Re: [UG-ADMINS] Re: Introduction - phplx - Lisbon, Portugal

Daniel,

Ask your group members!  First as a group (ask what topics they want to
hear and who they want to hear), and then ask individuals ("Hey, you seem
to know a lot about X. Would you be willing to share that with the group
next month?")

I also try to keep in communication with other local tech groups (besides
PHP) and PHP groups that are a little farther away.  They may have a
presenter that could be of interest to your group members.  (I recently had
the organizer of a nearby WordPress group give a talk on version control
and git.)

And don't forget about yourself.  It's good as a backup (if a speaker
cancels), but also good experience to be the speaker every once in a
while.  I'm planning to give a soon talk that I'm polishing up for a
conference.

Good luck!
Patrick

On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Daniel Gomes <[email protected]> wrote:

> One thing that seems to be difficult (at least here in Portugal) is to find
> speakers for the meetups. How do you usually find them?
>
> Thanks,
> Daniel Gomes
>
>
> 2012/12/20 Daniel Gomes <[email protected]>
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > First of all let me introduce myself. I'm Daniel Gomes, and I'm starting
> *
> > phplx* with a group of people.
> >
> > We will do monthly meetups about PHP and related topics in Lisbon,
> > Portugal.
> >
> > We had our first meetup this month and was a sucess, we had 41 attendees
> > and a lot of sponsors and prizes to raffle at the end.
> >
> > We are having some struggle for the second one but we hope to be better
> > than the first :) One important point was we kept some of our sponsors.
> >
> > We are on Google Groups<
> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/phplx>,
> > Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/groups/409189425813464>, Twitter<
> https://twitter.com/phplx>,
> > Linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/in/phplx>, Google+<
> https://plus.google.com/108441509849374256053>,
> > meetup.com <http://www.meetup.com/php-lx/> and also a website<
> http://phplx.net>(for now is simple html since we have a sponsor working
> on our website :) )
> >
> > Any advices or tips are welcome, and also if someone of you want to make
> a
> > visit to Portugal we would be glade to have you speaking in our meetups.
> >
> > Wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
> >
> > Best regards,
> > --
> > Daniel Gomes
> >
> > *p:* 00351 938185709
> >
> > Linkedin <http://www.linkedin.com/in/danielcsgomes> | Blog<
> http://danielcsgomes.com/>
> >  | About Me <http://about.me/danielcsgomes> | Geeklist<
> http://geekli.st/danielcsgomes>
> >
> > ZCE PHP 5.3<
> http://www.zend.com/en/store/education/certification/yellow-pages.php#show-ClientCandidateID=ZEND019952
> >
> >  | CSM <http://www.scrumalliance.org/profiles/171004-daniel-gomes>
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Daniel Gomes
>
> *p:* 00351 938185709
>
> Linkedin <http://www.linkedin.com/in/danielcsgomes> |
> Blog<http://danielcsgomes.com/>
>  | About Me <http://about.me/danielcsgomes> |
> Geeklist<http://geekli.st/danielcsgomes>
>
> ZCE PHP 5.3<
> http://www.zend.com/en/store/education/certification/yellow-pages.php#show-ClientCandidateID=ZEND019952
> >
>  | CSM <http://www.scrumalliance.org/profiles/171004-daniel-gomes>
>