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Be an AZIMA speaker: Share your expertise in 2014

Posted on December 10, 2013 by - AZIMA News, Events

Interested in sharing your interactive marketing expertise with hundreds of your marketing peers, or recounting a particularly successful campaign?  Or know someone who’d be a good speaker?

AZIMA is looking for speakers, home grown folks here in AZ or otherwise, to take the stage at our monthly social events. And I’m sure you’re looking for a New Year’s Resolution.  Share your expertise in 2014!

You don’t need to rush into it.  We’ve got a few speakers lined up already, but spots in 2014 will go quickly.  So, if you are interested, give us a shout. We ask you to fill out this short form to let us know what you are thinking about presenting: PROVIDE DETAILS ABOUT YOUR PROPOSED PRESENTATION.

Chris Goward

Chris Goward

Events are held at the Scottsdale Hilton and attendees will enjoy a light dinner menu while they have the opportunity to learn from the best in the business. During those monthly events, as usual, we’ll be featuring a mix of research, hands-on training, panel discussions, case studies and how-to presentations that will help eager marketers optimize their online activities by gaining insight into multiple related disciplines.

Jodi Gersh

Jodi Gersh

We’re looking for presentations that provide practical, actionable advice for interactive marketers based on measurable results and real-world experiences. Think about your own success stories in areas such as email marketing, content marketing, social media marketing, search engine optimization, mobile marketing, user experience and design, email marketing, paid search advertising, metrics and analytics.

 

Here’s the early lineup for 2014:  

Jan. 16 – Chris Goward, Founder & CEO of WiderFunnel. He’ll speak on “How to Create and Execute a Winning Conversion Optimization Strategy.”

 

Feb. 20 – Jodi Gersh, Director/Social Media & Engagement at Gannett. She’ll explore “Content Programming for the Social Audience.” 

 

Sheridan

Marcus Sheridan

March 20 – Marcus Sheridan, The Sales Lion, will be the MC for the evening at the  2nd Annual AZIMA TIM Awards. | Still time to enter any of our 12 categories.  Deadline: January 24, 2014.

 

April 17 – Paige Dell’Armi, Social Media Super Geek. She’ll share “Get the Perks: An Insider Look at Starbucks’ Social Media.”

Paige Dell'Armi

Paige Dell’Armi

Yes, that may be a tough act to follow, but we know you’ve got it.

 

Again, here’s the form to fill out to tell us what you’d like to share: PROVIDE DETAILS ABOUT YOUR PROPOSED PRESENTATION.

 

 

AND STAY TUNED FOR MORE.  

Bookmark this blog, JoinAZIMA.org, and follow along on Twitter: @JoinAZIMA and Facebook.  And if you have news to share or a job to fill, join the other 1,000+ members of AZIMA’s LinkedIn group.

 

UPDATE: New date for Mingle Bells, Thursday, Dec. 12

Posted on December 5, 2013 by - Events

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Ad 2 Phoenix and Phoenix Ad Club are determined to make this year’s Mingle Bells a fantastic event. Since so many of you have fun work parties to attend on Friday night (Dec. 13), it’s time to switch it up a bit.

Here’s the new plan: Mingle Bells 2013.  New night. And it’s FREE!

 

WHEN:
6 to 9 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 12
The Western, Old Town Scottsdale
6830 E 5th Ave‎.
Scottsdale, AZ 85251

HOSTED BY: Ad 2 Phoenix and Phoenix Ad Club
COMMUNITY PARTNERS: Arizona Interactive Marketing Association (AZIMA) and AIGA Arizona
OFFICIAL DESIGN SPONSOR: Off Madison Ave.

The night will include:

  • Live music from country singer  Cody Johnson

  • Chance to win one of the amazing raffle and hashtag prizes we’ll be giving away.

  • Complimentary appetizers

  • Drink specials from 6 to 7 p.m.

    • $3 wells, $4 drafts, $2 PBR drafts, $2.50 domestic bottles and $5 house wines

  • Photo step and repeat

  • Mingling with our Community Partners: AZIMA and AIGA Arizona

TICKETS:   No tickets.  Just come on by.  

Toy donations will be collected upon entrance for the annual toy drive run by Positive Network Alliance, Inc, a Valley nonprofit serving Arizona’s children since 1987. To make sure you can REALLY have a good time, Ad 2 has a special discount code from official Transportation Partner Uber to get you home safely after all that liquid holiday therapy.

This may be a new date and location, but don’t worry – it will still involve plenty of eating, drinking, dancing, and networking. You can find more details about the changes on Mingle Bells’ Facebook event page.
PLEASE MINGLE RESPONSIBLY!

 

 

Get to Know Jeremy Vaught & Kevin Spidel

Posted on September 13, 2010 by - Events

If you haven’t registered yet for tomorrow night’s monthly AZIMA Social Event you better get to it! The event is shaping up very nicely! Right on the heels of the August 24 Primary Jeremy Vaught (Republican) and Kevin Spidel (Democrat) will talk about how Social Media is being used in political campaigns. The event is going to be set up as if it is a political debate and promises to be both informative and entertaining! In preperation for the event, I thought I’d needle our two presenters with some quick questions so that we can all get to know them just a bit better.

Quick Interview with Jeremy Vaught:

Elise Redlin-Cook: How did you first learn of AZIMA?

Jeremy Vaught: I’m pretty sure it was Twitter. I had seen it here and there, but I really took a look last year when Pam Slim was the speaker. She is one of my favorite people.

Elise: What inspired you to become involved in politics?

Jeremy: To make a difference. I’ve always been very interested in watching politicians and following along with what is happening. But at some point, I decided that simply voting wasn’t enough.

Elise: How long have you been an AZIMA member and/or attending our events?

Jeremy: Don’t tell anyone, but I’ve never actually attended an event. There have been a few time I’ve thought about it, but I’m on the West side so it is always a trek.

Elise: LOL, I understand! So which, if any social networks do you care to connect with others on?

Jeremy: I am most active on the biggies Facebook (facebook.com/jeremyvaught), Twitter (facebook.com/jeremyvaught), and LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/jeremyvaught) I’m also connecting on my blogs, jeremyvaught.com and my new one intentional.ly. But I pretty much connect everywhere.

Elise: MAC or PC? Care to elaborate?

Jeremy: This past February I just bought my first MacBook Pro. Before that I was on Linux since the early 2000’s. Linux is fantastic, but Mac people are so fanatical, I had to see what all the hype is about. And honestly, I love it. It has a lot of the advantages of Linux, with none of the many detriments of Windows.

Elise: Nice, and are you driven by any passions outside of social media marketing?

Jeremy: Absolutely! My family, building my business, politics of course, and continual self-improvement.

Elise: Are you working on any interesting projects that you’d like to tell us about?

Jeremy: Outside of Web Strategy for John McCain, Kevin and I started a new podcast at PoliTechs.TV that I’m looking forward to seeing where it goes. And in addition to my consulting business, Vaught Consulting, I’m starting red7squared which is going to be a Software-as-a-Service suite of tools that I’ve written for use on the McCain campaign, and more going forward.

Quick Interview with Kevin Spidel:

Elise Redlin-Cook: How did you first learn of AZIMA?

Kevin Spidel: From a friend who is also very involved in the interactive community @BrianShaler.

Elise: So, What inspired you to become involved in politics?

Kevin: When I was young (1994) I was impacted by the fact that the news media cared more about affairs of a President and an intern then that of a Genocide happening in Africa (Rwanda.) I was appalled and sought out communities doing something about the genocide. I found Amnesty International. During my activism, I found out that change cannot happen here at home without local elected leaders that are doing something. I began getting involved in local campaigns at the age of 18.

Elise: How long have you been an AZIMA member and/or attending our events?

Kevin:For a few months now, and am proud to be part of GannettLocal who is a sponsor of AZIMA.

Elise: Which, if any social networks do you care to connect with others on?

Kevin: I tend to focus more on LinkedIn and Twitter

Elise: Me too. So how about it, MAC or PC? Care to elaborate?

Kevin: PC by design. Secret MAC lover, but never made the conversion plunge.

Elise: Haha, you’ll never go back 😉 Are you driven by any passions outside of social media marketing?

Kevin: Building community is one of my core passions. Online or offline. Social and professionally.

Elise: Are you working on any interesting projects that you’d like to tell us about?

Kevin: Currently I am working on www.voicesofarizona.com which is a free speech community forum for voices within Arizona to discuss issues of the day and to celebrate respectful discourse and the diversity of opinion. Jeremy Vaught and I have started a podcast called PoliTechs.TV which focuses on new media within the political space. I am also working as the Community Architect for a startup division of Gannett focused on localized multimedia marketing for small and medium sized businesses called GannettLocal.

My thanks goes out to both Jeremy and Kevin for taking the time for us to get to know them and I am excited to see them at tomorrow’s AZIMA event “Social Media and Politics” , at the Scottsdale Hilton 6:00 p.m!  I hope to see you there!