You're Invited | SMBMSP #59 - Beyond the Check-In: Location-based Social Media for Business

SMBMSP wants you to be where they'll be on Halloween morning - and in costume! Join Social Media Breakfast - Minneapolis/Saint Paul for "Beyond the Check-In: Location-based Social Media for Business" to gain insights into how location-based apps can help you locate and engage your customers. Come prepared - prizes will be awarded for best meme-based, geekiest, and bacon-related costumes!

Register now for SMBMSP #59 - Beyond the Check-In: Location-based Social Media for Business Thursday, October 31, 2013 from 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Wherever you are, there's an app that can find you. And if it can find you, it can find your customers, too. Foursquare, Facebook, Google+, Yelp, Instagram, Groupon, Twitter, and dozens of other popular apps all offer location-enabled features. Savvy businesses are getting creative and capitalizing on this information to improve customer experience AND their bottom line. Christopher Lower of Sterling Cross Communications, will share success stories from restaurant and hotel clients, best practices for making location-based/location-aware apps a part of your social media strategy, and take your questions. Please Note: This is event is on a Thursday. Costumes encouraged (prizes awarded for best meme-based, geekiest, & bacon-related costumes). Featured Speaker Christopher Lower Sterling Cross Communications Christopher Lower is the co-owner, with his wife Mary, of Sterling Cross Communications, an award winning public relations, marketing, web & mobile design, and social media firm celebrating their 10th year anniversary. He is an award winning Sales Manager & Marketer, with 25 years in the retail, hospitality and medical-technical device industries. He has been a corporate trainer, designer, and creator of business development programs and marketing campaigns for several firms. He is recognized as a Creative, an "out of the box" Social Media strategist, and a successful Public Relations and Business Writer. Chris is a speaks regularly on the strategic integration of the components of Digital Marketing. He has worked with over 47 Restaurant Brands, 12 Retail Brands, 20 Hotel Brands, 7 Shopping Mall Properties (Local, Regional, National, and Global) to promote and drive sales via traditional, social, and mobile channels and help them monitor their online reputation. Chris authored the forthcoming book: Checking into Foursquare - Strategies for Retail and Restaurant Marketing with Social Media, due out in 2014. Annual Sponsors                                                                              514 Studios 514 North 3rd Street Suite 101 Minneapolis, MN 55401 Register Now Events powered by EventBrite

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Network Partner Notes 2013: The LEAD Project

The Minnesota Rising 2013 Un/Conference: Cultivating Capacity for Collective Leadership will be held on Saturday, November 16, 2013 from 10:00AM – 4:30PM at DLR Group offices in Minneapolis, MN. Hosted by and for emerging leaders, the Un/Conference will engage emerging leaders across Minnesota in an energizing day of innovative learning and dialogue, skill-building, and network-building with their peers!

Minnesota Rising is pleased to collaborate with Network Partners, emerging leader group organizations, to help cross-promote our parallel efforts to provide leadership development and community-building. In our Network Partner Notes, we highlight our 2013 Un/Conference Network Partners and their events in their own words!

Save the date for LEAD's fall happy hour What's better than a Thursday night with friends at one of the city's newest hot spots? Join LEAD & GiveMN to socialize and build momentum for Give to the Max Day!  What?  The LEAD Project's fall happy hour  When?  5 - 8 PM on Thursday, November 7  Where?  Tangiers (116 1st Ave N in  downtown Minneapolis)  Cost?  FREE entry & cash bar  Why?  If you're new to our organization, join  us to learn more and to meet others who  share your interest in nonprofit leadership.  If you've known us for a while, stop by to say hello and to raise a glass with old friends! Want a free drink on us?  Click HERE to take a short Membership Survey, and you'll be entered to win a free drink.  It only takes a few minutes to complete! Seeking further opportunities to LEAD?  Apply for LEAD's esteemed new mentorship program and stay up-to-date with all the latest happenings by visiting our blog. Share Tweet Share Forward to Friend Copyright © The LEAD Project. All rights reserved.

2013 Un/Conference Sponsor Spotlight: Bush Foundation

The Minnesota Rising 2013 Un/Conference: Cultivating Capacity for Collective Leadership will be held on Saturday, November 16, 2013 from 10:00AM – 4:30PM at DLR Group offices in Minneapolis, MN. Hosted by and for emerging leaders, the Un/Conference will engage emerging leaders across Minnesota in an energizing day of innovative learning and dialogue, skill-building, and network-building with their peers!

Minnesota Rising is thankful for our amazing sponsors, without whose support we could not offer sliding-scale admission fees and stellar Un/Conference programming. Below, find a recent announcement from one of our fantastic supporters, the Bush Foundation, about their new Fellowship program in partnership with the Minnesota Council on Foundations! 

Read the Bush Foundation Blog                                Join our community:        NEW FELLOWSHIP TO TRAIN NEXT GENERATION OF GRANTMAKERS, PREPARE PHILANTHROPY TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE AND EFFECTIVE IN SOLVING COMMUNITY PROBLEMS The Bush Foundation is excited to partner with the Minnesota Council on Foundations to launch a new fellowship program which aims to increase the number of people from under-represented communities holding leadership positions in philanthropy. The MCF Philanthropy Fellowship will prepare high-potential leaders for careers in philanthropy. Fellows will be employed by the Minnesota Council on Foundations and placed in three-year appointments at the Bush Foundation to work either with the Community Innovation or Education team. Fellows will gain valuable work experience while infusing new energy and viewpoints into the Foundation's work. They will also receive significant professional development and networking opportunities. Three Fellows will be selected through an application process that opens today and closes at noon on November 13, 2013. Fellows should have at least five years professional experience and come from a community that is currently under-represented in philanthropic leadership. The immediate focus will be on increasing racial diversity.  Visit BushFoundation.org/MCFFellows for more information and to learn how to apply. The Bush Foundation's mission is to be a catalyst for the courageous   leadership necessary to create sustainable solutions to tough public   problems and ensure community vitality.

Network Partner Notes 2013: Torch Community - The Trust Edge

The Minnesota Rising 2013 Un/Conference: Cultivating Capacity for Collective Leadership will be held on Saturday, November 16, 2013 from 10:00AM – 4:30PM at DLR Group offices in Minneapolis, MN. Hosted by and for emerging leaders, the Un/Conference will engage emerging leaders across Minnesota in an energizing day of innovative learning and dialogue, skill-building, and network-building with their peers!

Minnesota Rising is pleased to collaborate with Network Partners, emerging leader group organizations, to help cross-promote our parallel efforts to provide leadership development and community-building. In our Network Partner Notes, we highlight our 2013 Un/Conference Network Partners and their events in their own words! 

The Trust Edge Torch-Style  5:30pm - 8:30pm Grand Ballroom St. Paul Athletic Club As young professionals, we are the next generation of leaders at our organizations. Before we can lead others, we need to be able to develop meaning 0;margin-right: 0;margin-bottom: 10px;margin-left: 0;text-align: left;"> Grand Ballroom St. Paul Athletic Club As young professionals, we are the next generation of leaders at our organizations. Before we can lead others, we need to be able to develop meaningful relationships. To achieve success in both personal and professional relationships, learning to develop trust is key. We'll explore how to build and leverage trust into leadership opportunity. This could be the conversation that makes all the difference for your career. Join us!        Full details @ torchcommunity.org/events/trustedge Event Details Location St. Paul Athletic Club Grand Ballroom 350 Cedar St. #5 St. Paul, MN MORE INFORMATION Agenda 5:30 Registration, Apps, and Cash Bar 6:15 The Trust Edge w/ Dave Horsager 7:30 Networking PROGRAM DETAILS Tickets $10  Earlybird   (by Oct. 11) $15 Regular $20  At The Door   (cash or credit) REGISTER NOW Get a taste of The Trust Edge - Torch Style View More Videos from  The Trust Edge View More Videos from  The Trust Edge The Trust Edge @ davidhorsager.com #trustedge @TorchMSP

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