LA2M, Lunch Ann Arbor Marketing Speaker Schedule January - March 2010 - Updated with April's Program

By on December 6, 2009

LA2M, Lunch Ann Arbor Marketing provides a top notch marketing education program to the business community. LA2M regularly pulls in a crowd of 80+ business professionals, entrepreneurs and students who all gain the benefit of marketing best practice from some of the area’s most well respected practitioners. LA2M, which is celebrating its third birthday January 2010, meets every Wednesday and is a great way to learn about marketing and enjoy a friendly, relaxed lunch hour in the heart of Ann Arbor. LA2M is FREE and lunch is discounted to $10 for LA2M. 

 
Can’t make it to the meeting? LA2M is recorded for Podcast and Video streamed live. Get connected through LA2M’s website: http://la2m.org/
 
Format:    Marketing professionals lead discussions on the topic of the week. The event is FREE for anyone who wants to learn about marketing and network with professionals from Ann Arbor and Detroit. 
Venue:      LA2M is held at Conor O’Neill’s Celtic Room, 318 South Main Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Date/Time: LA2M meets every Wednesday from 11:45 – 1:00 PM
January – March 2010 LA2M Speaker Schedule:
Jan 13       Turning Software as a Service (SAAS) into Revenue, David Bloom,Factotem
Jan 20       Posterous - A Cool New Tool for Developing Your Personal Brand,Deb Nystrom, Reveln Consulting
Jan 27       Online Digital Magazines and Catalogs, Jeff Kalman, iPaper
 
Feb 3         “The Art of the Start" by Guy Kawasaki. Charlie Hammerslough, DemoMetrics presents a book on Marketing Entrepreneurship
Feb 10       Using Radio to Beef up Your Brand, Kyle Stuef,Ann Arbor Radio
Feb17        Decision Making and Randomness in Marketing, Mike Kessler,Workantile Exchange
Feb 24       Lessons Learned in Blogging: How to Build a Better Blog,Christopher Rizzo, Online Tech
Mar 3         How to Brand Your Business Using Social Media,David Kiley, ICON Creative Technologies
Mar10        Managing the Public Conversation: Comment Moderation, Edward Vielmetti, AnnArbor.com
Mar 17       “Zag” by Marty Neumeier. Scott Hauman,Daggerfinpresents a book about Radical Differentiation for High-Performance Brands
Mar 24       Engaging a Target Market / Graduating from User Traffic to User Advocate, Shauna Nicholson, Entrepreneur
Mar 31       Social Marketing and Online Consumer Reviews, Joel Vergun, AV Consulting
 

April 7        Ways to Market to Non Profits, Amanda Uhle, 826michigan

April 14      B-to-B Demand Generation, Sean A. Hickey, PWB Marketing Communications 

April 21      Visual Storytelling, Janice Milhem, Milhem Images   

April 28      Understanding CRM, John Paul Narowski, Metasping

 
LA2M (Lunch Ann Arbor Marketing) is an educational non-profit focused on teaching marketing concepts, providing connections, and encouraging economic development. LA2M is open to client and agency side marketing professionals, and anyone else who wants to learn about marketing. There are no membership fees to join LA2M (suggested $3 donation per meeting). For info visit the LA2M Website, http://la2m.org or email info@la2m.com.
LA2M Live Video: www.la2m.org/live
LA2M Photos on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/la2m/