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Re:The loneliness of the modern office team member by j45 on Monday May 03, 2021 @09:57AM (#27025122)
It’s easy to start a meetup. I did once and other people who were searching for something similar popped right up and formed some great friendships. It’s ok to be a light host.
Re:The loneliness of the modern office team member by koboll on Monday May 03, 2021 @10:36AM (#27025607)
Out of curiosity, what kind of meetup did you start? How did you find event space for it?
Re:The loneliness of the modern office team member by j45 on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @01:35AM (#27034365)
I started a meet up for local digital or tech entrepreneurs to find, learn and take their next steps together. It was a mix of techies, marketing folks, business folks. Didn’t matter as long as you were ready to learn and do your next step.

It was less of an event and more of a community of acquaintances who were good at welcoming strangers. Many of us became good friends.

Space was public venues, and once folks got to knowledge other, other suggestions of who had access to space came up pretty easily.

Today, I’d probably pick something semi different like airmeet and use it for a virtual meetup to gauge interest.

Sometimes restaurants or libraries have dedicated rooms that can be booked.