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The Way Forward, Part Two

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:29:15 +0000

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...

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Twitter Launches Twitter101

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:40:07 +0000

Around 10pm EST yesterday evening, Twitter launched Twitter101, a users guide for businesses who are interested in joining this red hot social network. The guide is broken down into 6 different...

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The Way Forward – The Challenges & The Solutions

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:00:05 +0000

The Current Situation – A 50,000 Foot View Refresh Events is grossly understaffed and overworked; it’s no mystery, I’ve stated this publicly many times in the past. We have tried to...

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Refresh Summer Social

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:48:02 +0000

This previous Monday, we announced that we are going to be holding an August event that will be nothing like we’ve done in previous months. What’s the event all about? Refresh Events...

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The Road To Non-Profit

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:15:33 +0000

Most of you may remember our announcement at NetChange Week, where we declared our intention to begin the process of transitioning to a non-profit organization. The process to complete this...

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Tools for Event Organization

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:00:37 +0000

(This post previously appeared on the Big Bang Technology blog.) As an event designer, I use a number of tools to help organize and execute various events in the tech/web community. While I...

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Speakers Call – July Gathering

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:13:07 +0000

With our July gathering quickly approaching, we are putting out a call for speakers. We have 6 Ignite slots available for the taking. Please read the “Update to the Ignite format” post...

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Registration Fees, Redux

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:03:30 +0000

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...

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An Update to the Ignite Format

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:47:21 +0000

Our ignite format has been wildly successful, and we certainly won’t be eliminating it in the near future. However, in an effort to streamline this aspect of our monthly gatherings, we are...

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Registration Fees & Refresh Events

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:25:11 +0000

Joseph Thornley of Thornley Fallis fame posted something very interesting this morning about charging for attendance to Third Tuesday, and as an event organizer I wanted to add my thoughts via a blog...

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