Businesses and individuals across the globe are gathering on Wednesday, June 30 for Social Media Day.  Charge up your mobile device, tell your peeps and head on over to Club LaSalle, as people from all over Michiana gather for this inaugural community-driven event.

Here in Michiana the goal is to bring together business marketers and social media peeps to create synergy in the Michiana social media community. You’ll be able to connect with other business leaders and understand how they are leveraging social media to reach their business and organizational goals.

Some of the facts:

Location:
Club LaSalle (3^rd Floor LaSalle Grill, @LaSalle_Grill)
115 W. Colfax Ave
South Bend, IN

Date:
Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Time/Schedule (5:30pm-8:00pm):
5:30 Mingling/Networking
6:10 Introduction
6:15 Guest Speaker – Don Schindler
6:45 Networking
7:00 Social Media Panel Discussion
7:30 Networking

Cost:
Event is free.  Appetizers will be provided.  A cash bar is available.

Guest Speaker:
Our special guest speaker is Don Schindler, Managing Director of AgencyND at the University of Notre Dame.   Don used to work for an Indianapolis-based Social Media company called Media Sauce, and has been an active force in Social Media in the Michiana area.  You can learn more about Don at the below links:

http://linkedin.com/in/donschindler
http://donschindler.com/
Twitter:  @donschindler

Guest Social Media Panel:
There will be a guest panel of successful local Social Media users to answer key Social Media questions, as well as participant questions.

To learn more about this global event check out Mashable’s driving site here. http://mashable.com/smday

Click here to register for Michiana’s Mashup: http://www.meetup.com/Mashable/10215/.

Follow Social Media Day on Twitter with #smday.
Follow Michiana Social Media Day at @michianamashup and #mashsbm.