TwestofTO Comes to Hamilton, April 8, 2010

March 19, 2010

We’ve been hinting around for a while now that the next TwestofTO event would in Hamilton. After having two great events in Burlington and one in Mississauga we decided it’s time to move the party to Hamilton (my home town) and we are thrilled to announce that Malcolm and the great staff at The Pheasant [...]

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Coming Soon… TwestofTO Hamilton

March 14, 2010

TwestofTO time is coming up soon, and we think its time to wind things up a notch and introduce a plan to make our events more valuable, fun and interactive. We’ve discussed having people do short presentations in the traditional “projected powerpoint slides at the front of the room” way, but that didn’t seem any [...]

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#Tweetsgiving Silent Auction at TwestofTO Tonight

November 26, 2009

As you may have heard, we’ve teamed up with 12for12k.org to raise some money for #Tweetsgiving with a silent auction at our TwestofTO meetup in Mississauga tonight. Thanks to our generous sponsors we have six items up for bidding tonight… in no particular order, because all of these are amazing… Item One:  A basketball signed [...]

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Can’t Make it Out… You can still support 12for12k & Tweetsgiving 2009

November 23, 2009

If you can’t make it out Thursday night to The Brogue Inn, but still wish to contribute, you can use this Tweetsgiving widget to add your support to this year’s celebration of gratitude.

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Sponsors, Partners & a Silent Auction.. Oh My!

November 23, 2009

We have always been amazed and humbled by the support of the community for our TwestofTO meetups. Our goal has always been modest “bring people interested in social media platforms together in real life to meet, chat, collaborate and have fun”. Our first two meetups in Burlington brought together over 50 people each. It was [...]

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TwestofTO Meetup at the Brogue in Port Credit

November 19, 2009

November 26, 6:30-10:3opm. Don’t look now… but there are only less than 40 drinking days left to Christmas, you could do a lot worse than spend one of them with us at the Brogue Inn in Port Credit. Let’s end off the TwestofTO year right and get together and have a great time with  to [...]

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Get to Know Your TwestofTO hosts – Merlene Paynter

August 3, 2009

Merlene Paynter is a Hamilton-based social media strategist and blogger. As one of WalMart’s ElevenMoms she provides social media insight and an active communication channel for WalMart and their marketing partners and suppliers. Her blogs FrugalFamilyLife.com and FridgeForagers.com allow innovative packaged product and service companies reach several highly-desired audience demographics. Merlene has been highly active [...]

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Get to Know Your TwestofTO Hosts – Randy Matheson

August 2, 2009

Randy Matheson is a Social Engagement & Creative Specialist with Delvinia, a Toronto-based producer of interactive design and digital marketing solutions for clients such as RBC, Scotiabank International, Manulife and the Canadian Opera Co. Randy has more than 15 years of experience producing interactive content for CDROM, internet and mobile initiatives and is a highly [...]

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TWestofTO Summer Meetup Announced

July 19, 2009

Hear Ye! Hear ye! Announcing the TWestofTO Summer Meetup which will take place on August 6th in Burlington, Ontario. This will be an informal meet up, much like the one in May so come on out and meet your fellow “West of Toronto” folks. Be sure to RSVP to the event here as we are [...]

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Important Reminders for Tonight’s TwestofTO Tweetup!

May 7, 2009

The first TwestofTO event is just a few hours away and we thought we should add some reminders. Raffle Prizes for Fundraiser This is a free event and all are welcome. We’re hoping to raise some funds and awareness for 12for12k so all raffle tickets will be $5 (cash only) each. Raffle prizes include a [...]

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