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I have a feeling that the Interactive Minds breakfast gathering next week in Brisbane, Australia will be one of those events you’ll either be glad to have attended or told you missed something special.

And that’s not just because I’m one of the speakers .

Interactive Minds has been established to provide to bring together Queensland entrepreneurs who have an interest in the Internet, digital marketing and interactive media.

The event next Wednesday focuses on Social Media in Practice.

I’ve posted about it earlier today on Des Walsh dot Com so won’t repeat what I said there. Suffice to say I believe we have reached a significant point in terms of awareness of social media and what that can mean for business.

As to the function, it looks like the race will be to the swift. An email I received an hour and a half ago said there has been terrific interest and at that point there were only 25 seats left.

I imagine there will be corporate types there and probably some from government. I’m hoping there’ll be a good representation too of the home based professional brigade. If you’re going to be there, please say g’day.

Wednesday, Feb 25th, 8 am – 10.30 am, Brisbane. Details here.

At the instigation of Social Media Club Co-founder Chris Heuer, I’m exploring the idea of establishing a Social Media Club (SMC) chapter or team in Brisbane, Australia.

I posted about this earlier today, with a bit of background, elsewhere with the title Is Brisbane, Australia Ready for a Social Media Club?

Brisbane is not actually where I live, but it’s the closest larger city that I can reach easily and is most likely to be able to sustain a SMC chapter.

I had figured out earlier, and mentioned in that post, that it would be the first SMC chapter in Australia, which appeals to my liking for being into new developments, with the new energy they generate.

From a bit more checking just now, it looks as if this would be the first SMC chapter to be set up in the Asia/Oceania region. Which would be cool. (There is a chapter mooted for Hyderabad, India, but not actually established.)

There have already been some positive responses to the Brisbane proposal, so I’m looking forward to finding enough people interested for us to get something rolling.

I’ll be in Brisbane on Friday, March 28 and could meet then with interested people. Just email me at SMCBrisbane(at)gmail(dot)com.

If you are not in the region but know someone in South East Queensland or the Northern Rivers District of NSW and could be interested, please pass this on.

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