We can’t thank you enough for a great 2010.

Wow, it’s December already. Time flies doesn’t it? We’ve had a good year of events talking about social media in causes, politics, entertainment, location based services, social games and businesses in Malaysia; meetups with social media speakers as well as an evening at the movies for The Social Network. What’s more amazing is how many people are getting into the conversation today.

All this would not have been possible without our sponsors, speakers, everyone who attended and helped in the event organization. We can’t thank you enough.

This month is a short month and we’ll be taking a break and coming back in January. We will be kicking off the year with a forum on social media and causes: how non-profits are using social media to raise awareness for a cause or to fund their operations and activities. We have an exciting line-up of activities for 2011. You will soon see guest writers on our blog, interviews with social media practitioners from the region and around the world.

Share your ideas and tell us what you’d like to see from SMCkl. If you’re an organization who would like to host or sponsor SMCkl, a writer who would like to contribute an article on social media or help us organize SMCkl events, please drop us a note at mail@Smckl.org. We would love to hear from you.

Again, thank you for your support and see you next year.

SMCkl on BFM

Earlier this week, Yung Hui and Carolyn were on BFM 89.9 to talk about SMCkl with Freda Liu. Have you wanted to know what SMCkl is all about?

Have you got a question or feedback for us? We’d love to hear from you.

Are you on Linkedin?

Our group on Linkedin is up. If you’re on Linkedin, join the Social Media Club Kuala Lumpur Group for updates on our events, discussions on the present and future of social media, tap on other professionals for ideas and opportunities, introduce your services and grow your network of contacts. Business owners, startups, NGOs, marketers, journalists, PR professionals, authors, professors, service providers or students, come and connect with us.

10 Interesting Facts About Social Media Club

  1. SMC is started on July 2006 in San Francisco by Chris Heuer and Kristie Wells.
  2. Currently, SMC is in 152 cities with 97 actively holding monthly events.
  3. Mumbai, India is the first Asian city with SMC chapter, followed by South Korea and Kuala Lumpur. Cities like Bangalore, Chennai, Hong Kong and Singapore are in the process of forming local chapters.
  4. Social Media Club (SMC) is a local community-organized event, for the purpose of sharing best practices, establishing ethics and standards and for promoting media literacy.
  5. What sets Social Media Club apart is good content and access to a global community of speakers (whether in person or virtual/video).
  6. SMC hopes to engage not only those in marketing and PR, but also startups, educators, government workers, SME’s (via chamber of commerce and SBA), students, etc. It always best to have a room full of diverse people/backgrounds/experience levels.
  7. Each city chooses how to organize the event, how often to meet, what systems to use to reach their community, etc. Meeting formats may vary over time – speaker or panel discussion, demo by attendees or social gathering.
  8. Membership is free. Anyone can join SMC events to join the conversations about social media.
  9. SMC City Portal will be launched sometime this year. This will provides each city with its own portal to share insights with local members and connect with global SMC network.
  10. Enthusiastic members, hard-working volunteers and supportive sponsors are making SMC happens each month in cities across the globe.