• TONIGHT! The WordPress Memphis Kickoff!! – 6pm at the LunaWeb offices, 5180 Park, Suite 305
  (FREE)
• LaunchMemphis presents After Hours with Larry Farrell – Sept. 13^th, 5:00 –7:00pm at LaunchMemphis (FREE)
• LaunchMemphis presents a Book Signing with Larry Farrell and Bridget DiCello– Sept. 14^th, 6:30 –8:00pm at Davis Kidd (Also FREE)
• WordCamp Birmingham, Sept. 18 & 19 – http://wordcampbirmingham.org/
  
• BarCamp Jonesboro, Sept 25 – http://www.barcampjonesboro.com/
• Ignite Memphis, Oct. 20, 7:30 pm at Playhouse on the Square
• BarCamp Memphis – November

So go! Jonesboro is only an hour or so away, and we’re trying to put together a caravan to go to Birmingham for WordCamp.

But besides our raves about BarCamps, the podcast also includes a great interview with Michael Synk: the business man, the consultant, the book club organizer. In one of his many roles, Michael coordinates the In-Synk Executive Huddle, a peer group for entrepreneurs and CEOs. In the same vein, he has also formed a Business Book Club, which he describes as “the book club for people who don’t have time to read the book.” RSVP here for the next meeting, which is tomorrow, September 3, 8 am at Davis Kidd, when they’ll be reviewing Blue Ocean Strategy.

After you listen in, find Michael on the web at www.in-synk.com, or on LinkedIn, Twitter, or Facebook!

Download the podcast here, listen with the player below, or click the iTunes logo to subscribe.

BarCamp attendees in the MemphisConnect.com BlogHaus

With today’s Core Conversation podcast, we’re tackling BarCamp with a start/stop/keep format. Let us know what was missing, what needs to go away, and what worked for you.

At our usual Core Conversation time (11:30 a.m. Central) we’ll be available to hear your thoughts on how we can make the next “camp” experience the best it can possibly be. You can listen to the entire podcast live or later here, or dive in and let us know what you think by calling (646) 721-9429.

Carrie Corbett, Matthew Crawford Trisler, Elizabeth Cawein, Tania Castroverde Moskalenko, and Dave Barger

As we’re approaching Thanksgiving, we’re finding it hard to shake the feeling that the year is disappearing faster than we can come to a consensus about what we’ll be calling next year.

Even November is more than halfway through – the midpoint being marked by BarCamp Memphis. Even mid-November is bookended by tomorrow’s Core Conversation call-in podcast, wherein we’ll be hosting a BarCamp Memphis – oriented Feedback Friday. We’d love for the next BarCamp to be even better – and we need your help to make that happen.

It seems that Bebo, the social network popular in the UK, is improving themselves, too, by including a button to report abuse – not for spam, but for trolls and bullies.

Facebook is similarly trying to improve themselves, but with some tweaks to the options available to advertisers – but in a way that may ruffle a few feathers.

Our feelings about Twitter’s new built-in retweeting function are similarly mixed.

Mpact Memphis, however, is unassailably positive. No qualms here about saying that we like them. That’s why they’re our Memphis Tweeter of the Week.

We sat down with The Germantown Performing Arts Centre‘s Carrie Corbett and Tania Castroverde Moskalenko to talk with them about their social efforts, and how they use Facebook in the everyday life of the organization.

As always, you can download the podcast here, subscribe in iTunes, or click the play button below to listen on this page.

What have you heard said that is absolutely true about social media that fell flat just six months later? Or what mistakes have you seen made through social media that have ended up being a user’s “last social words?”

"Train wreck happening" by Erik Charlton, Flickr.

Call in at (646) 721-9429 and join the conversation, as we inevitably diverge to other tech topics including the new Android-powered Motorola Droid and BarCamp Memphis.

If you don’t want to call in, you can tweet us questions and comments at @smexpedition, and you can listen online at BlogTalkRadio.