Brand Camp University

Brand Camp University is a Detroit-based interactive conference that brings together the best and brightest minds in communications, marketing, brand development and business management to explore how social media has revolutionized the way individuals and companies position themselves personally and professionally.

Annual: Fall
Detroit, Michigan

FutureMidwest (formerly Module Conference)

FutureMidwest consists of three programs that go hand-in-hand. During the Friday day program, professionals with extensive digital, marketing and strategic backgrounds will teach attendees how to successfully implement digital strategies into their marketing and business communication. Speakers will then empower attendees to apply what they learned during the Saturday breakout sessions. Friday’s evening program will be full of energy and entertainment for networking with professionals from a variety of industries and backgrounds.

Annual: April 16 & 17, 2010
Royal Oak, Michigan

#PieUp

Do you like breakfast? What about co-working? Then join us in the morning for a delicious slice of pie at Grand Traverse Pie Company in Troy. Sponsored by Social Media Club Detroit – #pieup is a chance to network and do some co-working while enjoying some dessert for breakfast. Join us!

Monthly
Grand Traverse Pie Company (1446 Maple Rd., Troy, MI)

Social Media Club Detroit

Don’t let the name fool you, Social Media Club is for anyone who plays, works, and explores the digital landscape: journalists, publishers, communications professionals, artists, amateur media creators, citizen journalists, filmmakers, teachers, students, tool makers, and other interested collaborators from southeast Michigan.

SMC – Detroit’s primary mission is to connect the active hubs and professionals in our area while also helping promote social media literacy, technologies, and encourage ethical behavior and share best practices. Monthly meetings will consist of topics discussion, presentations, panels or featured speakers.

Monthly
Detroit, Michigan

TechKaraoke Detroit

Attendees of TechKaraoke Detroit trade handing out business cards in favor of passing around a microphone.  This social event brings together Metro Detroit’s digital community for good times and awful rock ballads.  For more information on TechKaraoke Detroit, contact Brandon Chesnutt.

Bi-monthly
Detroit, Michigan

#tweetea

A weekly event that is basically a “mini-tweetup,” #tweetea is the longest-running weekly tweetup in Metro Detroit.  #Tweetea is usually held on Tuesdays at Goldfish Tea in Royal Oak, but has been taken to places like Vintner’s Cellar (Royal Oak) and Claddagh Irish Pub (Livonia).  Regardless of where it is, there is always engaging discussions going on with warm, inviting folks that run the gamut in terms of areas of interest.  #Tweetea attracts everyone from tech geeks to entrepreneurs to personal development gurus.

Weekly: Tuesday (7:30 pm)
Goldfish Tea (117 W Fourth Street, Royal Oak, MI)