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

Thanks all for the suggestions.

I will follow them on the next meetups :)

Happy New Year for you all!

Cheers,
Daniel Gomes

2012/12/26 Patrick Schwisow <[email protected]>

> 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>
>>
>
>


-- 
Daniel Gomes

*p:* 00351 938185709

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