September 2014 Marketing and Design Events

September 2014 Marketing and Design Events

Summer may be coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean the fun has to! September is going to be a fun-packed month for members of St. Louis’ marketing, design and social media communities. And while we’re excited to celebrate all of this month’s events, we’re especially looking forward to the 3rd Annual Midtown Alley BBQ and St. Louis Design Week.

Grab your friends and make sure to go out in support all of the amazing events happening in our city this month. Remember to follow us on Twitter for updates to the list.

3rd Annual Midtown Alley BBQ

Atomicdust
Thursday, September 4, 2014
6:00 p.m.
Atomicdust

As summer winds down, come over to enjoy BBQ, cold beer, plenty of sides and vegetarian options, too. Local ad agencies will be battling for the coveted Midtown Alley BBQ trophy as they prepare ribs in honor of September being Hunger Action Month (H.A.M).

There will be a $10 donation – cash or Square – at the door to benefit Food Outreach.

Social@Scale Summit

UMSL Digital Media Marketing and Nestle Purina
Thursday, September 11, 2014
1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
UMSL J.C. Penny Conference Center

This event is a great opportunity to learn from your peers about innovative approaches to the five C’s of social infrastructure: Community, Content, Conversation, Collaboration and Campaign.  Presenters from companies including Lockerdome, Ameren, Nestlé Purina, Save-A-Lot just to name a few.

Strange Loop STL

Wednesday, September 17, 2014
8:00 a.m.

Strange Loop is a multi-disciplinary conference that aims to bring together the developers and thinkers building tomorrow’s technology in fields such as emerging languages, alternative databases, concurrency, distributed systems, mobile development, and the web.

The Path to Building Lifetime Customers

AMA – St. Louis
Thursday, September 18, 2014
11:30 a.m.
Maggiano’s

Learn the path in creating lifetime customers and how to use the Customer Experience Model to elevate your organization in the customer experience stages. Get a top level view on how you compare with the industry and find how to utilize people, processes and technology to innovate your current status quo.

TAM Awards Party

BMA – St. Louis
Monday, September 22, 2014
5:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Chase Park Plaza Hotel

Join fellow advertising and marketing professionals at the The Targeted Advertising & Marketing (TAM) awards party, where you’ll view winning work and honor the agencies, companies and individuals who create St. Louis’s best B2B advertising, marketing, corporate and professional communications.

St. Louis Design Week

AIGA
September 22 – 28, 2014

This week-long series of events and programs is an exciting time for professionals, entrepreneurs, local businesses, nonprofits, students and others of the design community to share ideas and make beautiful things together. Whether you come from the worlds of advertising, fashion, architecture, illustration, manufacturing or beyond, we invite you to join St. Louis Design Week.

Startup Voodoo Happy Hour and VIP Panel Discussion

Startup Voodoo and SMCSTL
Thursday, September 24, 2014
5:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Wheelhouse Downtown

Kick off the Startup Voodoo conference with a happy hour and vip panel discussion on “The Integration of Social Technology and the Startup Mindset. VIP panel includes  Jason Falls, Maheesh Jain, Brendan Lewis and Tom Foremski, and is moderated by Techli’s Edward Domain.

AMA St. Charles SIG: Fall Happy Hour at Bar Louie

AMA – St. Louis
Thursday, September 25, 2014
5:00 p.m.
Bar Louie

Network, be social, and get to learn about the AMA St. Charles Special Interest Group, which is dedicated to providing workshops to small business owners, managers, and anyone tasked with marketing for their organization.

Tara Nesbitt

Tara Nesbitt is inspired by the creative culture at Atomicdust, and enjoys coming to work every morning to ignite new, exciting ideas for clients. As Online Marketing Coordinator, she works closely with our clients to develop and deliver compelling content through social media channels – and to measure its effectiveness.

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