I think we need to have more discussion of meetup tactics on LW. At my local meetup, we’ve been feeling a bit lost about what works best, so I hereby propose that we have semi-regular meetup tactics discussions like the open and quotes threads.
So here’s a few questions to start us off:
What activities or topics of discussion have been particularly productive? What is not?
Have fun adventurous things like hiking or climbing worked?
What is your opinion on the purpose of the meetups? Is it about community? Additional discussion and learning? Practice?
Is it a good idea to have different types of meetup (discussion night, fun day, social, ???), or should everything be scheduled into regular meetups?
What things have worked for building community? There should have been some community disasters by now as well, what caused them?
What has worked for actual practice and leveling up? What hasn’t?
What topics produce good discussions? How much structure should discussions have?
How does your meetup get more people to come out (recruitment, attendance, etc). What works, what doesn’t work?
What untested ideas do you have for any of the above?
Meetup Tactics Open Thread
I think we need to have more discussion of meetup tactics on LW. At my local meetup, we’ve been feeling a bit lost about what works best, so I hereby propose that we have semi-regular meetup tactics discussions like the open and quotes threads.
So here’s a few questions to start us off:
What activities or topics of discussion have been particularly productive? What is not?
Have fun adventurous things like hiking or climbing worked?
What is your opinion on the purpose of the meetups? Is it about community? Additional discussion and learning? Practice?
Is it a good idea to have different types of meetup (discussion night, fun day, social, ???), or should everything be scheduled into regular meetups?
What things have worked for building community? There should have been some community disasters by now as well, what caused them?
What has worked for actual practice and leveling up? What hasn’t?
What topics produce good discussions? How much structure should discussions have?
How does your meetup get more people to come out (recruitment, attendance, etc). What works, what doesn’t work?
What untested ideas do you have for any of the above?