What?! OKC is home to a real live, world wide, brand new social networking advertising platform?

Yep. It's called uVizz, and co-founder Matt Johnson is going to tell us all about it during this month's Ad2OKC Speaker Meeting at 51st Street Speakeasy on Thursday, June 18th.

Not to spoil your 3rd 3rsday dinner or anything, but uVizz is a totally new advertising platform that basically pays users to create and send user generated video commercials to their friends list on behalf of legitimate businesses and products. uVizz goes into beta June 15th.

Seriously, uVizz is going to change the face of video advertising on social networks and beyond, and Matt will tell us excactly how.

Join uVizz co-founder Matt Johnson and Ad2OKC on the 3rd 3rsday of this month to find out why you need to uVizz, why your clients need to uVizz, and why the UK is already avizz with uVizz.

And maybe, just maybe, we'll find out what the heck uVizz even means.

Did we mention your first drink's on us?

Who:: Matt Johnson, uVizz co-founder
What:: 3rd 3rsday June Speaker Meeting
Where:: 51st Street Speakeasy (non-smoking side) Map It
When:: June 18th, 6pm-7:30pm
How Much:: FREE for members; $15 for non-members
RSVP:: Here
 

Where you bin? 'Cause we've bin getting ready for the Ad2OKC 3rd 3rsday May Social at Bin 73 Wine Bar on May 21st, and would love to see you there.

This month's 3rd 3rsday event is the Ad2OKC Beginning of Summer Social, and we'll be kicking off the Speedo season like an Italian at Lake Arcadia. Which of course means there will be industrial elbow rubbing, great appetizers, a full bar, and the best wine list on Western Avenue.

On top of that, it's Ad2OKC board member Jill Brown's date o' birth celebration. And if you stay around til 10pm, you can join us as we groove to the sounds of Cplus.

Just like our Italian friend at the lake, the Ad2OKC Beginning of Summer Social will be tight, and it will be ballin'.

See ya there!

What:: Ad2OKC Beginning of Summer Social
Where:: Bin 73 Wine Bar (map it)
When:: May 21, 2009 :: 6pm-??
How Much:: FREE to enter

Ad2OKC is joining forces with our new industry friends, AIGA OKlahoma and RefreshOKC, for a gathering of creative minds the likes of which OKC has never seen before. And we're calling it OKC Mixup.

The OKC Mixup is a one-night event thrown specifically for anybody who has a vested interest in the future of OKC's advertising/design/web industries.

If that includes you (and we're willing to bet it does), the Mixup will help you get familiar with some new faces, get to know some familiar faces, and maybe even win some killa door prizes.

We'll see you on Friday for food, fun, and free drinks... until the kegs float, that is.

Spread the word and give OKC Mixup the bird - #OKCmixup

what :: OKC Mixup
when :: Friday, May 1 :: 8pm-12midnight
where :: TSP5 1TKESR ETESAYSAE (un-mixup that and we'll see ya Friday)

RSVP to ensure your feets get in the door.
 

Click on the Mixup for more info!

Unless your name is Blake Griffin, we dare you to come up with a better way to tip off the NCAA tourney than with the talented adletes of Ad2OKC.

Now, we seriously doubt Blake the Great is reading this. So, for those of us with less-than-average vertical leaps, Ad2OKC is holding its March Social at Coach's Bricktown on Thursday, March 19 during the opening round of the NCAA tournament.

Join us for a hefty amount of ad industry socialization, Coach's microbrews, a full bar and...

$10 brackets - because what's the point of a March Adness social if there aren't brackets to fill out and money to win?

And if you wear your team's colors, jersey, hat, tattoo, etc. and fill out a bracket, your first drink is on us. Totally worth it.

Just fill out a bracket for $10 and let the games begin. Literally.

We'll announce the winner and pay up at the 3rd 3rsday April Meeting.

Click here to download the complete March Adness rules and regulations.

Ad2OKC is now accepting nominations for the 2009/2010 Ad2OKC Board of Directors.

In order to appear on the ballot for the 2009/2010 Board of Directors, nominees must be current Ad2OKC members in good standing with the club.

The Ad2OKC nominating committee has already nominated the following members to appear on the ballot for the 2009/2010 Board of Directors:

Tanner Tate - President
Will Fathree - President-Elect
Micah Johnson - Secretary
Kate Brown - Treasurer
Jeremy Daggs - General Board Member
Craig Teel - General Board Member
Jill Brown - General Board Member
Matt Kemp - General Board Member
Eileen Everett - General Board Member
Megan Traynor - General Board Member

Natalie Geis-Powers will move into the non-electoral position of Chairman of the Board.

You may send your nominations for the 2009/2010 Ad2OKC Board of Directors to info@ad2okc.com until 5pm, Saturday, March 15.

In your email, please include the position for which you are making your nomination - i.e. President-Elect, Secretary, Treasurer or General Board Member - and a short bio.

Final nominees will be listed in Member Smack section of the March Adness Social Reminder email to be sent out on Tuesday, March 17.

Ballot voting for the 2009/2010 Ad2OKC Board of Directors will take place on Thursday, March 19 at the March Adness social.

Absentee e-ballots will be sent out to the Ad2OKC membership on Friday, March 20 to members who were unable to attend the March Adness social on March 19.

Elected members will be announced at the 3rd 3rsday April Meeting on April 16. Elected members will assume their positions as the 2009/2010 Ad2OKC Board of Directors on May 1, 2009 and serve until April 30, 2010.

Ad2OKC's mustachioed, carpal tunnelous spokesman, Frank, brought home some bacon from the 43rd Annual Oklahoma City ADDY® Gala.

And by bacon, we of course mean a Bronze Merit Addy for Best Local Copy.

Here's the ad in case you haven't seen it yet. We would also put up a pic of the ADDY® hardware, but, unfortunately, it turns out we do eat advertising awards for breakfast.

Click on Frank for bigger bacon!