GBTC Summer Wine Tasting
Save the Date: July 10, 2008

If you are interested in pouring (cost is $350, you must be a technology company and a GBTC member, and preference for pouring is given to companies who have not poured in the last year).  Contact Alecia Farley, aleciaf@gbtechcouncil.org.

Registration will be opening in June. We hope to see you there to celebrate summer!

How Not to Approach Online JV Partners & Bloggers (5/16): Interesting post by Jonathan Fields on how you should use social media tools to develop joint ventures and also some etiquette rules to follow:
http://jonathanfields.com/blog/how-not-to-approach-online-jv-partners-and-bloggers/

Jumping Over a Mountain (5/22): Predictions of the future of social media and the way that it will be used in organizations.  Interesting thoughts on how he believes organizations are going to shift back to customer service and community management as the core of what they do:
http://www.chrisbrogan.com/

SocialDevCamp East was an amazing event.  Created in only 25 days (and having over 120 participants on a rainy Saturday) to bring together the innovators and entrepreneurs from along the Amtrak corridor, (from Boston to DC) it has truly created a buzz around Baltimore that was duly needed.  Although all of us who live and work in Baltimore know the talent that is here — it’s truly nice to actually see us creating a hub in our city.

Sitting in the auditorium you could feel the energy and the hunger of the participants — each and everyone had something to offer and they were willing to share openly.  A huge thanks to Dave Troy, Ann Bernard and Keith Casey for putting this together and of course to our own Melanie Kelleher for organizing the event.

Here are the links to some photos, videos, and blogs on the event (definitely worth checking out): Photos from Flickr, photo collage by Jimmy Gardner, recaps by Shashi Bellaknoda, Greg Cangialosi, Ann Bernard and Harry Chen and lastly video and more video of the sessions.

I’m looking forward to the Fall SocialDevCamp East and to our commitment to support this group of talented individuals.