Maui Social Media Users Group Meeting April 28

Maui SMUGOur last two Maui Social Media Users Group (@MauiSMUG) meetings were so popular, we’re going to make them a regular event. The next one is set for Thursday, April 28. We are fortunate enough to have Jess Craven of Self Made in Hawaii taping this meeting for an upcoming episode.

Date: Thursday, April 28, 2011
Time: 4:00pm – 6:30 pm
Location: Malcolm Center, 1305 Holopono St., Suite 5, Kihei

Cost: $25
Seating limited to 30

The Maui Social Media Users Group meetings are open to everyone interested in social media. The reason for the charge is it is being catered by Soup to Nuts.

Read more about the agenda at the MauiSMUG website ->

Facebook 101 Workshop April 26

Facebook logoWe’re continuing our Social Media Workshop series at High Tech Maui with our Introduction to Facebook for Your Business on April 26. If you’re new to Facebook or confused by it, this is the workshop for you.

Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Time: 3:00pm – 6:00pm
Location: Malcolm Center, 1305 Holopono St., Suite 1, Kihei

Cost: $35

Register Online!

Seating limited to 20


Social Media 101 for Business Workshop

Social Media buttonsWe’re starting our social media workshop series over again at High Tech Maui, beginning with “Social Media 101 for Business.”

This is the workshop for newbies, or anyone looking for a refresher. We’ll be focusing on describing in layman’s terms how today’s Internet and World Wide Web is weaving itself into our lives and businesses, and presenting the framework necessary to start building it into your plans and strategies going forward.

Static websites and email alone no longer work as a viable strategy for your online presence. Come and see how the world is evolving into a global culture of engagement conversations with real people instead of machines.

We’re scheduling these in the afternoons by popular request!

Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Time: 3:00pm – 6:00pm
Location: Malcolm Center, 1305 Holopono St., Suite 5, Kihei, Maui, Hawai‘i
Cost: $25
Seating is limited to 20, so register now!

How to Blog For Your Business Workshop

Confused Add New PostDo you have a blog for your business? Or if you have one, are you at a loss as to what to post? Or how often? Or why you’re not getting comments? Or what to do if you do get comments?

A good blog is the “voice” of your business and the content home base for your social media activity. Join me at High Tech Maui on March 16th for a high level overview of blogging, with topics like starting a blog, how they are hosted on the Web, best practices in blogging for maximum effect, connecting your blogs to your social networks, RSS feeds and more.

Seating is limited to 20. Sign up now!

Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Time: 9:00am – 11:00am
Location: Malcolm Center, 1305 Holopono St., Suite 1, Kihei
Cost: $25

Maui SMUG Meeting Today!

MauiSMUGFollowing the success of the first Maui SMUG (Social Media Users Group) meeting last month, we’re doing a second one tonight. This one is a little different. Rather than doing a panel discussion, we’ll break the group into three separate groups; beginners, intermediate and advanced social media users. Each of these three groups will have a sub-agenda of topics for discussion.

Check out the Maui SMUG website for more details ->

Capacity is limited to 30 attendees for this workshop. Register now!

Date: Thursday, February 10, 2011
Time: 4:00pm – 6:30 pm
Location: Malcolm Center, 1305 Holopono St., Suite 5, Kihei
Cost: $25

How to Use Twitter for Your Business Workshop

Twitter logoAs part of our ongoing workshop series, we’re offering our popular “Twitter 101″ for business at High Tech Maui. If Twitter mystifies you, as it does many people, this is the workshop for you.

Seating is limited to 20. Sign up now!

Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Time: 9:00am – 11:00am
Location: Malcolm Center, 1305 Holopono St., Suite 1, Kihei
Cost: $25

Introduction to Facebook for Your Business Workshop

Facebook logoWe’re continuing our 2011 social media workshop series at High Tech Maui with an introduction to Facebook for businesses trying to figure out how to use it and where it fits in an overall strategy.

If Facebook was a country, it would be larger than the United States, with a population of well over 400 million and growing at a phenomenal rate. Like it or hate it, you’re leaving something on the table if you ignore it.

Seating is limited to 20, so sign up now!

Date: Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Time: 9:00am – 11:00am
Location: Malcolm Center, 1305 Holopono St., Suite 5, Kihei, Maui, Hawai‘i
Cost: $25

Social Media 101 Workshop

Social Media buttonsOur 2011 social media workshop series starts on January 20 with the basics—the “Social Media 101″ workshop—sponsored by High Tech Maui.

This is the workshop for newbies, or anyone looking for a refresher. We’ll be focusing on describing in layman’s terms how today’s Internet and World Wide Web is weaving itself into our lives and businesses, and presenting the framework necessary to start building it into your plans and strategies going forward.

Seating is limited to 20, so register now!

Date: Thursday, January 20, 2011
Time: 9:00am – 11:00am
Location: Malcolm Center, 1305 Holopono St., Suite 5, Kihei, Maui, Hawai‘i
Cost: $25

Save The Date – Maui Social Media Users Group

MauiSMUGIn January, I will be on a panel with my esteemed associates, Jeff Bennett of Digital Splash Media, Tommy and Jen Russo of Maui Time and Liza Pierce, owner of AMauiBlog.com, at the first ever “Social Media Users Group” meeting at High Tech Maui. We will be facilitating a discussion and answering questions about social media on Maui.

Sign up now! Seating is limited to 40, and the cost is $25. (There’s food!)

We encourage you to submit your questions ahead of time at http://hightechmaui.com/about/contact.cfm. The plan is to address pre-submitted questions in the first part of the discussion, and questions from the room in the second part.

Come and learn about social media if you’re just getting into it, or share your knowledge and experience if you’re a pro!

Date: Thursday, January 13, 2011
Time: 4:00pm – 6:30 pm
Location: Malcolm Center, 1305 Holopono St., Suite 5, Kihei
Hashtag: #MAUISMUG

Maui Photo Festival Pre-conference

Maui Photo Festival LizardIn case you haven’t heard, I’m presenting “Social Media for Photographers” as a pre-conference workshop at the Maui Photo Festival this Wednesday, August 25, 2:00-5:00 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Maui.

This is a special version of our “Social Media 101″ workshop tailored specifically for photographers. It happens to be something I’m intimately acquainted with.

For those who don’t know, I was a full time professional photographer myself after I left the computer industry, and circled back to technology by using (what became known as) social media to promote my photography after moving from the mainland to a rock in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Today, I still shoot, but most of my work becomes the images and graphics for my social media practice.

Hope to see you at the conference. Who’s going to be there?