Social Media for Social Good

Please join Colt Briner and myself TONIGHT at the inaugural meeting of the Social Media Club, Silicon Valley.   6:30pm at the PayPal Headquarters in San Jose.

Hosted in PayPal’s Town Hall Room and sponsored by eBay Developers Program, the meeting will feature a moderated discussion of  “Social Media for Social Good”.

Program director, Dan Holden blogged this morning about tonight’s event saying: “It’s a group of individuals from a variety of backgrounds who “get it” that social media can benefit meaningful causes.”

Louis Gray, vice president of marketing at My6Sense, and a well-known commentator on social media tools and trends, will moderate a top-notch panel including:

• Colt Briner, vice president and general manager of Democrasoft and co-creator of Collaborize Classroom. Colt Briner has been working to create technology for a better society since 2003.  He also volunteers his time as a director at the Virtual Country Foundation, a California-based nonprofit exploring ways to use technology to improve democratic participation in businesses.

• Chris Wilder, executive director of the Valley Medical Center Foundation. Chris is an avid social media user who regularly blogs in support of the foundation’s important work on behalf of Santa Clara County’s largest public hospital.

• Stephanie Woehrmann, actress, press director, teacher, social media aficionado for El Teatro Campesino. Resident Musical Director of El Teatro Campesino since 2006, she has produced, written and composed many musicals, plays and actos for El Teatro Campesino.

• Judy Chang, Senior Manager of Vertical Markets for PayPal.
• Charlie Treadwell is Corporate Affairs Marketing manager in Cisco’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program.

Attendees are welcome and pay $20 cash at the door!   Tweet with us at @WisdomofWe, @ShanaatDS or @smc_sv.