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Social Media Marketing (SMM) Mastery Basic & Advanced Strategies
2017-06-06 08:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | 8181 NW 36TH STREET, SUITE 20-G, DORAL, FL, 33166, United States
Social Media Marketing (SMM) Mastery Basic & Advanced Strategies
Implement a real, practical Social Media Marketing Strategy that provides positive Return On Investment (ROI) for Small, Medium and Large businesses, Entrepreneurs, Franchisees, and Local Business owners. Students will be able to immediately apply proprietary formulas such as G.A.S. and C.C.E., along with understanding Social Media M-Levels and how it applies to the implementation of practical Social Media Marketing strategies. Students will learn conventional Social Media tools along with non-conventional but powerful ones!
This Social Media Marketing course in meant for business owners, managers and entrepreneurs who are looking for ways to effectively market their business and achieve positive Return On Investment (ROI). Whether you have prior experience or not, this course will educate you on practical usage of Social Media Marketing tools such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest and others. This course is for you if you are looking to grow your business.
You should place a hold on all your Social Media Marketing spending until you take this course. Prepare an Excel spreadsheet and list all of your Social Media Marketing accounts, including logins and passwords.
Understand why you must start using Social Media Marketing. Participants will learn what is Social Media (SM), Social Book Marking (SB), Blogs, Microblogs and how to effectively use Google, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Linkedin, YouTube, blogs, PR releases and other social media tools to build a powerful online brand. This is a practical course with real, working Social Media Strategies.
Register Now:
https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ee3eqcc2ea887fc1&llr=niazh9cab
FEE:
3 Hours – $97.00
Doral Chamber Members FREE (Use Promo Code)
Location:
Doral Chamber of Commerce
8181 NW 36th Street, Suite 21-A
Doral, FL 33166
Schedule:
8:30 am to 9:00 am – Networking and Check-In
9:00 am to 12:30 pm – Workshop

Office Hours @ the MIC
2017-06-06 10:00 - 17:00, 2017-06-13 10:00 - 17:00 | 1010 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Microsoft Technical evangelists will be available on site hosting office hours to help answer questions, provide technical guidance on your engineering projects. Need help getting setup with Azure or perhaps developing that tricky SQL query? Come down to the open office hours and be part of the learning community dedicated to helping solve each others problems and growing new skills.

GrowFL CEO Roundtable Information Luncheon: Miami-Dade
2017-06-06 11:30 - 13:30 | 1101 Brickell Ave, Suite 235, North Tower, Miami, FL, 33131, United States
If you are a second stage company that is seeking to scale, come to the GrowFL information session on June 6th!
RSVP at www.growfl.com/events
GrowFL CEO Roundtables are for second-stage companies, with revenues between $750,000 – $100 million and between 6 and 150 employees, bring groups of 12 to 15 entrepreneurs together, 10 times per year, for collaborative problem-solving sessions.
CEO Roundtables provide a confidential environment for discussing sensitive issues — both in their business and personal lives. Participants gain access to new ideas on everything from marketing strategy and financial issues to dealing with difficult personnel problems. What’s more, the CEO Roundtables also spark accountability and strong bonds among members.
GUEST SPEAKER, STEVE QUELLO
Our featured speaker will be Steve Quello, GrowFL’s CEO Roundtable Master Facilitator. Steve is founder and President of CEO Nexus and also provides counsel regarding economic gardening initiatives to entrepreneur support organizations across the nation and in Florida including the Florida High Tech Corridor Council, the Greater Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, the University of Central Florida Office of Research and Commercialization, the Edward Lowe Foundation and the SBA Office of Advocacy. His related publishing credits address national, state and regional issues regarding entrepreneurship including reports for the SBA Office of Advocacy, the Florida Economic Research Network (FERN) published by Enterprise Florida Inc. and the Florida High Tech Corridor Council.
BENEFITS
tConfidentially address issues important to business owners by business owners.
tCollaborate in provn, productive problem-solving sessions.
tCustomized feedback from trained facilitators and experts.
tBuild your network of successful businesses, potential partners, and local resources.
Learn more at the informational luncheon:
Tuesday, June 6 | 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
1101 Brickell Ave, Suite 235, North Tower, Miami
RSVP at www.growfl.com/events

Waffle Wednesday
2017-06-07 09:00 - 10:30 | 120 Northwest 25th Street Loft 301, Miami, FL, 33172, United States
Waffle Wednesday is a local Miami community event hosted at the LiveNinja offices in Wynwood, Miami. Every Wednesday morning (except for the last Wednesday of the month – check out our Waffles After Work event) we cook up delicious waffles in our office and host local entrepreneurs, artists, activists, and more to mingle over breakfast and some brief presentations by our weekly featured guests. We are sponsored by the Knight Foundation, and are honored to be considered a staple in the Miami entrpreneurial and tech communities.
As always, we want this to be an open conversation! Bring your ideas, questions, and we will bring waffles, coffee, juices and fruits.

Machine Learning Office Hours
2017-06-08 10:30 | 1010 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
David Crook will be on site to answer questions, provide technical guidance, debug code or even business assistance for all things intelligent services, data science and machine learning. Don’t even know what it is; thats ok, drop by to find out. Organizations to individuals are all welcome to take advantage of this free time.
David Crook is a Microsoft Technical Evangelist focused on Machine Learning, Data Science and Intelligent Applications. He is previously from Microsoft Consulting Services where he focused on development operations. To see more information about David, check out his blog: www.DaCrook.com

Thursday Gathering @ Venture Cafe Miami
2017-06-08 16:00 - 21:00 | 1951 NW 7th Ave, Miami, FL, 33136, United States
Connect with hundreds of Miami’s amazing innovation and startup community every week. Gather to enjoy, engage and learn from each other at our free Thursday Gathering @ Venture Café.
The Venture Cafe Thursday Gathering serves as a physical nexus for helping innovators and entrepreneurs find one another and collaborate to bring their dreams to reality. Through connections and scheduled programming, Venture Cafe Miami is working to strengthen the growth of our innovation community. Please check our calendar for more information on weekly programs.
No need to RSVP, and parking is free!

Ask A Startup Lawyer Monthly Meetup
2017-06-08 18:30 - 20:00 | 1395 Brickell Ave., Ste. 900, Miami, FL, 33131, United States
Hello Refreshers!
Ask A Startup Lawyer will be hosting its next Meetup on June 8, 2017 from 6:30 – 8pm, in the 9th floor boardroom at 1395 Brickell Ave., Suite 900, Miami FL 33131 (the Brickell Arch building).
At this meeting we will be continuing our discussion about best practices, obstacles, and legal topics affecting South Florida’s entrepreneurs.
Seating is limited, so make sure to RSVP here.
Questions? Topic suggestions? Need immediate assistance? Please contact us @ (786) 508-2020, or david@salmonlegal.com or jessica@salmonlegal.com.
Hope to see you all on the 8th,
David & Jessica

Financial Intelligence for Entrepreneurs Meetup
2017-06-08 19:00 - 20:00 | 1951 NW 7th Ave., Miami, FL, 33136, United States
Finance is an integral part of ANY business. It’s not surprising, then, that poor financial management is the leading cause of business failure. We believe that education can make a world of a difference.
Our team is here to help you gain the knowledge you need to avoid common financial pitfalls in your business venture.
Come and join us the second Thursday of every month @ Venture Café Miami, and be part of the local community of financially intelligent entrepreneurs.

Meet Ghostpunch Games and their new VR game
2017-06-09 19:00 - 21:00 | 315 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Florida videogame industry for over 15 years. From Shadows in Darkness, to Darkside Game Studios to Ghostpunch Games. Learn about their story and get a chance to see and play their new VR game prototype. They will be looking for feedback before showing it behind closed doors to publishers at E3.
Map and parking below, make sure to come on out! If you want to chat more with other game devs or share generally interesting things join us on Discord as well to chat between meetups!
https://discord.gg/VCmBvFk
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Where: MIami-Dade College MAGIC
When: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Garage parking is close and costs less than $5 usually.

SQL Saturday South FL #627 "So you Think You can Speak" (Speaker competition)
2017-06-10 16:00 - 17:00 | 3301 College Avenue, Davie, FL, 33314, United States
With SQL Saturday South Florida 2017 only several weeks away, our call for speakers continues as many of the sharpest SQL minds around submit their topics and prepare to share their time and knowledge for free with the local SQL community. We hope you’re planning to join us for a great day of networking and free learning opportunities.
If you’ve ever enjoyed or admired the knowledge and know-how of a speaker at an event like this, remember that they started where you are, with an interest in SQL and I.T. topics, a passion to learn more, but also with the desire to share what they know with their peers.
If you have an interest in SQL or any of the Microsoft Data platform technologies, and have learned something useful in your I.T. career, consider giving back to the community by sharing what you know. While it may seem intimidating to give an hour long talk at an event like this, remember that every great speaker had to start somewhere. And for you, maybe that start is “Do You Think You can Speak”.
“Do You Think You can Speak” is a friendly competition for anyone, even first time speakers, to share for 5 – 10 minutes on a technical topic, SQL, Business Intelligence, Power BI, or otherwise, that is informative, useful, and entertaining. You can register by RSVP’ing to this event.
Your presentation will be judged by a small community panel, with a swag prize for everyone attending, as well as a special prize for the best speaker, judged on content, presentation skills, and audience engagement.
This is a great way to get experience presenting a technical topic to the community, and a great way for the community to find and develop the next generation of speakers. So give it a try, and see where it takes you!
We will provide you with Free coaching sessions, where a member of our leadership team will review your abstracts, provide feedback and help you get ready to present on Saturday June 10th.
All contestants will receive:
1- Special Speaker’s shirt with the SQL Saturday logo
2- Free coaching and support
3- We will waive your lunch fee
4- Expedite event registration
5- Invitation to participate in the Speaker’s dinner reception the day before the event.
6- Access to the Speaker’s lounge the day of the event.
7- Certificate of participation
8- Special recognition by our community and special mention in all of our Social media channels!

eMerge Americas Hackathon Presentations & Brunch
2017-06-11 11:00 - 13:00 | 404 NW 26th Street , Miami, FL, 33127, United States
We would like to invite you to join us for the presentations of the eMerge Hackathon! This mind-stimulating, adrenaline-fueled event attracted over 125 coders last year and is sure to be even more exciting at eMERGE 2017. Hackathon participants have 24 hours to tackle complex challenges presented by industry-leading API sponsors. The reward? More than $6,000 in cash and prizes—and the thrill of building something amazing from the ground up. And we want you to be there for their presentations!
This is the time you can enjoy breakfast, networking, and the presentations of our hackathon teams.
t10:00 am: Come on in and make sure to get some food, drinks, and a seat!
t11:00 am: Presentations & Judging starts
t1:00 pm: Winners announced
Looking forward to seeing you there!

eMERGE AMERICAS 2017
2017-06-12 09:00 - 2017-06-13 18:00 | Miami Beach Convention Center, 1901 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, FL, 33139, United States
BE AHEAD OF THE PACK

REGISTER AND JUMPSTART YOUR JOURNEY FOR 2017

EMERGE AMERICAS – JUNE 12 + 13
eMerge Americas, the B2B tech event of the Americas is an action-packed conference—where ideas flow freely and innovation rules. Discover the latest technology trends right on the EXPO floor. Be inspired by global thought leaders. Engage with buyers, entrepreneurs and investors from across the Americas and the rest of the world. With summits, networking events, startup competitions and more, eMerge is where you go to connect. And like every great journey, it will leave you changed.
Be the first to learn about the latest keynote speaker, panel topic, and more. Be ahead of the pack and register for eMERGE 2017 today.

OpenHub Mondays
2017-06-12 09:30 - 12:30 | 66 W. Flagler St. 9th Floor, Miami, FL, 33130, United States
Join us for #OpenHub Monday at StartHub Miami
Mondays have become a really special day for us here at StartHub. Many people have become intrigued by what we do. So in turn, we want to provide a very personal experience with OpenHUB. Come and enjoy breakfast from 9:30am to 10:30am. Afterwards, stay to bang out some work until noon anywhere in our facility. All ammenities included of course. We’re additionally opening up the doors to the companies involved so you can get an inside look at what happens inside a business accelerator and a rare chance to have a 1-on-1 with our Founder & Head of Business Development as well as our Community Director. Here are the perks to enjoy!

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Catered breakfast treats
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Use our entire facilities for work until noon
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Get an inside look at our incubator companies at our workspace
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Speak with our Founder & Head of Business Development
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Meet our community
As always, after breakfast you can choose between a High Desk, Personal Stations, all the way to our Executive Private suites based on availability. (first come, first serve. Eat fast!)
Work and create at our space, enjoy the perks & work side by side with our international members.
We look forward to working with the Miami innovative community and getting together for this WEEKLY event!

09:30-10:30AM Breakfast
10:30AM-12:30PM #OpenHub

Parking Instructions:
Cultural Arts Garage
90 SW 1 Street, (at SW 1 Avenue)
Miami, FL 33130
OR Get here: Metrorail to Government or or Metromover to Miami Ave.
Interested in learning more? Email Hector at hector@starthubmiami.com.
Share this event on Facebook and Twitter!
Let’s get your week started off right, bright and early with a full stomach and new contacts!
Cheers!
The StartHub Team

Weekly Open Hack Night
2017-06-12 19:00 - 21:00 | 1951 NW 7th Avenue, 1st Floor, Miami, FL, 33136, United States
Join us for our weekly civic hack sessions @ Cambridge Innovation Center. Anyone interested in civic hacking and engagement is welcome.
You can contribute to an existing Code for Miami Project (see our projects at https://codefor.miami/projects) or come share your idea, and maybe start a new collaboration.
As always, bring a laptop; beginners are always welcome!
We ask that participants at Code for Miami events follow our Code of Conduct to ensure that our group is a safe and welcoming space.
