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Bootstrapping a meetup

Abstract:

From the experiences of start the Infrastructure Coders meetup, I will go into details around how to start a meetup from scratch:

• Validating the idea: How to ensure that the meetup group is feasible for the area and target community/audience.
• Promoting the meetup: How to get the word out there.
• Keeping costs down: Starting a meetup the costs are borne by the organisers. Tips on how to reduce these, while not creating a financial barrier to your target community.
• Building the community: How to keep your community growing, getting great discussions and keeping it "fresh".
• Observations on other failed meetups: What doesn't seem to work.

No prerequisite knowledge required for this talk.

Attendees should walk away from the talk with an increased confidence and that creating a community in the area is not as difficult as assumed.

Speaker:

Matthew Jones.