Details and signup here. See you on Monday.

We have assembled a great panel to lead this discussion. The panel will be moderated by Chris Celek of Celek Media Consulting (@ChrisCelek). On the panel: Ben Callahan of Sparkbox (@bencallahan), Patrice Hall from Real Art Design Group (@PatriceHall), and Tammy Monroe from Northlich (@PRTammy).
Don’t miss this opportunity to engage in a discussion about the future! See you on April 13 at 9:30.

Would you like to sponsor this or other New Meda Dayton Events. If so, contact rick rick@newmediadayton.com.

Rafi uses email and web technology to build his business. In this meeting, he will share some of what he has learned with us, and how YOU can apply these techniques to grow YOUR business. The discussion is always good, and we expect the same at this meeting! Regardless of how much or little experience you have with social media, email or other new media, this meetup has something to offer you!

Rafi holds FINRA series 6, 63, 65, & 7 licenses. He is securities licensed in Ohio, Florida, New Jersey, and Texas and insurance licensed in Ohio, Florida, and New Jersey. He serves as the Executive Director for the Ohio Hispanic Chambers of Commerce and Past-President, Dayton Hispanic Chamber. He is an active Board Member with the Miami Valley Council Boy Scouts of America.

Reserve your seat here!
You can learn more about Rafi and his business at http://www.askrafi.com/.

Betsy Westhafer, founder of the newly-launched HalfBackDayton, has assembled a panel to discuss how to make things happen through effective partnerships, focused media outreach and a community-wide impact initiative. Joining Betsy will be Yvette Kelly-Fields of updayton, Candice Hunter of My Media Hunter, and Christy Mauch, the Director of Operations at Better Business Bureau. The discussion will be facilitated by Michelle Kingsfield of WDTN Channel 2.

As a testament to the power of media, we are conducting an experiment with New Media Dayton prior to our February meeting. If HalfBackDayton gets 500 Likes on their Facebook page between now and February 10, we will have a drawing to give away $100 each to five local nonprofits. The eligible nonprofits will be nominated by the attendees of the February meeting.

Please join us for this exciting discussion and money giveaway!

Sponsors for the drawing: Geehan Group, Michelle O’Neil Consulting, New Media Dayton, HalfBackDayton. If you or your company would like to contribute to this cause, there is still time. Email Betsy @ bwesthafer@halfbackdayton.com

Oh, and not only natural, but good. Check out their bacon:)

Breakfast is served all day, lunch begins at 10:30!
Desserts are always house-made and change daily.

Where: Butter Cafe

When: Jan 24 @ 7:30A

What: Coffee and goodies, as well as meeting up with amaznig NMDayton peeps

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Butter Cafe supports sustainable cooking! Our ingredients consist of food that is healthy for consumers and animals, does not harm the environment, is humane for workers, respects animals, provides a fair wage to the farmer, and supports and enhances rural communities.

Breakfast is served all day, lunch begins at 10:30!
Desserts are always house-made and change daily. 

Regular Hours 
7am-3pm Tuesday-Sunday
8am-2pm Monday

937-985-9917
1106 Brown Street
Dayton, Ohio 45409

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A Kettering native, Jamie attended Ohio University and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Journalism and studied meteorology through Mississippi State University, completing the Broadcast Meteorology Program in 2003.
In January 2003, Jamie was voted “Favorite Weather Personality” in a Dayton Daily News Reader’s Poll. She enjoys running, playing tennis and spending time with family and friends. Jamie and her husband, Ken are proud parents of two children.

You can follow Jamie on Twitter @wdtn_jamie

This month two local social media thought leaders will talk about social media tools, which to use, why and what’s important. Join us on this momentous day – 11/11/11 – for great information exchange by Michelle Ton and Keri Jaehnig while having a little 11/11 fun in the process.

About our speakers
Michelle Ton is a graduate from The Ohio State University. She is the social media and lead nurturing manager for Teradata Corporation. In addition to her marketing role, she lends her free time to being the web development lead for upDayton’s Internship Committee, being a co-host of New Media Dayton’s weekly tweetchat (#NMDChat), and helping run her family’s local nail salon.

Her passion for good food and high fashion are prominent themes in her personal blog at michellenton.com. You can also follow her on Twitter @michellenton.

Keri Jaehnig works with small businesses, non-profits, and political candidates to leverage blogs and social media tools to connect with their target audiences. Keri’s forte is engaging followers and establishing relationships that drive revenues. A certified Facebook marketer and certified social media strategist, she has been featured by AOL Small Business. Her clients include international corporations, retailers, financial advisors, real estate developers, political committees, tourism destinations and others. My collaborators are worldwide.

She has a Business Administration degree with additional training in Non-profit Development.  She’s spent 14 years of  connecting people globally. Keri has served as an Executive Board member for her local American Red Cross chapter, and collaborated on several non-profit committees.  At a time when a regional anchor employer discontinued 8,000 jobs in her small town of Wilmington, Ohio, she raised more than $30,000 in 6 weeks for the local family YMCA.  As a candidate for her local Board of Education in 2005, she was the first in her county to use Email Marketing for political campaigning.

You can learn more about Keri by visiting her website: http://ideagirlmedia.com or follow her on Twitter @ideagirlmedia.