Portland has a variety of regular social media events, such as Beer and Blog, the Social Media Club, and the Portland WordPress User Group. Salem (the capital of Oregon and located about an hour south of Portland) doesn’t have any sort of regular social media gatherings… yet. Vin Thomas and Bo Lane are launching the Salem Tribe, a gathering of individuals to talk about social media use and other new media topics.

I’m honored that they asked me to come down and speak at their inaugural event next Monday, October 5th at the Ike Box. I’ll be presenting Ignore the “Experts” and Build Influence Naturally, a look at using social media in effective, ethical ways to build trust and influence online.

Perhaps I’ll see you there?

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