring — all of the data that is being generated around us. How do we turn it to our advantage?

Stephen’s next book will address these questions, and you’ll get a preview of what he’s thinking by stopping by.

The reception begins at 6:30pm, and will feature light food and drink courtesy of our hosts. Netezza has also graciously agreed to open up a few slots to Stephen’s keynote address at the user conference, which begins shortly after 5pm that same day — if you’re interested in this, you can sign up for both the 6:30pm reception and the 5pm keynote address on the same page, while seats last.

Limited tickets are available to his keynote, so please only sign up for the keynote if you can make it, and please make sure to arrive promptly at 5:00pm to minimize disruption to the user conference.

The registration page for both great events is at http://intelligenteconomy.eventbrite.com/ — hope to see you there!

The video from last week’s great panel is up, thanks to Brilliant Video (see below)!

Christopher S. Penn’s slides, and more video content, is available at the Blue Sky Factory website.

There’s a great write-up of the event on Janet Gershen-Siegel’s blog.

SMC Boston 4/29/2010 Measuring Social Success (Big & Small) from Brilliant Video Productions on Vimeo.

The week after our Framingham get-together, the Social Media Club Boston is sponsoring the B2B Forum in Boston, and I’d like to extend this special offer from Ann Handley of MarketingProfs:
 

Save $300 on the B2B Forum in Boston

Travel cutbacks? Not to worry.

Here’s a special offer for friends of the Social Media Club of Boston: Attend the B2B Forum May 3-5 and save $300!

drive sales in 2010. Plus, I must admit that I’m pretty happy to host so many smart B2B
marketers in my hometown!

The B2B Forum is a one-stop shop for education that draws B2B marketers from across the nation to brainstorm, network, and problem-solve at lightning speed. You’ll never experience anything like it!

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Head into Boston, change your
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"Extraordinary
content and great networking."
—Michael Grover, InformationWeek (2009
Attendee)

Register today with code SMC to get your $300 Social
Media Club discount, and I’ll see you at the Seaport
World Trade
Center in Boston.

All the best,

Ann Handley
Chief Content Officer
MarketingProfs
(866) 557-9625

P.S. Hurry, the B2B Forum
is just weeks away! If you need more help convincing the boss—check out this Investment
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