My colleagues at ideazone.ca have been working hard on a number of social media projects, both for our clients, and also for our community. Here’s a sample of some of the work we’ve done to promote both the local social media community, and our greater community.

• Most recently, I jumped on as Social Media Day organizer for Victoria, and took the idea to Victoria City Council. As a result, Victoria became the first city in the world to proclaim June 30th Social Media Day, and received a fair amount of notoriety for this from around the world. The main event is tonight, and everybody is welcome!
• I am co-organizing Canada’s first Social Media Camp, featuring local presenters, and well known experts from across North America. The event runs the full day on October 3rd, 2010. Registration is now open, and there are some perks to signing up early!
• I helped found the local chapter of Social Media Club, which was the first in Canada to get off the ground. It provides opportunities for anyone who’s interested to come and learn about Social Media, with different topics each month. Meetings cost $5, so it’s a small investment to make, with the potential to learn a lot.
• I also organized two WordCamp events in Victoria, and plan to continue these about every 6 months. The first event had 100 people, and the last one had 130. We had some great speakers come from all over British Columbia.
• ideazone.ca organized the website and social media campaign for the last two Flower Count events in Victoria. This was our contribution to a great promotional opportunity for our city.
• Another great cause, which we happily supported with sponsorships and promotion through our channels (but cannot take any credit for organizing), is Twestival. The local Twestival event raised $8,146.32 for charity, the 15th highest amount in the world (not bad for a city that doesn’t even rank in the top 1000 largest cities in the world). This is a semi-annual event, and we look forward to doing our part to help make the next one a big success, too!

We work with many local small businesses and non-profit societies helping with all their marketing needs, including website and print design, and social media. We’d love to work with you, too. Feel free to contact us.

If you are interested in learning more about Social Media, I offer a number of training workshops, too.