To benefit from a meetup

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Organizing a large event is an expensive process that requires a lot of effort, attention, and time. It is a responsibility. But when everything works out, when the participants leave charged, when everyone has benefited, there comes peace, a feeling of fulfillment, an understanding that you are in the right place and doing your job. For volunteers, this is an opportunity to share these feelings, to be involved in a big event.

you first need to decide why you are going there. If you want to find contractors or a new project, print out business cards to make it easier to establish communication. If you are interested in a specific topic of a report, find out more about the speaker, prepare questions, and take notes during the presentation. If there is a hitch in the project, you need help or advice, the breaks between reports are the best time. Usually, participants are divided into small groups and discuss something, look for a similar topic, ask questions, be sociable. Ideally, come with a laptop, make it so that the essence of the problem can be quickly seen, access the code and site settings. This way, the chance of getting help quickly is much higher.

— What should those who want to speak do and whatsapp number list what topics are relevant for meetups?

The doors are always open for speakers. To start a conversation, write to me in Telegram . I have exactly one criterion for reports - the topic must be interesting to the community audience.

If a person is speaking for the first time, we first conduct a test online run of the report. This helps to correct minor errors, correctly place emphasis, and practice the presentation of the material.

Very often people underestimate their knowledge and experience. I have heard a thousand times "well, what should I tell you, everyone already knows this". Often 2-3 interesting cases or a non-standard subject area are enough to prepare a good report.

Sometimes people actively resist and don't want to speak in public. So for the 19th meetup I had to use all my charisma and powers of persuasion to get speakers for the meetup.