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The Social Web Meetup - Kick-off

Sep 2008 30
Tue 7:00 PM
Location
Financial Management

9090 51 Avenue
Edmonton, AB T5A 0A1
780-909-9787

This is a private home or office

How to find us
"I'll be greeting everyone..."

Estimated attendance
 17  people attended.
4.50 4.508

Who organized?
Walter Schwabe

Price

CAD5.00 per person

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Would you like to host this group? We're looking for suggestions on a boardroom location with Internet access preferably and good parking. We have a couple ideas already but could always use more, and by hosting you can provide a marketing moment on your company to the group.

Also, if you would like to present your social media related community, Facebook group, software, service, website, blog or idea, we'd love to hear from you. We'll have a projector for you to use and 10 minutes of air time.

We intend for the meetup to last about 1.5 - 2 hours from 7-9pm. Join our meetup and let us know your favorite evening for our group moving forward. Unless the group is suggests otherwise we're thinking of going on a monthly meeting rotation at this point.

Hope to see you there...
Cheers,
Walter

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Talk about this Meetup

  • Walter Schwabe
    Posted Oct 3, 2008 12:30 AM
    Walter Schwabe
    Group Organizer
    Thanks one and all for coming and for your comments...this event will only get better...the continued great conversation will make it so.
  • Walter Schwabe
    Posted Oct 2, 2008 5:49 PM
    Walter Schwabe
    Group Organizer
    Hi Cheryl, I think your comments are great although to be fair and clarify, much of the group arrived early and had been chatting prior...also the general 4 point agenda is posted on the group's home page where it mentions a software demo/presentation...Stephen Lau and Judy mentioned they had another event to attend, as did Diane this was not due to the format...however good thoughts and the agenda is up for modification. Weight in if you have format suggestions...
  • Tony Ratcliffe
    Posted Oct 2, 2008 5:26 PM
    Tony Ratcliffe
    It was great seeing everyone, some for the first time. I can be followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/TonyRatc.... My blog entry is at http://RatcliffeWealth.com.
  • Mack D. Male
    Posted Sep 30, 2008 11:33 PM
    Mack D. Male
    Assistant Organizer
    Good to meet everyone! You can follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/masterma...
  • Walter Schwabe
    Posted Sep 30, 2008 11:19 PM
    Walter Schwabe
    Group Organizer
    Look for photos from Tony Ratcliffe of Ratcliffe Wealth & Risk Management. By the way, everyone who asked can follow me at http://twitter.com/fusedlog...
  • Walter Schwabe
    Posted Sep 30, 2008 11:17 PM
    Walter Schwabe
    Group Organizer
    Great to meet everyone tonight, hope everyone had a great time while learning something or meeting someone new.
  • Pre-Meetup comments below
  • Shannon Eisnor
    Posted Sep 30, 2008 6:23 PM
    Shannon Eisnor
    Sorry guys I have to cancel on short notice, I had an unforseen circumstance. Hope it's a great turnout!
  • Stephen Lau, BCom, LLB, REALTOR
    Posted Sep 30, 2008 3:47 PM
    Stephen Lau, BCom, LLB, REALTOR
    Hey Walter! As you know, my family runs the Golden Rice Bowl Restaurant. We have private rooms, LCD projector screens, top-of-the-line audio, and wireless/wired internet. Give us a try if you'd like (so long as a meal is involved).
  • Walter Schwabe
    Posted Sep 17, 2008 12:39 PM
    Walter Schwabe
    Group Organizer
    Doug Kirillo along with Ken Plumb from Pderas.ca will be presenting at our meeting...it's great to have them join us.
  • Walter Schwabe
    Posted Sep 17, 2008 12:32 PM
    Walter Schwabe
    Group Organizer
    Mack has offered to share our group at Techvibes where he blogs...cool!
  • Mack D. Male
    Posted Sep 16, 2008 3:52 PM
    Mack D. Male
    Assistant Organizer
    Is the event at 7pm or 8pm?
  • Walter Schwabe
    Posted Sep 15, 2008 10:17 AM
    Walter Schwabe
    Group Organizer
    Also, the $5.00 per person is to cover refreshments as we're not meeting at a coffee house etc...in the future, it will most likely be possible to have a company sponsor that
  • Walter Schwabe
    Posted Sep 15, 2008 10:13 AM
    Walter Schwabe
    Group Organizer
    I've asked one company if they would be interested in presenting at our meeting and will keep you informed. If you have a suggestion regarding a demo please let me know...

Who attended?

  • 17 attendees
    • “ still at it. A really nice venue to meet people and learn how other people use social media. Very good stuff. ”
    • “ I enjoyed the conversation of the affects of multi media and our lives - very interesting to learn about our younger society & the way they embrace this technology - Walter is always a great host! ”
    • “ I think 16 people attended. Not sure. It was really good though. Interesting discussion and it's always great to meet new people. Nice to meet people I've talked to on Twitter but not in real life too. Looking forward to the next one. ”
    • “ Interesting topics. I enjoyed the evening. Thanks for organizing this event! ”
    • “ A nice turn-out for the first meeting of this new group. Lot's of new faces and new things to learn. Thanks to Ken Plumb of Pderas for his presentation and thanks to Tony Ratcliffe of Ratcliffe Wealth & Risk Management for being the host this evening... Next month we're heading to Kimberley Bennett's wellness centre - Inside and Out Naturally. ”
    • “ It was an interesting event. I would suggest changing the evening agenda, taking a few minutes at the beginning for people to introduce themselves, just go around the room. It felt a little weird jumping straight into the presentation on the first meeting. I think some people left early because they weren't expecting a lecture, and didn't realize the discussion was coming later. As for the discussion, I enjoyed meeting the other people and talking to them and learning about new things like Twitter, etc. and how people are using these tools. ”
    • Doug Kirillo (+1 guest)
      “ Good start Walter, really enjoyed the discussion at the end of the meeting. ”
    • Les

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