Tonight in Vancouver: Social Media for Non-Profit Organizations

If you’re not too busy attending Boobquake (at the Art Gallery today from 4 to 8 p.m.) there’s a great talk scheduled at The Edge in gastown. Come hear what Wesley Regan says about “the mystique and hyperbole of social media” as the Shebeen Club invite / post reads.

It’s the monthly meeting of The Shebeen Club – moved to a different location because the Shebeen was booked. Organizer Lorraine Murphy, raincoaster, wrote in the invite: “Wes aims to bring the mystique and hyperbole of social media down to earth, exploring its practical uses for environmental, political and social activism, and recounts some of his personal experiences on the social media frontier.”

When I saw this invite, I immediately thought about my friend Astarte Sands, program coordinator of Mosaic’s Workplace Connections Mentoring Program. Her program connects immigrants with local mentors who help them find jobs in their professional area. Astarte is already a master networker, and by adding more social media, they can connect with even more people who are willing to be mentors.

It’s $20 for a drink, dinner, conversation, and probably learning something.