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Refresh Events encourages collaborative partnerships, fosters education at all skill levels and creates networking opportunities within the Toronto interactive community.

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Community Interviews

Thursday, August 20th, 2009 | By: Justin Kozuch

A few weeks ago, we wrote a blog post entitled “The Way Forward, Part Two“. In it, we asked a series of questions centred around improving our product.

You may have noticed today that we launched the Guest Blogger Program. This was borne out of a meeting we had early on with a member of our community. We have since sifted through our attendee registration lists and have selected core members of our community, and those emails will be sent out today (some of you have already responded, thank you!).

These interviews are centred around 4 questions:

  1. What do you like about our events?
  2. What do you dislike about our events?
  3. Who would you like to hear speak at our events?
  4. If you could change one thing about what we do, what would it be?

But we’re not just sticking with that core group. We’d like to hear from you as well! If you have attended an event in the past (or even if you haven’t), and you’re interested in the programming that we offer, we’d like to talk with you. Drop us a note or hit us up on Twitter to setup a meeting (we’ll even buy the coffee!). Alternatively, you can post up in the comments below. ↓

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How Toronto Organizations Are Getting The Shaft

Monday, August 17th, 2009 | By: Justin Kozuch

The Introduction

I have lived in this wonderful city on and off for about 6 years now. I love that my current neighborhood is situated near a few major lines of transit, numerous shops and within walking distance of some of Toronto’s most beautiful greenspace.

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Event Fatigue in Toronto

Thursday, July 30th, 2009 | By: Justin Kozuch

Yesterday afternoon, I had the pleasure of Saul Colt’s company over lunch, and we discussed various ways to monetize business and create a community around content. The conversation drifted towards the number of events that are being curated in the city of Toronto. I’d like to talk about how the conversation went and some thoughts that I have on this topic.

Before I go any further, I’d like to give credit to Saul Colt, as it was his insights that formulated the basis for this post.

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The Way Forward, Part Two

Friday, July 24th, 2009 | By: Justin Kozuch

This morning, we met with Donnie Claudino and we talked about higher-level strategies with respect to figuring out who we are and what we are doing. We talked about our goals and vision and he raised an important point when we started talking about the challenges of building a community.

To preface, I’ve always stated that this community is not about us, it’s about you. And when I posted yesterday about our community-building strategy, I neglected to ask a very important question:

What are you looking to gain from being a member of our community? What kind of people/topics would like to see discussed on our blog, on the Refresh Events Twitter, and at our monthly gatherings? We’re looking to engage in a conversation with you about how we can improve our programming.

Instead of blasting out a questionnaire, we’d like to try an experiment. We are going through event registration lists to pick 10 repeat attendees for a 1-on-1 interview. If you have not attended an event before (or even if you have), but are interested in the programming that we offer, we’d like to talk with you (we’ll buy the coffee!). Drop us a note or hit us up on Twitter, and let’s talk.

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Registration Fees, Redux

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 | By: Justin Kozuch

In light of Dan Hocking’s post yesterday about charging registration fees to reduce event no-shows (and Joseph Thornley’s post as well) or more specifically, @alkerton’s comment, I wanted to post some additional thoughts about why we are considering such a move, and where the money would go.

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