Indaba Music: NY Tech Talks MeetUp

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Tuesday evening I showed up at the MeetUp offices for a great MeetUp run by the MeetUp CTO Greg Whalin. This was my second time at the MeetUp. The last time I went Dropio was presenting. Sam Lessin and Jacob Robbins showed up. Jacob showed up also for this one.

Ends up I am also going to the Digital Dumbo event later this evening. I think I am figuring it out. Digital Dumbo is like the NY Tech MeetUp after party ought to feel like. The beer is free, although one is usually more than enough for me. At last month's Digital Dumbo, I found myself drinking water. When I wanted my second cup and turned around, there was this guy standing between me and the water. He was busy talking. So I decided to not interrupt. He was leaning right against the water stand.

The beer is free. The venue is a tech company's office. The area is like no other in town: Dumbo. All those who show up are in the industry.

At Greg's MeetUp, this time it was the turn of Indaba Music. I guess they have been around a few years. They are a Ruby shop: Jesse Chan-Norris was the key presenter. One of Jesse's parents had last name Chan as in Jackie Chan, another had last name Norris as in Chuck Norris. It was a tech heavy talk that lasted for an hour and a half. And then about 10 of us just hung around for another hour. Etsy dude Christopher Munns did some juicy story telling, tech style.

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His events mailing list is the best thing Charlie O'Donnell ever did. That mailing list is the reason I have forgiven him for having blocked me from leaving comments at his blog. The only problem is by the time you find out about a great event through Charlie's email, it is sold out already. So you try your luck next month, or you talk to Andrew Zarick.

7PM Digital DUMBO #16 Sponsored by Invoke @ The Dumbo Loft

RSVP: http://digitaldumbo.eventbrite.com/

The DUMBO Loft
155 Water Street
Corner of Pearl and Water
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Date: May 27th, 2010
Time: 6:30-9pm

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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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