How to Run a Successful Book Club
Running a book club can be a relatively low-cost and high-value experience. To help, I thought I'd document how I tend to prefer book clubs.
Posts tagged “meetups”
24 posts.
Elixir Book Club: Testing Elixir, Starts November 13th
Elixir Book Club is reading Testing Elixir starting November 13th, a solid tour of testing tools across OTP, Ecto, and Phoenix.
Finding Volunteers for Your Meetup Group
The easiest way to find meetup volunteers is to ask. Be specific, and define approachable tasks a group regular can take on.
Providing New Member Onboarding for Online Meetups During COVID
Draft a plan, automate the execution, share the responsibilities, learn how to better serve your members.
Goal-oriented Side Event Ideas for Technical Meetups
Goal-oriented events are the magnets that help attract members. Social bonds and community come through these events.
Evolve or Die: It's Time to Rethink Meetup Groups
Many meetup groups have not evolved and are in decline. A video on why that happens and how to help your own group thrive.
Android Book Club Update
We are moving from our Kotlin book to the Android book. Great time to join us!
Actionable Ideas How Meetups Can Evolve When Forced Online Only
Today I recorded some thoughts regarding the challenges meetups are facing as they've been forced online and ideas how those challenges can be met.
Help Me with an Introduction to Your Meetup Organizer
I'm trying to schedule some more customer research (not selling anything) phone calls (30m) with other meetup organizers.
Kotlin Tools for Android Book Club
A quick tour of some of the tools you'll want to use to help learn Kotlin.
Finding Speakers to Present at Your Event
A few ideas to help you keep your stress low and your speaker confirmations flowing.
An Android Book Club for iOS Developers
An Android book club aimed at iOS developers, using what you already know from Swift and iOS to shape the conversation.
How to Brainstorm Presentation Topics for Your Events
What do you do when no one submits a presentation for the monthly meeting? You make it work and plan something yourself.
Video: Nurturing Your Community During Lock Down (7m)
A seven-minute video with ideas for keeping a meetup group connected while everyone is stuck at home.
Meetup Finds New Owners and I Welcome the Competition
Meetup has been sold again. Why I welcome the competition, and how it relates to the IndieWeb-minded alternative I am building.
Philly Elixir Meetup is Rebooting
The Philly Elixir Meetup is coming back after too long a hiatus. First meeting is May 6th at PromptWorks. Come say hello.
New Project: Group Leadership Club
Announcing Group Leadership Club, a site of articles and a forum for people who start, run, and sustain technical meetup groups.
Network Design Talk at Philly CocoaHeads
I am giving a talk on designing a modern Swift network stack at Philly CocoaHeads on January 10th. Details and RSVP inside.
Meetup.com Survey Links
Meetup.com was breached and is pushing sketchy survey links through notifications. Do not click them. Here is what I saw.
Philly Blockchain Tech Meetup
Ben DiFrancesco is starting Philly Blockchain Tech, a new local meetup. Details on the first meeting and what it will cover.
How We Record Talks at Philly CocoaHeads
The gear and process we use to record Philly CocoaHeads talks, and why we only ever record the main presentation.
Philly CocoaHeads: History
The history of Philly CocoaHeads, written down after years of comparing notes with organizers from other chapters.
Philly CocoaHeads Website Relaunch Project
Kicking off a new side project, rebuilding the Philly CocoaHeads website that has been running on inherited code since 2010.
Philly Craftsmanship
Notes from the first Software as Craft Philadelphia meeting, a good mix of discussion and hands-on pairing.