Re: [UG-ADMINS] An idea for PHP UGs

So far this year since we booted up AmsterdamPHP we have had no issues
finding speakers, i think we are just in the epicenter of the european
cycle of awesome people.

What has happened is that we started a second monthly meetup just for
drinks and bar talk, a great way to make stronger bonds and friends.
Started slow but is picking up more and more.

But i really like the idea of show and tell i'm going to propose it here
for our meetups.

*Rafael Machado Dohms*
*Developer, Evangelist, Gamer
*
*http://doh.ms*


On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 9:44 PM, Andreas Heigl <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I'm Andreas Heigl, one of the organizers of the PHP-Usergroup in
> Frankfurt/Main in Germany.
>
> I quite like the idea! We might have a go with that.
>
> We did kind of that two meetings ago. One of the guys presented us a
> problem he currently tried to solve but didn't get any further with. The
> discussion that went of was really great and a lot of good ideas came
> out during the meeting. After the positive feedback we got for that we
> will include this discussion round instead of a talk on a irregular
> basis. I hope that we will get a feedback on the final solution of the
> problem in one of our next meetings.
>
> Andreas
>
> Am 29.05.13 21:18, schrieb Joel Clermont:
> > One of the regular challenges in organizing a PHP UG is getting good
> speakers. I thought I'd share an idea with everyone and get some feedback.
> >
> > Recently, I started another UG here in Milwaukee, this one focusing on
> functional programming, but no one specific language. I had a nice
> conversation with Bryan Hunter who organizes the Nashville FP group before
> our first meetup and one of the things he said really resonated with me.
> Part of their monthly meetup is a "show and tell" section. Anyone can get
> up and talk for 5 - 10 minutes about something they found useful or
> interesting. No slides, nothing formal. Maybe it's a snippet of code
> they're proud of, a new language feature they figured out, maybe a podcast
> or an article or conference talk they found helpful. The goal is to get
> more people involved, especially those that wouldn't feel confident enough
> to stand up and give a formal 30 - 60 minute talk.
> >
> > I tried this and I found it really fun. We had maybe 20 people at the
> first Milwaukee FP group and 6 or 7 did a "show and tell". We're going to
> try it at the June Milwaukee PHP meetup and see how it goes.
> >
> > Has anyone else tried this? What do you think of the idea?
> >
> > Joel Clermont
>
>
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