Social Media

I went to a meeting of the Boston Social Network club tonight. Right after work, in fact. It meant that I didn't get to go home after work, so I totally missed Ethan today. I think that if I do this again (and I want to) I'll try to leave work an hour early so that I can go home first and see Mia and Ethan.

The Boston Social Media Club was about video. Video blogging, video content for business, and video's role in non-profit organizations.

There were some very interesting points made, and a rather large crowd. Of course, as I've discovered with any of these marketing-oriented groups, most of the people there were from agencies. I suppose that is to be expected. Even when I was at Schwartz I tried to go to the PRSA meetings and other groups that I discovered.

It's been a while since I've been active in a set group. I've attended a few MITX and MTLC meetings, but I've not really felt like those were groups that I could really consider myself a part of. Those two groups feel impersonal to me, or maybe they are just big enough that you don't see the same people across sessions.

When I got home tonight, I was telling Mia about an odd mix of feelings that I get at these. On the one hand, I have a sense of confidence because I am working on the client-side. Since most people at agencies are working for clients, being employed at a company gives me the feeling of confidence because I know that I'm a prospective client. So I've got that edge.
On the other hand, I get nervous. While I do have about 5 years in the industry now, but I worry that people with more industry experience may not think what I've got to say is relevant or important.

Fortunately for me tonight, I was nominated to present to the entire group about the break-out session. Afterwards, I had a few people (including the presenter that was leading our break-out) tell me that I did well. So, I guess I shouldn't stress out too much about the nervousness.