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Some of us need at least one cup of coffee before attempting to form a coherent sentence in the morning. Get your caffeine fix and more at the first monthly Social Media Club Breakfast. Get you most important meal  of the day (and some coffee), bring your business cards and your smiling face for some early bird networking.Palmers will be offering two breakfast specials:$3.50 - pastry, fruit, coffee$5.50 - bacon, eggs, pastry, fruit, coffee Or feel free to order from Palmer's regular…See More

Summer days driftin' away, to uh-oh those summer nights...PLEASE NOTE: Gusto has reserved space for us in the air conditioning. You're welcome to hang outside but we don't think you'll want to.Join us in the great outdoors (Iowa weather permitting). Network on some of Des Moines' various verandas as part of the Summer Patio Series. Get some fresh air and make some new friends! The July edition will be on the Gusto Pizza Co. patio. With their fine selection of brews and tasty pizza, you don't…See More

Join us at Court Avenue Brewing Company (CABCO) for this "summer's" first #dmtweetup. Obviously summer officially doesn't start until June 21st, but who cares... (use the #dmtweetup tag when discussing on the twitter)See More

Facebook has made big changes in their Business Pages -  The new Pages use standard HTML, CSS, and JavaScript like any other Web page so customizing them is a lot more like web development. If you haven't done any web development this might sound like gibberish,  but everyone is welcome to Hack Night and there's never a fee. I've spent some time and figured out the iFrame custom tab app and can share that process. If you want to walk away from this night with a working custom tab you'll need to…See More

Come help celebrate the launch of DSMDaily.Com. DSM Daily is a locally owned competitor to Groupon and LivingSocial.  It was started by a group of young professionals in the Des Moines area.  The website will launch April 18th, with over 10,000 local people signed up. This will be an great chance to network with other business people from the Des Moines area.  We will be inviting our client list that contains over 200 locally owned…See More

The Central Iowa chapters of the Society for Human Resource Management (CISHRM) and the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) have joined forces to sponsor a 1/2 day workshop exploring the topic of Social Capital. There is a $35 fee for non-members to attend. Light food and beverages will be offered.  Find out more information and…See More

Facebook has made huge changes in their Business Pages and I want to gather the local FB fans to hack around and see what we can do. The new Facebook Pages use standard HTML, CSS, and JavaScript like any other Web page so customizing them is a lot more like web development. If you haven't done any web development this might be like gibberish,  but everyone is welcome. I've spent some time and figured out the iFrame custom tab app and can share that process. If you want to walk away from this…See More

A Social Media for Business Fair & Des Moines Social Club FundraiserAre you a business owner, sales or marketing professional, non-profit organizer, event planner or sole proprietor having a love, hate or love-hate relationship with social media but want to learn how to love it more?Want to listen to eight live conversations about different social media for business topics presented by leaders from the Des Moines Social Media Scene?Want to leave with a 2011 Resource List of upcoming social…See More

Join us for the 2nd GuacUp at Dos Rios in downtown Des Moines! This time we'll be in the back room and we'll have more room for socializing. Plus, there will be $4 margaritas! Come sip, socialize and enjoy some guacamole. Also, check out the Business Record article that featured the 1st GuacUp:…See More

Iowans focus on Internet CivilityCharacter Counts In Iowa and the Des Moines Social Media Club are partnering to increase awareness about internet civility. The partnership will kick off with an event on Thursday, October 28, 2010 at Jasper Winery at 5:30p.m. The event is open to the public and there is no cost to attend.The Reveal Your Character website will launch at the event. The…See More