Social Media is giving organizational power to the people.  

We see it in Tunisia, we see it in Egypt, and we see it in websites like Wikipedia where people update and share information.  The behavior of consumers has changed and they are wildly embracing Social Media.  Are you fully integrating Social Media in your overall strategies?

Social Media is giving organizations like yours the ability to engage your supporters and allow them to:

• Organize events
• Share your message with their network
• Help you accomplish your goals without your involvement
  

This Webinar will share exciting and proven new ways you can use Meetup Everywhere for branded events that can be set up, coordinated and managed by your prospects, customers, members, employees, and supporters around the world. This incredible tool will enable you to start a worldwide event without having to worry about invitations, locations, communication, and food! 

Meetup Everywhere is a FREE Internet platform that encourages supporters on a LOCAL basis to bring together people that support your Meetup cause or common theme.    

In just 60 minutes we will share with you how you can involve hundreds, if not thousands, of supporters.

Here’s how your organization can use Meetup Everywhere

It could be used by an:

• Alumni association to hold worldwide reunion, homecoming,  mentoring/job fair events, or nationwide volunteer days
• Annual Giving, Capital Campaign, or Non Profits to hold worldwide events to promote funding for scholarships and the Capital Campaign
• Admission offices to encourage students looking at a college to meet alumni in their community who can answer questions about their campus and careers
• Associations to bring their members together to have local discussions leading up to national conferences
• Businesses to hold product development brainstorming ideas, sales networking, and customer recognition

Who is using it?

Surprisingly, Meetup Everywhere is enabling individuals and organizations that don’t traditionally hold events to use this tool in order to increase engagement, loyalty, and their customer base.

• Huffington Post invited readers to Meetup to discuss news which resulted in 231 LOCAL Meetups of 3 to 150 people
• The Oprah Winfrey Show held a Meetup that resulted in 330 Meetups around the country
• Mashable, an online technology blog, encouraged their readers to get together on one day, to discuss Social Media and the South by Southwest Conference (SXSW).  An AMAZING 1140 local meeting are currently scheduled for the February 16th event.
  

Associations and organizations who already have a group of people interested in them will see incredible results from this strategy.

This is the direction you need to take your organization!

You’ll like this tool.  It’s built around the philosophy – “Work smarter, NOT harder! “  This tool enable people to self-organize.  And along the way, they will become more energized, engaged and involved.  More importantly NEW LEADERS and VOLUNTEERS will emerge from the meetings, which will increase your capacity to do more, with less time and resources.  

Why do this?

First, it will make your job easier.  You’ll end up finding new leaders, engaging your base all while building excitement and enthusiasm.  You will be able to unleash the potential of your members to drive your organization to new heights!

We'll look at SIX ways to help you get started.

You’ll learn:

1. What you need to include in your Meetup Everywhere strategy
2. Where to find local volunteers to coordinate the local events
3. What needs to be done to hold a well attended event
4. How to build excitement leading up to the events
5. How to customize your Meetup Everywhere community 
6. How you can celebrate and cultivate the excitement into actionable strategies

Plus we’ll share Best Practices and examples of what other organizations are doing to increase participation!

What are you waiting for, register today!

Bonus –

1. The first 10 organizations that register will receive a 30 minute followup meeting, where we will help you think through the opportunities and strategies of your Meetup Everywhere.
2. All registrants will receive our free Meetup Guide that list 15 questions you need to ask to organize your planning and strategy

Click to REGISTER Now!

                  Date: Thursday, April 7th,  3- 4 PM EST

                  How: We will send you a GotoWebinar Invite

                      Cost: Complimentary and limited to 25 attendees

Chris Blechschmidt, Meetup.com Everywhere Evangelist

Chris focuses on working with influential brands, organization, and personalities to develop successful and sustainable Meetup Everywhere communities. As the world's largest network of local groups, Meetup makes it easy for anyone to organize a local group or find one of the thousands already meeting up face-to-face. More than 2,000 groups get together in local communities each day, each one with the goal of improving themselves or their communities.

Don Philabaum,  Internet Strategies Group

Don is one of the early pioneers in building online community. Don founded a company in 1995 that built over 300 alumni online communities that connected and engaged millions of alumni worldwide. Don is the author of "Internet Dough", "Engage Customers Online", "Alumni Online Engagement", "Create a NET-Centered College Campus" and numerous white papers including "Facebook for the Executive Suite". Over 2,000 people have attended webinars where he presented the latest Linkedin & Facebook strategies.