Last night I attended a Tweetup organized by SocialMediaKC which is a loose organization of social media participants here in the Kansas City area. SocialMediaKC was only recently formed but is already getting good turnout for their meetups. There were 20-25 attendees of various backgrounds. Everything from people who just use Twitter to active bloggers and podcasters.

I had a great time. Everyone was cool and sincerely interested in meeting all the participants. I had a chance to finally meet a number of Kansas City area people that I follow on Twitter but have never actually met in person. Always fun to meet in person and really get a feel for the person behind the tweets!

The first hour or so was mainly meet and greet but we got together for a presentation by Ed Roberts concerning how businesses can utilize social media for interaction with consumers. He had some great examples and the topic did generate a good discussion among everyone there. Very informative and everyone was encouraged to join in the discussion. One of the aspects I really liked was all the different viewpoints from everyone there.

Besides the SocialMediaKC tweetups there are also monthly blogger meetups organized over at the My Spyderweb blog. The blogger meetup from the previous night also had a good turnout. Hopefully these meetups can continue to grow as more people become aware of the great social media scene in Kansas City.