{"id":2047,"date":"2020-05-05T19:46:44","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T23:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/blog\/?p=2047"},"modified":"2021-06-23T18:10:25","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T22:10:25","slug":"recording-the-community-update-with-meetups-product-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/blog\/recording-the-community-update-with-meetups-product-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Recording: The Community Update with Meetup\u2019s Product Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Meetup\u2019s VP of Product, Daniel Pardes, and Product Manager, Mike Bass, share insights on future Meetup improvements. Plus a live Q&amp;A session with organizers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your group&#8217;s input can help organizers everywhere. Organizers, <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1F5CMgBhlOLXDcFBLCQ8BkFIBLKbUmsdxDBHnOTHW04Q\/edit\">share this survey about online and in-person events<\/a> with your members. We&#8217;ll share the findings back in a future blog article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Community Update with Meetup\u2019s Product Team\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rU_mdzP03jo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Main Takeaways<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Your group&#8217;s input can help organizers everywhere. Organizers, <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1F5CMgBhlOLXDcFBLCQ8BkFIBLKbUmsdxDBHnOTHW04Q\/edit\">share this survey about online and in-person events<\/a> with your members. We&#8217;ll share the findings back in a future blog article. Feel free to take the survey as well.<\/li><li>We created <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/blog\/how-to-host-an-online-event-on-meetup\/\">the option for online Meetup events<\/a> so that our communities can continue to meet when in-person events aren&#8217;t possible. That being said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/blog\/the-future-of-online-events-on-meetup\/\">online events are here to stay<\/a>!<\/li><li>We know how important meeting in-person will be for our recovery, but that timing will be different for everyone. As restrictions are lifted we should all look to local experts for guidance on when it&#8217;s safe to meet.\u00a0We are also creating resources to help organizers with the transition back to in-person events.<\/li><li>We\u2019re listening to your feedback and working to improve Meetup by building the tools you need as quickly as possible. Here are product updates on the horizon:<ul><li>Improved communication tools for members and organizers<\/li><li>New homepage featuring online events<\/li><li>Automatically adding online event links when adding events to your calendar<\/li><li>Increasing accessibility\u00a0<\/li><li>Adding compatibility with more video conferencing services. There have been over 50 new services added and more to come.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Top Q&amp;A Questions&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Will product updates be available globally?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Mike: Yes. If something is new, we may focus on a certain region to test it. Once we know a feature is ready for a wider audience, it\u2019s exciting to get to ship that globally. Getting new products translated is important.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Is the Product team aware of features that were taken away in the past that organizers really valued?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Dan: Yes. And that experience has taught us that we need to be talking more about what we\u2019re doing so it\u2019s not seemingly random or imposed upon you. I can\u2019t promise we won&#8217;t remove things, but when we\u2019re removing things we\u2019ll try to give replacements and if not, at least give you a reason why.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m getting a 50-70% no-show rate for my online events. Is this typical?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Dan: Having spoken to several organizers, that\u2019s not unheard of at all. I myself have been seeing more no-shows for online events. You\u2019re certainly not alone in seeing that. <strong>Tip<\/strong>: I typically message my members (aside from the automatic event reminders) an hour or two before to let them know, \u201chey don\u2019t forget, we\u2019re signing in here.\u201d\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>What happened to Meetup Experiences? What worked? What didn\u2019t?<br>(Meetup Experiences was an experiment Meetup launched in 2019 where organizers could host one-time paid events.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Mike: Through Meetup Experiences, we learned that members are looking for high-quality events, and they\u2019re ready to pay ticket fees to attend them. We\u2019ve taken a lot of the lessons from Meetup Experiences, like focusing on templates, having a consistent design, and including an event overview and agenda. 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