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

I've done similar (not at PHP UGs) using the prompt:

"Tell us about a tool or concept we should know about"

with a target of about 5-10 minutes. Doing 2-3 of those each meeting seems to 
work well.


On 05/29/2013 05:58 PM, Felix De Vliegher wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Strictly speaking I don't run any UG anymore, but I've been quite involved in PHPBenelux in the past and now active in the Sydney PHP UG.
>
> In SydPHP, we also tend to have a "show and tell" section, exactly for the same reason that speakers aren't always easy to find down under. SydPHP employs a much less strict schedule, sometimes with speakers, but often also with a kind of open mic discussion. I think one talk and then an open mic kind of thing works pretty nice.
>
> We don't have a separate second monthly meetup just for drinks, but I've never seen a SydPHP meetup that didn't end in the bar for a couple of drinks :)
>
> Cheers,
> Felix De Vliegher
>
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> On Thursday, 30 May 2013 at 7:38 AM, Rafael Dohms wrote:
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>> 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] (mailto:[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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