Join me on August 4th when I speak at the Winner’s Luncheon about the intersection of social media and leadership. I’m honored to be invited to speak, as this is a monthly event whereprevious speakers have included Al Lindner, Minnesota’s most famous angler; Erik Paulsen, US Representative from 3rd District Minnesota; Richard K. Davis, President and Chief Executive Officer. U.S. Bank; Jeff Siemon, 4-time Pro Bowl linebacker with the Minnesota Vikings; and Walter Bond, Former University of Minnesota and NBA star. The luncheon happens to be held in a church facility, but is a non-religious, non-proselytizing event where each month’s speaker illuminates leadership principles that can be applied to the workplace.
Social Media and Leadership
My topic is inspired by a memory I have from a time when I was Chief Operating Officer for a Minneapolis-based non-profit. Someone from the marketing department began saying “we should blog” and “we should be on Twitter.” I didn’t understand how those things fit into our business objectives, let alone the technical components of how to do them. My mind raced to the risks of staff spending an unusually large portion of time tweeting with little return on investment. Plus, I always asked, “What would we talk about?” Yes, I wanted us visible in these new marketing channels, but my line of thought was off-base. I was a leader with little understanding of social media.
Ironically, that marketing person that introduced me to the concept of blogging also encouraged me to blog personally, which I started to do in March 2009 when I launched PocketYourDollars.com. In the sixteen months since its launch, PocketYourDollars.com has received almost 2 million visits from more than a half million people and been mentioned on Yahoo! Finance, FoxBusiness, Wall Street Journal Radio and will be in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Redbook, and Woman’s Day magazines this fall.
I look back and laugh now at the things I didn’t know as COO when we had the conversations about how our organization could use social media.
On August 4th I’ll share some of what I’ve learned in my journey that I hope will help you with yours.
Event Details
Tickets are $10, unless you win the ticket giveaway below. This is a great event for you, your colleagues and clients. Whether you already have an online presence or want to launch one, you’ll walk away equipped to ask the right questions as you move into social media. If you aren’t a business person but rather a hobbyist blogger, I’m confident you’ll get a lot out of the event as well.
What: Winner’s Luncheon
Who: You, your boss, your colleagues, your clients and your friends
Where: 9201 75th Avenue North – Minneapolis, MN 55428-1024
When: Wednesday, August 4 from 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Cost: Tickets are $10 and include a delicious plated lunch
How to register: Reserve your spot online at WinnersLuncheon.org
To see where else I’m speaking and appearing this fall, check out my public appearance calendar.
Ticket Giveaway
I’m so excited about this event that we are giving away a two-pack of tickets. The winner and their guest will attend the luncheon on me, plus be seated with Laura and me at the head table; Laura is coming along as a guest too to listen and hang out with the ticket winner. :)
How to Enter
You have an opportunity to enter this giveaway two separate times. These are the rules for entry:
1. Leave a comment with a tip on why you’d like to attend this event. This entry is required before the other will be counted.
2. Follow @DollarsPocket on Twitter and tweet “I want to go to @winnersluncheon on 8/4 to hear @carrierocha talk about #socialmedia and #leadership.” Come back and leave a separate comment with the link to your tweet.
Prize:
(1) Two tickets to the August 4th Winner’s Luncheon ($20 value)
This giveaway ends at 11:59pm CST on Thursday, July 22 and is open to all U.S. residents 18 years or older. Winner will be selected using Random.org and notified via email. Winner must respond within 48 hours of notification to claim his/her prize.
About Carrie Rocha
I would love to hear about Carrie’s Social media adventure!
I would like to win so my husband Joe and I could learn more about getting our new business up and running with social media. I think it would benefit and I’d like Joe to hear more about it.
http://twitter.com/carilisa
I would love to hear you speak about social media and saving money!
I am a huge supporter! I would love to sit and hear your message!
I work in the Internet department and though we already are on FB and Twitter (i think…), we can always learn more and more! Plus, I want to expand my own knowledge of social marketing so I can be more valuable to prospective employers.
Love to hear what you have to say and value all your opinions!!!! Would be an honor!
I would like to bring my husband who has been out of work for some time and is considering starting his own business and blogging about his business and interests.
I am fascinated by your journey and life experiences. Would love to hear you speak.
I have been blogging for a while but have recently been thinking more about how to make it marketable beyond my family and have also recently created a second blog to promote my husband’s construction business. Would love some tips. Plus would love to hear you speak. In this economy I am constantly looking to spend less.
Carrie – Thanks including the Pocket Your Dollars readers in this adventure. I would like to come and meet you and Laura and learn about social media (yes, I am a dinosaur) and would find this sooo interesting.
I would love to attend your speaking event. I would love to learn more aboutthese topics myself!
I would love to learn more about blogging and using the internet socially! I have been a PYD fan since the beginning!
What a great opportunity and an awesome giveaway. I have a dear friend who has heard you speak and guarantees that it is worth the time to come and listen! The chance to learn something new and inspiring is a chance not to be missed. Thank you Carrie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would LOVE to attend this event. I am interested in learning more about social media and would like to start my own blog. However, I am not sure where to start!!
I would like to attend this event because it will be informative.
Hey Carrie and Laura, I’m hoping attending the event would enable us to kick up our social media presence as we launch our own business. Bonus….meeting the two of you.
I’d love to meet you in person and learn some of your tips on blogging and social media. I find it all quite fascinating. I hope I get lucky and win the pair of tickets. Thanks for all you do Carrie and Laura too. p
I’d love to learn more about this so I could apply some of the lessons to my job. Thanks for the opportunity to win tickets!
I would like to learn what blogging and tweeting is and how it can be applied to my work. I don’t understand and feel that I’ll be passed up at work if I don’t “get with it”.
My Twitter Link with the tweet:
http://twitter.com/MicheleRanallo
I’d love to discover more about your journey and how I can apply some of the lessons you’ve learned to my own blogging business.
http://twitter.com/twindependent <— I did the twitter entry, too! :)
I NEED to find out how social media works for my business objectives !!!