{"id":11254,"date":"2022-06-14T06:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/blog\/?p=11254"},"modified":"2022-06-14T09:21:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T13:21:03","slug":"recording-celebrating-20-years-of-meetup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/blog\/recording-celebrating-20-years-of-meetup\/","title":{"rendered":"Recording: Celebrating 20 Years of Meetup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s Meetup\u2019s 20th anniversary! \ud83e\udd73 We\u2019ve come a long way and couldn\u2019t have hit this major milestone without you. To celebrate, we chatted with some longtime organizers of popular groups. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this Meetup Live event, we\u2019ll be joined by Meetup&#8217;s CEO David Siegel and other special guests who\u2019ve helped make Meetup the community-building platform it is today. 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(<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bkvvlSlTdPA?t=2494\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">41:34<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-resources\">Resources: <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Daniel Richardson&#8217;s Links: <ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Getting-To-Know-Greensboro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Getting To Know Greensboro (And Beyond)!<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Jeff Miller&#8217;s Links: <ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Triangle-Pickleball-Enthusiasts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Triangle Pickleball Enthusiasts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Triangle-Tennis-Enthusiasts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Triangle Tennis Enthusiasts<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Kenneth &amp; Bryan\u2019s Links:<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Not-So-Serious-Running-Group-NYC\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Not So Serious Running Group NYC- Fun Runs!<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/notsoseriousrunners.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Website<\/a><\/li><li>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/notsoseriousrunninggroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@notsoseriousrunninggroup<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-excerpt\"><p>It\u2019s Meetup\u2019s 20th anniversary! \ud83e\udd73 We\u2019ve come a long way, and we couldn\u2019t have hit this major milestone without you. 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