{"id":14963,"date":"2023-03-14T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/blog\/?p=14963"},"modified":"2023-03-21T15:52:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T19:52:48","slug":"recording-march-2023-meetup-community-building-office-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/blog\/recording-march-2023-meetup-community-building-office-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Recording: March 2023 Meetup Community Building Office Hours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you\u2019re curious about making the most of Meetup or are looking for tips on building a thriving community, this is the event for you. Get all your questions answered during office hours hosted by Meetup\u2019s Community Support team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch this recording with two of Meetup\u2019s customer support professionals, Alex Marden and Colin-Pierre Larnerd, while they explain the essentials you need to know about managing your group, hosting events, and making the most out of Meetup\u2019s features.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Recording: March 2023 Meetup Community Building Office Hours\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HktVwGX57Nw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Main Takeaways: <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Product Updates<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>The Event Scheduler now has the ability to choose which event communication tool to use: Event Chat, Event Comments, or both!\n<ul>\n<li>You must choose at least one tool to keep on.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once you save or publish the event, you cannot change the setting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Edit recurring events in Organizer App\n<ul>\n<li>The Meetup for Organizers app now supports editing all events in a series!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose to apply changes to a single event or all following events.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Questions from the Meetup community<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li><strong>My new profile picture isn&#8217;t updating across all my various groups. Can you advise when this bug can be fixed?<\/strong>\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>This actually isn\u2019t a bug. After you set a group profile photo, changing your <em>account<\/em> profile photo will NOT update your group profile. You can update each of your group profile photos individually.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>If you\u2019d like to apply a new photo to your account <em>and<\/em> all group profiles, \u2013 let\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdP6sT-IqMrqOwt_prDnFVbXrgQ9RGXXx7GU-PcDKuTUTMH8Q\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">submit that feature request<\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>How can I allow all members to post events without making them group leader?<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>While general members cannot publish their own events, you or your leadership team can select any member as <strong>a one-time host<\/strong> when you schedule the event. If they do a stellar job, consider assigning them a <a href=\"https:\/\/meetu.ps\/3jJCjv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">leadership role<\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>I just took over a group. How do I reduce membership from 680 to a more manageable number of active participants?<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>You can sort through your member list to identify active or inactive members. Manually <a href=\"https:\/\/help.meetup.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360001673511\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">remove or ban<\/a> inactive members from your group.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For bulk removals of 100s of members, contact our Community Support team for assistance!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>I have 375 members but only 1-5 show-ups. What can I do?? How to interact in between events?<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Different strategies work for different communities! We often post articles to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/blog\/?s=engagement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Meetup\u2019s Community Matters blog<\/a> about boosting engagement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/jvhTb7pqRs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Meetup Organizer Community on Discord<\/a> hosts hundreds of active organizers and mentors, swapping tips and experiences about communicating with members and encouraging attendance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>My motorcycle riding group\u2019s presence is barely known.&nbsp; I have all the related interests put in. When I do a search as a \u201cguest,\u201d only out-of-state and bicycle groups are shown. Is Meetup able to make my group easier to find?<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>There\u2019s no guarantee or secret foul-proof method for matching interests to members in your area.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We were aware of some confusion and frustration around results on our Find page. Based on your feedback, we recently launched an improvement to our Find page search engine! You can now search for a group by its exact name\/title.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201cWhat are the differences between standard Meetup and Meetup Pro?\u201d<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>With a standard Meetup subscription, you may create and lead up to 3 groups.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Meetup Pro subscription allows you to:\n<ul>\n<li>Own a <strong>network<\/strong> of more than 3 groups<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Access an <strong>analytics dashboard<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Collect member <strong>email addresses<\/strong> via MailChimp<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create<strong> network events<\/strong> across multiple groups<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>New<\/strong>: Highlight <strong>guest speakers<\/strong> in your upcoming events<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learn more about Meetup Pro or start your free trial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/lp\/meetup-pro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Top Q&amp;A Questions and Resources: <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>I have someone who joined my group, posted an inappropriate picture and then left. 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We want to make sure that everybody who is a member of your community and anyone who is an organizer on Meetup feels safe. \n<ul>\n<li>How to ban a member (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HktVwGX57Nw?t=1288\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">21:28<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to report a member (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HktVwGX57Nw?t=2570\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">42:50<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Resources: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Join the<a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/PTVXkca8pQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;Meetup Organizer Community on Discord<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Product Feature Request&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/M43Ldh2nzyQirbh76\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Form<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stay up to date on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/blog\/meetup-product-release-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">product updates<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meetup\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/help.meetup.com\/hc\/en-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Help Center<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For further support from our team or to&nbsp;<strong>report a bug<\/strong>, submit a direct request to our team using&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/help.meetup.com\/hc\/en-us\/requests\/new?ticket_form_id=360001758931\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this form<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-excerpt\"><p>Discover the essentials you need to know about managing your group, hosting events, and making the most of Meetup\u2019s features.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":14975,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127,28],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - 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