Tammy Nigus, VP of Creative Services here at Summit Marketing will be leading a workshop titled, “Conversations that Matter” on the second day of the two-day conference being held on October 22-23. The conference is celebrating it’s 20th anniversary and is hosted by Nonprofit Connect and Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership. Attendees include 600+ nonprofit and association professionals including:board members and executive directors of nonprofits; development directors,grant writers and special event managers; marketing directors; volunteer managers; and program directors.

Tammy Nigus, VP of Creative Services here at Summit Marketing will be speaking at the October monthly meeting sharing insights on how nonprofits can improve their donor acquisition efforts.

A special event focused on showcasing Kansas City social, mobile and tech innovation that has both a regional and national impact. Summit Marketing VP of Interactive Strategy, Lisa Qualls will be speaking at the event.

Kansas City is home to many businesses, organizations and individuals who lead from the cutting edge in the social media, mobile and technology space. From Fortune 500 brands, to innovative startups and entrepreneurs. They don’t follow new trends, they create them.

Kansas City: Tech, Mobile and Social Innovation is an interactive event format featuring a series of high impact presentations by local thought leaders, innovators and entrpeneurs, representing a diverse cross-section of businesses and organizations.

Engaging discussion, valuable networking – empowering attendees to become advocates.

Summit Marketing Executive Vice President, Marybeth Fraser sits on the Federal CIO Council Shared Services Subcommittee and serves on the communications group that will be meeting on 9/18/12.

Summit Marketing is pleased to announce our 2012 Symposium will be held in Sarasota, FL on Monday, September 10th through Wednesday, September 12th. The event is invite only.

This event features Jeremiah Owyang from Altimeter Group, Amber Naslund and Matt Ridings from Sideraworks, Jason Falls from Social Media Explorer, and speakers from Applebee’s, Coca-Cola, Hilton, Home Depot and H&R Block. Discussions will focus on the challenges and opportunities that exist today in managing your social business programs — both globally and locally. Speakers will share best practices and insights into what it take to streamline and accelerate your social media efforts.

Racing Ahead 2012 is an intimate, client-only summit (100 attendees max). Summit Marketing VP of Interactive Strategy, Lisa Qualls will be in attendance.

Summit Marketing President, Michael Tritt will be attending the 5th Annual Kansas City National Security Award Dinner, honoring General James L. Jones, Jr. at the Sheraton Crown Center.

The focus of this event is “Search and Social: How Social Media Can Impact Search Results & Traffic.”

Go back to school — your college days, that is — put on your alma mater garb and join us for SMCKC’s August happy hour at 75th Street Brewery on Thursday, August 16, from 5:30-7:30pm. We’ll give away a free admission pass to one of our upcoming Social Media Club breakfasts. Admission is free.

We are proud to sponsor the 2012 Maker Faire KC event at Union Station. Started in San Mateo, California in 2006, and now expanding to cities throughout the country, Maker Faire is the premier event for grassroots American innovation. Maker Faire is supported by MAKE Magazine (makezine.com) and O’Reilly Media, the premier information source forleading-edge computer technologies. The company’s books, conferences and web sites bring to light the knowledge of technology innovators.

Community-driven, independently produced Maker Faires inspired by the original Maker Faire are now being produced around the United States, including Maker Faire: Kansas City.