Hacking Events Management

An internal talk I did at Forward about organising awesome meetups.

Transcript

1. Hacking Events Management
2. Why? • Recruitment • Building your Brand • Fun
3. Find Topics • New and growing communities • Host existing events • Mix it up
4. Get a great venue • Easy transport • Lots of space • Good wifi
5. It’s all about the speakers
6. Finding speakers • Experts • Online communities • Mailing lists • Twitter • Companies
7. Timing is everything • Err on the short side • Famous doesn’t always mean good • Don’t be afraid to cut them short
8. Promotion • Mailing lists • Twitter • Lanyrd • Other events
9. Tools • Eventbrite • Big.first.name • Mailchimp
10. • They own your data • Not free • Butt ugly
11. Have a website
12. Provide food and drinks
13. Video the talks
14. Get feedback
15. Experiment
16. Great Artists Steal • Attend other meetups • Try out what works for them • Pick and choose the best practises
17. Focus on what you love
18. Help others with passion
19. Organise the event that you want to attend!