The Death Cafe movement has a few ground rules. Meetings are confidential and not for profit. People must respect one another’s disparate beliefs and avoid proselytizing. And tea and cake play an important role.
Paula Span on the Death Cafe New York City Meetup Group - via The New York Times
‘People are hungry for community and relationship,’ he said, ‘and Meetup has given us an easy way to meet people and make friends.’
Organizer Kyle of the Brussels Coffee Time Meetup Group - via theupstreamcollective.org
‘I realized if I did this in isolation I wasn’t going to succeed,’ he said. ‘So, I thought if I created a community then I could find people that would be able to teach me and I’d have a lot more success.’
Organizer Timothy Reuter on the DC Area Drone Usergroup - via PBS Newshour
I have one young man who has decided after a year that I’m his mentor. He shares with me what he’s doing and tells me how well he’s done. And he still goes to the meetings.
Organizer Emilu Bailes of The Atlanta CANSLIM/IBD Meetup Group - via investors.com
‘It’s just a way to bring people together,’ said Mr. Hudak, an insurance agent. ‘You don’t have to rely on a small group of people for all of your activities. The majority of the time I spend with people I met on Meetup.’
‘We have run Meetup events monthly for the last three months and we had 150 people show up every time…Traction is not only from the journalists and the blogs. It’s from the real people who feel that something big is beginning to happen.’
Organizer Sylvain Preumont on starting 3D printing London - via 3D Focus
‘I feel so lucky … I’m following my passion. I’m meeting new friends and supporting museums, which I love.’
Organizer Linda Brown of The Twin Cities Museum Meetup - via Startribune.com
The group is a lifeline for many living here.
Isabel Ovalle on the Qatar Expats Meetup Group - via The Peninsula
‘I was in a similar group in Los Angeles and I knew when I moved to Iowa that it was going to be one of the top things I missed,’ says Patel of Solon. ‘If you find something that makes you happy, like knitting … stick with it and surround yourself with like-minded people.’
People think board games are only for children or geeks and rocket scientists. Truth is anyone can get hooked.
Organizer Prashant Maheshwari of the Mumbai Board Gamers - via Business Standard
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