The first London Steem-meetup was held on Friday 26/08/2016, here is a short review of what went on.
I managed to get us an area on a boat overlooking London Eye and Big Ben. I thought this was a perfect place to hold first Steemit meeting for all the existing Steemit users and new ones who never heard of Steemit.
They managed to spell my name wrong :)
I ordered a few bottles of Bubbles and made some Steemit chocolate cookies. You can see my previous post on how to make those.
I have taken advice from @steemrollin about some of the key points about what to do and how to prepare for the meeting and it helped me a lot to make it really successful. If you are planning a meet up, make sure to book a space in advance, especially if you are picking a nice location.
I have created Steemit London group and the steemit Meet up on Facebook and shared it with friends and their friends. This helped me to attract new people to the meeting.
Then I have prepared a Steemit presentation on my iPad, which was an overview of Steemit to show people what the platform is all about. It was a general overview to explain to people how the platform works and answer any questions they had. If anyone wants a PDF copy, let me know I can send it to you.
Overall we had a really positive and productive meeting. I think it is important to start establishing basic relationships with Steemians in London. We all agreed to support each other and new people that join Steemit. The meet up lastedlonger than 2 hours and well into the night. I was very pleased with the meeting and I think everyone enjoyed it as well.
I have something really big planned for Steemit in the next few months, and its a huge project that will blow everyones mind. So stay tuned! Everyone who came to the Meet up, signed up to steemit and even set reminders:
Thank you to everyone who came, don't forget to follow them here on Steemit as well :
@justyna ( Thank you for the pictures)
Lots of love, Alla x0x
Upvotes coming in from me and the people of http://steemspeak.com because we like what you did in London. - you guys should join our Radio!
aww thank you very much!! I have to check it out! I would love to join the radio, how do we do that?
wow...seing wingz and yogi in real life pictures is amazing!!!
hahahah yeah glad you know who they are :P
Wingz is the guy with the beard right? Its just how i imagined lol
yes it is :D hahaha
I have been to so many events in Bitcoin over 4 years, and the associated spaces, and I have never ever seen more females than males. This is huge, women are really interested and learning about Bitcoin, I'm disappointed when I go to an event and it's 98% male, but don't get me wrong it's still fun but more women in crypto for sure! Learn all the things though, Bitcoin etc... This is a clear example of the appeal of Steemit to a more diverse group, and to me huge!
Yeah well I am determined to bring more women to the platform! I think it will be a great thing and like you said in most cases it is mainly males. :) Glad you approve thanks for taking time and commenting!
Great experience, once you get a group of people together that want to offer value. Throw in a few bottles of prosecco... and chat for a few hours on a 'steem boat' - the result is a pretty inspiring night.
As Alla mentioned above, watch out for something really big :p
Thanks :) yes no spoilers :P It was a great night and we all had fun, a lot of Steemit chat! :)
This was such an AWESOME experience!
Alla, thank you so much for brining us all together! Lets grow it, and increase it and make it bigger and bigger! You know I've already messaged Steemit meet-up particiapnts in Moscow! And now Riga is coming on board! We should seriously Skype-conference with them during the next meet-up :) :)
Going global :) xx
thank you Irina! Glad you had fun :)) We will do for sure, I think this is a great idea :)xx
Great call on a boat ride for it. Also incredible how many women made it to the meet up. @creationlayer was talking on the steemspeak channel about how he's never been at a meetup that was more than 20% female. this is great for the entire cryptospace, steem empowers women!
hahah yeah thats for sure. You know I was very surprised myself to be honest, but I did invite a lot of people and their friends, so mainly it was women who are interested in Steemit! I think its good to have a balance :)
Fantastic job @allasyummyfood! Very nice event and great step in building a strong group over there!
thank you so much :)) I'm glad you approve :) It was very helpful to read your article before I did the meeting as well :) We have bigger plans for London :)
What an outstanding location - a Steem Boat!
yes hahah steem boat exactly ;))) Couldn't get any better :)
I'm sorry, this totally made me laugh.
hahah
so disappointed! I was thinking you were going to wear the Steemit Bikini! LOL
hahahah you make me laugh! that will be coming soon as well :)
This is a great initiative by you, @allasyummyfood. :) I've become inspired by your work and decided to try my hand at organizing something similar in Riga, Latvia.
At the moment I know only two fellow-steemians from Riga - both of them followed me here. :) But I guess it's time to explore more people and drag the attention of many others towards Steemit. :)
WOW
I hope its a good wow!lol
Accidental submit? :p
yes omg just finished it properly! :D lol !!! its there now :)
V+V)
what is V+V?
lucky bunch :) I would have loved to join you :):)
hehe maybe one day :)))
maybe when my steemit ship steems into harbour lol
hahah when you are rich it will :P
lmao mmhhmm
That's nice! Great meet-up!
thanks :))) it was really good!
Great initiative. You've got a new follower :-)
awesome ;) thanks Sebastien :) welcome on board!
Awesome:). Great to see the community getting together in meetups all over the globe:)
yeah its a wonderful thing :)) so glad we can get together like this :)
This is awesome. Good for you, @allasyummyfood , for taking on this type of project! I should really follow in your footsteps and get one of these going for Canada...
yeah i think it would be a great idea to do in Canada :) Goodluck :) x
Thanks for organising it @allasyummyfood..Great meeting everyone!
yeah it was really great fun :) thanks for the pictures :) x
What fun! I am reminded of a meet-up we held in Nepal earlier, it was fun to meet so many new guys. If you make this is a regular feature, I could join in on my next visit to the UK!
yeah it looks great! i think meet ups is a good idea :) For sure we will ! keep you posted!
Shame I couldn't make it; maybe next time! :-)
Cg
You are in London right? :) Shame, next time ;)
This was a great meetup, full of quality sharing. Thanks for setting it up @allasyummyfood and to all who attended. I'm looking forward to the next one! See you there :)
glad you had fun :) thanks for coming!! :) yes for sure!
Nice... where was my invite?
You'll certainly be the first person I push for next time!
How awesome! Wish I could have been there!
:)))