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12 Lessons From 5 Years of Running a Tech Meetup
12 lessons from 5 years of running a tech meetupdavekiss.comWith nothing more than an idea and a passion for making things happen, I started a new group on meetup.com called We Make the Internet, and began promoting the first social event at one of my favorite Cleveland breweries, Noble Beast. It was clear that the community was hungry for this kind of thing: about 40 people showed up to that first event.
12 Lessons From 5 Years of Running a Tech Meetup

I can't believe this took me 4 years of active socializing to figure out https://t.co/JTLACbhokR
- 1) plausible deniability: if you say we're here to make friends, friendship doesn't happen. if you say we're here to research or talk about niche topic x and y, friendships always form. same applies to dating.
- 2) communities are built from strong 1-1 relationships. as an
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Stop hosting bad events
I’ve been hosting events as part of my role as a growth engineer at @CerebrasSystems. I’m nearing my 1 year mark, and thought I’d share some of my favorite parts of hosting a good event
7 TIPS & TRICKS
1. piggyback on what people already have to... See more
I hate conferences.
So I just hosted one a few days ago.
And I made it not suck.
Here's what I did:
One morning, a few months ago, I randomly decided I was going to host an event.
With zero planning, I... See more
Andrew Wilkinsonx.comafter seeing some 800~ events take place at The Commons i've learned 3 things:
1) plausible deniability: if you say we're here to make friends, friendship doesn't happen. if you say we're here to research or talk about niche topic x and y, friendships always form. same applies to dating.... See more
Patricia Moux.com