Bringing Crewmates to the Community Treasure Trove
summary
Meetup Mates launches a Slack-based system that posts curated Friday polls, announces a local pre-meet venue an hour before events, and pairs attendees with a buddy pairing system during lockdown. Early research shows ~43% wanted to go but had no one and 25% cited social nervousness; results hit 100 signups in four months and over 400 in a year with members reporting 100% yes on feeling welcome and recommending it. Tools tested include Donut/random coffees, text “Ask Anything” sessions, and a separate database for privacy.
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chapters (19)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:55Meet Megan and Kat
- 1:48What is Meetupmates
- 2:38Why meetups are important
- 3:50How meetups work
- 5:10Our mission
- 6:57Feedback
- 7:45Why meetups
- 9:42The pandemic
- 10:01Lockdown
- 13:01teething issues
- 16:29being everywhere
- 19:57becoming tech agnostic
- 21:48lessons learned
- 22:02future plans
- 22:33original research
- 23:30how to get involved
- 23:57the future
- 24:39Questions
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