Re: [UG-ADMINS] Introduction: PHPJutland in Denmark
[email protected] (Michelangelo van Dam) Thu, 17 May 2018 10:25:07 +0200
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--Apple-Mail=_8BE5FFA1-FEAF-4CC8-B5C8-56EB681D0286 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_7143DB5D-43BA-4BD5-85CB-BC193978101B" --Apple-Mail=_7143DB5D-43BA-4BD5-85CB-BC193978101B Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hey Boyan, All this reminds me I still have to come down to Varna and speak at your = user group! Let's make it happen in 2018!!! Michelangelo Michelangelo van Dam Sr. Web Application Architect, Test Automator & Microsoft Azure MVP Mobile/WhatsApp: +32479922951 - Telegram/Twitter: @DragonBe - Skype: = michelangelovandam GPG Fingerprint: 5732=E2=80=AF D8FE =E2=80=AFEDE8 =E2=80=AFD59F =E2=80=AFE= 59F 1597 =E2=80=AF70DF =E2=80=AF8F88 =E2=80=AF2024 =E2=80=AF203C > On 17 May 2018, at 10:17, Boyan Yordanov = <[email protected]> wrote: >=20 > Hey Jesper, >=20 > Congrats for running the user group for more than a year already! >=20 > I feel your pain. Our group in Varna, Bulgaria suffers from pretty = much the same problems. People were really hesitant to even show up at = first and most of the =E2=80=9Cregular=E2=80=9D speakers in the country = are located in the capitol (Sofia) which is a 5-6 hours drive. >=20 > My observation is that people started offering talks more after I did = a few. And after a year and a half I continue to speak every third = meetup. I=E2=80=99ve experimented with other formats like lightning = talks with mixed results. Also a personal encouragement and offer to = help from the organizers seems to go a long way with prospective = speakers. >=20 > As for reaching out my personal experience is that word of mouth and = people bringing their colleagues and friends with them works best. Also = having a present on all popular platforms in the country. Currently we = still have more people showing up trough the Facebook events than trough = meetup.com <http://meetup.com/> because that=E2=80=99s more popular in = Bulgaria. >=20 > On the bright side it=E2=80=99s awesome that you have inspired others = to start similar events. >=20 > As long as people show up you can even grab a drink and talk php = without talks and still have a really productive event and a good time = for everyone. >=20 > Keep up the good work and good luck! >=20 >=20 > On Thu, 17 May 2018 at 3:00, Jesper =C3=98stertoft Jacobsen = <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Hello UG-Admins >=20 > I am Jesper Jacobsen, I run the Danish PHPJutland group. >=20 >=20 > We've been up and running for a year and a half now, and are finally = starting to gain some real traction. >=20 > However, developers in Denmark are still very shy, as there has been = no precedence for meetups or the likes beforehand. Luckily it's = contagious, and companies that has hosted us has started to do similar = events. >=20 > What's your best advice for reaching out to new users, and to = potential speakers? > It's currently quite the challenge to find speakers as they are shy, = and Denmark is quite split. About 50% of the developers we can use as = speakers are located in the capitol, Copenhagen, about three hours away. = We have had speakers from there before, but I don't think we can do that = every time. > Aarhus, where we're located has a lot of great companies, but they = aren't very keen on speaking, unfortunately. > I'd be glad to hear anything you can tell me about running a Meetup, = as I still feel very new to the whole process. >=20 >=20 > Thank you very much > - Jesper >=20 >=20 >=20 > Boyan Yordanov > [email protected] >=20 > Organizer of PHP Varna <http://phpvarna.com/> > Software Engineer @ ShtrakBG > Find me on Twitter <https://twitter.com/specter_bg> --Apple-Mail=_7143DB5D-43BA-4BD5-85CB-BC193978101B Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">Hey = Boyan,<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">All this reminds me I still have to = come down to Varna and speak at your user group! Let's make it happen in = 2018!!!</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"">Michelangelo</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""><div = class=3D""> <div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, = 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D""><div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><div = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><b = class=3D"">Michelangelo van Dam</b><br class=3D"">Sr. Web Application = Architect, Test Automator & Microsoft Azure MVP<br class=3D""><br= class=3D""></div><div style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, = 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: = none;">Mobile/WhatsApp: +32479922951 - Telegram/Twitter: @DragonBe = - Skype: michelangelovandam<br class=3D"">GPG Fingerprint: 5732=E2=80= =AF D8FE =E2=80=AFEDE8 =E2=80=AFD59F =E2=80=AFE59F 1597 =E2=80=AF70DF= =E2=80=AF8F88 =E2=80=AF2024 =E2=80=AF203C</div></div></div> </div> <div><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div = class=3D"">On 17 May 2018, at 10:17, Boyan Yordanov <<a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = class=3D"">[email protected]</a>> wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div class=3D"">Hey = Jesper, <br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Congrats for running the user = group for more than a year already!<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">I feel = your pain. Our group in Varna, Bulgaria suffers from pretty much the = same problems. People were really hesitant to even show up at first and = most of the =E2=80=9Cregular=E2=80=9D speakers in the country are = located in the capitol (Sofia) which is a 5-6 hours drive. <br = class=3D""><br class=3D"">My observation is that people started offering = talks more after I did a few. And after a year and a half I continue to = speak every third meetup. I=E2=80=99ve experimented with other formats = like lightning talks with mixed results. Also a personal encouragement = and offer to help from the organizers seems to go a long way with = prospective speakers. <br class=3D""><br class=3D"">As for reaching out = my personal experience is that word of mouth and people bringing their = colleagues and friends with them works best. Also having a present on = all popular platforms in the country. Currently we still have more = people showing up trough the Facebook events than trough <a = href=3D"http://meetup.com" class=3D"">meetup.com</a> <<a = href=3D"http://meetup.com/" class=3D"">http://meetup.com/</a>> = because that=E2=80=99s more popular in Bulgaria. <br class=3D""><br = class=3D"">On the bright side it=E2=80=99s awesome that you have = inspired others to start similar events.<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">As = long as people show up you can even grab a drink and talk php without = talks and still have a really productive event and a good time for = everyone. <br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Keep up the good work and good = luck!<br class=3D""><br class=3D""><br class=3D"">On Thu, 17 May 2018 at = 3:00, Jesper =C3=98stertoft Jacobsen <<a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" class=3D"">[email protected]</a> = <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = class=3D"">mailto:[email protected]</a>>> wrote:<br = class=3D"">Hello UG-Admins<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">I am Jesper = Jacobsen, I run the Danish PHPJutland group.<br class=3D""><br = class=3D""><br class=3D"">We've been up and running for a year and a = half now, and are finally starting to gain some real traction.<br = class=3D""><br class=3D"">However, developers in Denmark are still very = shy, as there has been no precedence for meetups or the likes = beforehand. Luckily it's contagious, and companies that has hosted us = has started to do similar events.<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">What's = your best advice for reaching out to new users, and to potential = speakers?<br class=3D"">It's currently quite the challenge to find = speakers as they are shy, and Denmark is quite split. About 50% of the = developers we can use as speakers are located in the capitol, = Copenhagen, about three hours away. We have had speakers from there = before, but I don't think we can do that every time.<br class=3D"">Aarhus,= where we're located has a lot of great companies, but they aren't very = keen on speaking, unfortunately.<br class=3D"">I'd be glad to hear = anything you can tell me about running a Meetup, as I still feel very = new to the whole process.<br class=3D""><br class=3D""><br = class=3D"">Thank you very much<br class=3D"">- Jesper<br class=3D""><br = class=3D""><br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Boyan Yordanov<br class=3D""><a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = class=3D"">[email protected]</a><br class=3D""><br = class=3D"">Organizer of PHP Varna <http://phpvarna.com/><br = class=3D"">Software Engineer @ ShtrakBG<br class=3D"">Find me on Twitter = <https://twitter.com/specter_bg><br = class=3D""></div></div></blockquote></div><br = class=3D""></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_7143DB5D-43BA-4BD5-85CB-BC193978101B-- --Apple-Mail=_8BE5FFA1-FEAF-4CC8-B5C8-56EB681D0286 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Message signed with OpenPGP -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEVzLY/u3o1Z/lnxWXcN+PiCAkIDwFAlr9PGMACgkQcN+PiCAk IDyYHxAAmEAdbbdiPVmLjWZ2BsbFlH6xUK65DVcZfFov5MXCMmxVoLIAB8xaiGK1 JVw/I4+yR9gQK9c8k+fqjEOBaW1HpdVUb0W3HUXIetM4jNVpSxc7ND1Mr2dBHj3W n67ROyFCKWHsPc/VDyZfMQ4O2oNbt/OLEjnb3sAdlc4OKZ7HdmD2h647NtctrhUf 7qDHfN7aXt+sJbr/3fqjX6ZtaEFQt4ZD7ErnOMJe2GxNCYsDz+3fzpu9zzp7Cg1l H2co2AXUShlGPxVPdLBHsw7DyXX9dz9OA79fy0ODx51lYds+tPhBlG+u9YIoR6Cb CdIKuwq6GRHe9sFIcmcnox/++HVGU7gGybCM4a9PB+QA8Wmd4I7NSUkCaebV4dAc JY3zpQHPQdzowQbuDeK8o8qHw819R2iQYA9Hx4LWu2O2LgmnXPpb+dBsjrb1fEaV 2VrlAxR63CFFj0PlHoslSU4nyM4G9/8HBuoC3FWxczhm7jn9QYHX0PeWTLXiWDgX gKfIeTuTY+NDw3wY4FED39H6nXJZz+D54KtkKdWicEaZdtt4CGtgJMyX7QJa56gI tPU7lBA4IjrDY/eSHmaMMMetrR5RpPi7HBkomvhPK9IsdB8hUm9CBsXk+PoKSC5q bm5aZG62js8L5GMyU5c0WPsEPkqPYWxZvyb3H3lr74CHWAZU1z0= =p+7z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail=_8BE5FFA1-FEAF-4CC8-B5C8-56EB681D0286--