MEETINGS
Social Media: the Next Generation of Job Hunting
By the time you read this, the rules of job hunting will have changed. Again.
Social media have become a vital aspect of the process that will give an
advantage to those who understand how these tools can stack the deck in their
favor way in advance of the interview.
Social media expert James Snider with Accelerant Marketing Alliance will lead a discussion at the June meeting on
using social media to prove yourself before you meet with the hiring manager.
Snider will make simple sense of the potentially convoluted world of online job
hunting by showing how LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and blogs can
favorably position you and your talents.
This program is for anyone actively looking for a job, starting to organize the
job hunt, or just wanting to put his or her best foot forward in the social
sphere.
Prior to joining Accelerant, Snider was an independent marketing consultant. He
also ran an international high-tech trade association and served as global
strategic marketing manager over four product groups at Texas Instruments.
Time & date: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday, June 28
Place: City Club, 301 Commerce St.
Cost: $25 members, $30 nonmembers, $20 students (online add $1)
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#FAIL: Social Media PR Disasters
What better way to learn than from the mistakes of others? Expect an
entertaining session June 8 on social media mistakes — how they occur, how to avoid them, and how to respond when they happen.
Stephanie Scott, founder of the Social Media Club of Fort Worth, and club vice president Corey Lark will discuss some of the world’s most infamous social media gaffes from heavyweights like United Airlines,
Chipotle and Kenneth Cole and how. Know of an unforgettable gaffe? Come
prepared to share it.
Scott oversees web-based marketing strategies for clients at the Balcom Agency.
She graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Duke University with
degrees in psychology and Spanish studies. Connect with her on Twitter at @schtebnay.
Lark is senior account executive at Open Channels Group. A Baylor graduate, she
has four years experience executing public relations campaigns, coordinating
special events and implementing communications strategies. Connect with her on
Twitter at @coreylark.
Time & date: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, June 8
Place: Colonial Country Club, 3735 Country Club Circle
Cost: $25 members, $35 nonmembers, $20 students (walk-ups add $5)
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Life After Layoffs: a Workshop
Think of this as a career’s worth of advice packed into five hours — professionals who’ve been there telling other professionals who just landed there how to get back
up after being canned and where to find a job. Sessions will run the gamut,
from financial survival and tuning your résumé to “Digitize Yourself” and “Journalism Isn’t All You Can Do.”
The workshop is Saturday, June 25, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. in the UTA Fine Arts Building,
700 Greek Row. Watch here for fresh details.
And mark the calendar for Saturday, July 30, and Fort Worth SPJ’s summer party at Paul and Harriet Harral’s elegant abode. Details forthcoming as they roll off the grill.
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STRAIGHT STUFF
Difficult economic conditions compound the challenges inherent in being
self-employed: How to not only survive but thrive? Author Carl Youngberg will offer perspectives for becoming a more vital professional at the Freelance
Alliance meeting Tuesday, June 21, at the North Dallas Chamber of Commerce.
Registration starts at 11:30 a.m., with the program from noon to 1 p.m. Bring
your own lunch. No charge for members of the Association for Women in
Communications, IABC and PRSA; guests and nonmembers are $10. More from Pat Pape at patpape@yahoo.com. ...
It’s WGT All-Stars Read-In time at the Writers’ Guild of Texas, 7 p.m. Monday, June 20, at the Richardson Public Library.
Anyone wishing to read should forward the submission (1,000 words tops) to Pari Danian at parid@sbcglobal.net by June 13. Participants may bring their published works for sale; one copy of
each book will go on a display table. Buyers may make selections and then
approach the authors, who will provide signed copies. • Writers’ events calendar: July 21-24, Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, lectures, workshops, agents, agent consultations, writing contest, student
biography contest, Grapevine. • More at writersguildoftexas.org/joomla/. Send events calendar items to Carol Woods at carol.woods@verizon.net.
