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When I applied for the Union Square Ventures job, in my mind I was applying for a Junior VC position. Ends up the opening was for office staff.

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Recently I applied for a job with MeetUp.com that I thought would be something that would lead to a Chief People Person position, on par with the Chief Technology Officer position. But then I was at the MeetUp CTO Greg Whalin run MeetUp Tuesday evening at the MeetUp offices in their third floor space, and Greg tells me it might be an "entry level position." What a bummer. (Community Specialist)

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And I was having thoughts of the butterfly effect, part two. There is all the coding, and all the tech. And the site gets people to show up at events in person. But once they show up, that is Chief People Person territory. How do you turn those events into the best possible experiences for those who show up? You, of course,  work through the Organizers. Create a five star system. People start out as one star Organizers. And the best Organizers - those who have earned the most points in a publicly displayed system - are five star. And every year you declare an Organizer Of The Year. Bring that person on an all expenses paid trip to NYC.

And the entire time you are trying to put in place a simple manual that tells people how to become the best Organizer they can possibly be. And you get to know as many of them as possible, one on one. Social media can come in handy here. Skype can come in handy.

And you treat NYC as the microcosm of the world, and you go attend as many MeetUps as humanly possible. That would apply to the entire People Person team. Go out there where the action is. The action is not in the office. Keep your smartphones handy. But otherwise be out there. Work unconventional hours. Create templates in NYC to take to the rest of the world. Iterate.

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