Windy City Social Marketing Challenge
Nov 17th
Buckle-up, because Windy City Social is holding their second Marketing Challenge and Southwest Airlines, GM and Special Olympics Chicago are the three challenge cases.
In this mini-apprentice like event, people will compete in teams against other teams to come up with the best marketing ideas for the Challenge sponsors. No one gets fired, but winners do get over $300 in valuable prizes. Each team will be lead by leaders in the Chicago marketing space.
Save $10 off the ticket price when you use code WCS30 during online registration.
When: Wednesday, November 18
Time: 5:30pm – 9:30pm
Location: Cubby Bear- Wrigleyville
Tech Cocktail Chicago-Winter 2009
Nov 17th
Tech Cocktail makes one last visit to the windy city in 2009! Tech Cocktail is a highly anticipated event, so register now before it 
becomes sold out. Here’s what you can expect:
Join us for Tech Cocktail Chicago 12, a night of fun, mingling with the local technology movers and shakers. Expect to see a handful of new start-up companies showing off their stuff in an expo-style as we wrap up a great 2009 TECH cocktail season.
When: Thursday, December 10
Time: 6:30-9:00pm
Location: John Barleycorn Wrigleyville
Social DevCamp Chicago
Oct 16th
From the official website; 
SocialDevCamp is the unconference for developers, entrepreneurs, and marketers working with the social web. Come for two days of talks about development and implementation of social apps, platforms, APIs, mobile, identity management, business cases, and new media topics. Participate in the developers’ Hackathon Contest, where you can complete to win prizes and recognition by constructing social apps in a team over the weekend. Join some of the brightest minds in the Midwest for a weekend of fun, learning, and coding!
- Hackathon Contest with judges Harper Reed, Peter Morano, and Pek Pongpaet
- Talks from regional leaders including Alex Bratton, Harper Reed, Blagica Bottigliero, Daliah Saper, John R. Dallas, Jr., and Pek Pongpaet
- BarCamp Style unconference format, where everyone is encouraged to participate by coding, volunteering, discussing, or speaking!
Developer Hackathon Contest Saturday & Sunday
Bring your laptops and development tools this year! One of the exciting new features of this year’s SocialDevCamp is the Hack-a-thon contest. During this 2-day event, developers work alone or in teams to build social media-related applications, present their applications to the attendees, and compete for prizes in several categories. There is a set deadline for submission, and following the presentations, the judges votes are tallied and the prizes awarded.
When: November 7-8, 2009, 9:00am-6:00pm
Where: Illinois Institute of Technology
McCormick Tribune Center (the cool Rem Koolhaas building)
3201 South State Street
Cost: FREE, just Your Participation (Register Here)
Hat tip to the Chicago Nerd Social Club
Tech Karaoke: Battle Of The Startups
Oct 5th
Tech Karaoke has had a couple of events so far, but this could possibly be the best. Bring together some of Chicago’s hottest startups, put them in a bar with Rock Band, and what do you get? One hell of a party, that’s what.
You can still sign up and participate with the likes of GrubHub, Groupon, WeSeed and Lakeshore Branding, or just stop by to watch the fun.
When: Tuesday, October 6
Time: 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Location: Sully’s House Tap Room and Grill, 1501 N Dayton
Aquent Chicago Tweetup
Sep 10th
If you’re in marketing, chances are you’ve heard of Aquent. If you’re searching for a new job in marketing or social media, then you REALLY need to know of Aquent. They are the world’s largest creative and marketing staffing firm, and they’re bringing some of their national folks to Chicago for a tweetup!
Come out to tweetup favorite Clark Street Ale House to meet with some Aquent staffers, talk marketing, enjoy a few beers and perhaps wiggle your way into landing a job.
Best you check out the Facebook event page for further details on the folks coming out.
When: Thursday, September 24
Time: 5:30-8:30pm
Location: Clark Street Ale House, 742 N Clark
