The Social Media Users Group's home and cooperative venue is Collective Agency (a democratic coworking cooperative in PDX) and as a supporting organization of Collective Agency (CA) SMUG wanted to contribute to the coworking space by leading an open collective strategy meeting to further the development of CA's collective social media and general strategy. Anyone can come share ideas and contribute to CA's strategy during this open strategy session and the group will co-create a mindmap to organize ideas that come from the meeting.

Explore Portland, hosted by Social Media Explorer's Jason Falls, is a two-day social media and digital marketing conference happening Nov. 15-16 at the Embassy Suites Washington Square. Explore features national speakers and thought leaders in the industry including Unmarketing and The Book of Business Awesome author Scott Stratten, leading social and content strategist Jay Baer, Edelman Digital's Michael Britto, and more. Topics include social media strategy, integrating social and traditional mediums, mobile marketing innovation, the integration of email and social media and more. The two-day ticket also includes breakfast, lunch and a cocktail hour. Go to http://ar.gy/portlandexplore for more details and to register.

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We'll be hosting a talk and social hour, with a featured guest - local founder and content creation mastermind, Joel Barker on June 27th!

Martech is a merger of two critical aspect of every business - Marketing and Technology. This event covers how to optimize your content in the multi-channel digital landscape.

Joel will be discussing how to manage the delicate balance of content quality and quantity varies in different marketing channels, covering social, email, blogs, websites, and more.

As usual, we will be hosting food and beverages and invite marketing tech enthusiasts of all types and skill levels. This week's event is sponsored by Act-On Software.

Agenda:

6:00 pm - Food, beverage, and networking

6:30 pm - Welcome message from Vinay Rao and Alex Mighion

6:35 pm - Speaker 1: Joel Barker, Founder of Lion's Way Content

7:15 pm - Group discussion, Future Meetup Ideas, Cross Promotion

8:00 pm - End.