How to know you’ve pulled off a successful event:
1. People give you thunderous applause for helping to organize it (totally unexpected and unnecessary, but way fun)
2. Lots of blog posts, Tweets and more raving about it
3. A steady stream of requests about when the next one will take place.
Yes, it’s true, the Columbus Tweetup for July was a huge hit. We had just under 20 people at our first ever Columbus Tweetup in June, but our numbers jumped to 56 at the July Tweet and Eat. We’ve even got our own Columbus Tweetup Facebook group now.
Our July host restaurant, Baja Sol, did an absolutely fantastic job with great food, excellent service and an added bonus - free schwag giveaways. Talk about a company making the most of a community partnership. They won everyone over and gained a passionate new following. Now, as Jennifer Laycock said, let’s hope some other central Ohio restaurants and bars will take note and step up as future hosts for the Columbus Tweetups.
Why are these Tweetups so popular? People are busier than ever – why are folks making time to come to these monthly networking events? I think it’s a few things. First, Twitter is hot right now and people are excited to meet the people they’re following. In addition, I think people are eager to make new connections with other like-minded members of the community, forge potential business relationships, and find new people to follow.
The Central Ohio Network folks are gearing up for the next Tweetup already, so watch that blog and Twitter for more details soon. If you’re not in Columbus, think about holding a Tweetup for your city or region. You may be amazed at the response.
And now, big thanks to everyone who made the Columbus Tweetup such a huge success: Rocky Van Brimmer, Jacey Jenkins, Jennifer Laycock, Rachel Phillips, John Herman, Scott Gamble, Phyllis Nichols, Beth Watkins, Jason Blanton, Alex Copley, Lewis Howes, Michael Krotscheck, Adam Girardi, Ian Anderson, Rebecca Roebuck, Kevin Welker, Don Ryan, Jane Marti, Joseph Ferguson, Dan Rockwell, Cara Keithley, Katie McCartney, Alaina Shearer, Megan Hofmann, Gary Moneysmith, Keith Baker, Andrea Hill, Chris Flohr, Andrea Applegate, Yvonne Rayburn, Jason Bainum, Trisha Jackson, Tom Roberts, Ryan Squire, Ashley Routson, Jody Dzuranin, Nate Riggs, Alvin Borromeo, Nick Seguin, Tim Eby, Chris Anderson, Stefphanie Harper, Phil Franks, Danny Sauter, Steve Kemper, Amy Constantine-Kline, Lisa Minken, Denise Yost, Andy Long, Amanda Murphy, Mary Wehrle, Jamie Grove, Jim Canterucci, Shane Haggerty and Angelo Mandato.
Big thanks also to the owners of central Ohio’s Baja Sol restaurants - Chris Scott and Brian Cooper – and our terrific servers, Jennifer and Caitlin.
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6 responses so far ↓
1 Phyllis // Aug 3, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Nice – looking foward to the next one. Great job “unofficially” organizing.
2 larak // Aug 3, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Thanks, Phyllis. By the way, did you blog about the Tweetup? I thought I saw a post on your blog right after the event, but now I can’t find it.
3 Rachel Phillips // Aug 4, 2008 at 9:36 am
Lara,
You did a great job organizing. It was so great to get to meet everyone; I’m looking forward to the next Columbus Tweetup.
4 Jacey Jenkins // Aug 4, 2008 at 2:35 pm
No problem Lara! So glad I could come. The event went really well. And you got to take home a large jar of salsa. What’s better than that!?
5 Lara Kretler // Aug 5, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Rachel, thanks! I can’t wait to be just an attendee at the next one though – I’ll be able to relax, eat and socialize more.
Jacey, your help was absolutely invaluable! And would you believe I was still eating that salsa right up until this weekend!
6 Ms. Single Mama // Aug 14, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Talked with Jennifer – I’m going to find a place for us to have a Tweet up Happy Hour – it’s now my personal mission. : )
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