About

Introducing our new Mid-Atlantic Chapter (PA/NJ/DE/MD)

If you have an interest in mobile, join Mobile Monday. We have established a local chapter to promote educational and networking opportunities. Our goal is to promote a vibrant mobile community in the Mid-Atlantic region from Princeton to Philadelphia to Baltimore.

About Mobile Monday

Mobile Monday is a global community of wireless industry professionals.

It fosters cooperation and networking among interest groups, industry people and their companies by providing the logistics and opportunities for personal and virtual contacts.

Mobile Monday is an open forum. All individuals and organizations with good standing in the community may participate. Topics discussed in the forum are widely disseminated to the global network. Organizers and administrators of Mobile Monday chapters have and maintain a good reputations in their community. All participants of the forum are required to identify themselves through registration.

Mobile Monday is made available through the sponsorships of forward-looking mobile companies and other organizations that support its activities.

Mobile Monday Mission

• To emerge as the THOUGHT-LEADER of the Mobile Industry
• To take POLE-POSITION as a PROMOTER of the Mobile Industry
• To MIRROR Mobile SHOWCASE
• To build networks between PEOPLE, COMPANIES & FINANCE
• To bridge the gap between LOCAL and GLOBAL mobile industries
• To highlight the HOT TOPICS of the mobile industry
• To share knowledge of MOBILE INDUSTRY EXPERTS
• To introduce and encourage ENTREPRENEURS
• To grow globally by INTERACTING

Main Activities, Monthly Meetings

Mobile Monday’s main activities consist of face-to-face gatherings about once a month on a designated Monday.

Mobile Monday events are known for their informal yet dynamic atmosphere, which is advantageous for networking. Drinks and a light buffet are provided, or members adjourn to a local bar.

Presentations are limited to 10-15 minutes per presenter. The number of presenters are usually limited to four or five per event. The events can sometimes take the form of a keynote and/or roundtable discussion.

The Mobile Monday (MoMo) Story

The remarkable MoMo phenomenon began almost by accident in Helsinki, Finland during the chilly autumn of 2000. Vesa-Matti ‘Vesku’ Paananen, a well-known Finnish mobile visionary, invited more than fifty mobile innovators to an Irish pub for an informal get-together and perhaps a warming drink. The only suitable time? You guessed it, Monday evening. After meeting many new faces and discussing the latest in mobility, the group decided to continue meeting each month Monday of each month – and Mobile Monday was born.

Tokyo and Silicon Valley were the first Mobile Monday groups to be established outside Finland in the autumn of 2004. Today, the number of MoMo groups has swelled and new groups are being launched all the time. Beijing, Hong Kong, Boston, Kuala Lumpur, Barcelona, Bangkok and we look forward to the Mid-Atlantic (PA/NJ/DE/MD) Chapter opening in September 2007.

Jari Tammisto, a leader of the global Mobile Monday concept, sees such a high level of interest that there should be 50 MoMo groups with 100 thousand members by 2007. And according to Tammisto, these 100,000 people are only the tip of the iceberg if you count the people that participate in Mobile Monday discussion groups, read news or contribute to blogs. “Individuals participating in our events and discussion groups do so because of their personal interest and not because it is their duty as a company representative. That is why the meetings are more informal, fun and also valuable on a personal level. Even after some 55 MoMo events in Helsinki, we still seem to get new faces coming to each event.”

How this global success can be achieved and momentum sustained without a single employee on the Mobile Monday payroll is quite remarkable. Even more remarkable is the dedication of the volunteers who donate their time and energy toward organizing monthly meetings and toward developing local and global MoMo concepts. A key factor is that no money is transferred between the groups. Everyone involved has a genuine interest in donating personal resources toward a successful Mobile Monday. In exchange, they expect intangible benefits like the personal value of the network they help create.

Regardless of the open source principles applied or the donated resources used in its organization, concrete business value is created at every single event. Innovators are exposed to partners, customers and venture capitalists; new training programs are developed; online Trend Polls make headline news, and even regulatory authorities keep a close ear on the views of the Mobile Monday community.

Organization

Mobile Monday is a registered trademark of Mobile Monday which is domiciled in Helsinki, Finland. It is the objective of Mobile Monday to have chapters in as many key mobile business communities as possible.

The global website is mobilemonday.net.