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February 08, 2012
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Hacking Events Management

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

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Andrew Nesbitt

February 08, 2012

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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!