2010 Social Media Day In DC – Recap
July 12 2010 by Elizabeth Glomb ~ 0 CommentsHello Everyone! My name is Liz Glomb and I am a new intern with eWayDirect, and I’m really excited for the opportunity and for what the future will bring. Anyways, the point of my first post is to tell you about Social Media Day, and even more specifically, how the Washington, DC area celebrated it.
So to start, what IS Social Media Day? According to Mashable, it is a day to “acknowledge and celebrate the revolution of media becoming more social,” and June 30th was that day. So how did the DC area choose to celebrate? With a huge party of course! An oh BOY was it a PARTY! Two local event planning divas, known for their social media gatherings, aka “Tweetups”, co-sponsored the event at Science Club in downtown DC. The event was brought to you by Sisarina and Lisa Byrne aka @DCeventjunkie. Now, I’ve gone to MANY Tweetups, Meetups, parties, mini tweetups, and networking events, and I can definitely tell you that the Social Media Day party was by far one of the biggest and best events I’ve been to. There was a live DJ (@djlilelle ), raffles, tweeting, and of course lot’s of socializing. It wouldn’t be a social media party if there wasn’t socializing. Cameras, iphones, blackberries, and other various portable devices made their appearances in everyone’s hands, and there wasn’t a moment not captured and posted on Twitter. Over 150 people showed up to pack Science Club, and adding to the fact that it was a gorgeous DC evening, it made the event that much more amazing.
I personally had a blast at the party, hanging out with people I’ve known for awhile, and, of course, meeting new people. Social media related get-together’s such as tweetups have always been a draw for me because I follow hundred’s of people on twitter, and I love the opportunity to meet them in real life. In fact, I’ve met some of my closest friends through twitter and various other social media outlets. I don’t think I would’ve gotten this internship had I not been on twitter or followed the person who advertised for it. Yay Twitter!
Collectively, the entire evening at Science Club was awesome. I really look forward to next year when someone plans the 2nd Annual Social Media Day party, because you know I’ll be there. Social Media Day was celebrated nationwide, so you never know, maybe next year I’ll celebrate social media day in Europe, or Hawaii. Tweetup on the beach anyone? So my big question to you as the readers is, how did you celebrate Social Media Day 2010?
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