Boston's Social Media Breakfast is organized by Bob Collins and brings together social media experts, business leaders, marketers and entrepreneurs for a morning of networking, sharing of ideas and discovery.   
 

SMB21: Social Media for Social Change - The Mobility Edition

With the holiday season upon us – it’s important to give thanks for what we have and recognize those in need.   As such – our next Breakfast gathering will focus on how Social Media is being effectively used for Social Change - supporting nonprofits, charities and building communities to aid organizations and social movements.

And a key element in driving awareness and support for cause based movements is the market and cultural proliferation of mobile devices.  They are quickly becoming Humankind's primary connectivity tool - for discovery, connecting, and supporting one another and causes. 

SMB21 will feature presentations by some of the most advanced thinkers in cause based social marketing - bringing a fresh variety of first hand experiences and mobility driven case studies. Joining them will be Steve Krom from AT&T, who will talk about how wireless carriers are planning the next generation of network technology to make sure that innovators can do more and more with mobility to help promote and support important causes.

The Presenters

• Steve Krom, VP/General Manager for New England at AT&T
   

As part of the breakfast  - we are holding a drive to support Cell Phones for Soldiers so please bring your old cell phones and tech gadgets.  Cell Phones for Soldiers, started in 2004 by Norwell, MA teens Brittany Bergquist and her brother Robbie, uses funds from recycled cell phones to buy prepaid phone cards for active duty military members – to help connect them with their families.

After hearing a news report about a local soldier who ran up a massive phone bill calling home from Iraq, the teens decided they wanted to do something to help. Brittany and Robbie donated money from their piggy banks, collected snack money from their friends at school and, with $21.00, opened a bank account.

Through generous donations and the recycling of used cell phones from drop-off sites across the country, Cell Phones for Soldiers has already raised more than
$1 million and distributed more than 75 thousand phone cards to soldiers overseas.

SPECIAL PRIZE!: We will comb through the donations as they come in and present a prize to the attendee who donates the oldest (or clunkiest) cellphone.  

Social Media Breakfast 21 is sponsored by AT&T.

Check out  AT&T in Social Media – many of the company’s properties are listed here on this site.

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Questions?

Please contact Bob Collins at bob @ CollinsDNA.com