The inaugural Module Midwest Digital Conference represented a great moment for Detroit’s social media community. Many of our local rock stars took to the stage with recognizable leaders in the digital industry and shared their knowledge of all things social media with attendees who were eager to learn.
With Module being hailed as a winner and a successful Startup Weekend in the bag, I think it’s pretty clear that fantastic things are really starting to happen in Detroit.
So, what comes next? How do we carry this momentum forward? How do we become more than just a blip on the radar?
To find some answers, I asked Jeremy Tanner, Ken Burbary, Adrian Pittman, Damian Rintelmann, Scott Monty, Shannon Paul and Chris Brogan how they think Detroit can take things to the next level.
I’m really taking their advice to heart. But now I’m looking to you.
What would be your advice to Detroit or another up-and-coming social media community looking to create a name for itself?
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This is the topic for this week’s Tweetup at Goldfish Tea (hashtag: #tweetea). I definitely believe we are building steam in terms of building a cohesive group of highly-skilled communicators and tech professionals and we should use our immense network of resources to help uplift our region.
I know you have class on Tuesday, so we will have to record the conversation and get you a link to the feed.
The connections are great. I have met a lot of awesome individuals around town in our social media circle (you included, big guy). I feel we definitely can work on doing a little bit more though. What exactly? I am not sure. I hope that we as a group can work on that together.
Great videos. The community discussion is a big one. I had that discussion with a number of people recently. Glad to see that the convo is continuing this week at #tweetea
Wow.. I loved what Chris Brogan and Shannon Paul had to say in the second video. Get together as a community, learn and then embed. I thought that was great insight from Chris. I totally agree with Shannon on the soft sell. I have been approached by a few people I add on linked in and then after one meeting they want me to do something for them and they are like what can I do for you.
I don’t think that is a good approach so I am with Shannon on that one! I think if you have someone in your network who would be a good fit you will send them to them if you like, trust, and respect them! Your network works in different ways so I agree with Shannon completely.
Nice work summarizing what was the first of many invaluable conferences here in Detroit. We’re just getting started!