Meetups and community building — page 7

Starting, growing and retaining a community — from a first meetup to a recurring chapter program.

286 stories in this topic

August 7, 202616 min

Dunbar’s Number: Why Your Community Stalls at 150 Members

Discover how Dunbar’s Number explains why communities struggle beyond 150 relationships and learn practical strategies to build stronger, more meaningful connections with the right people.

August 6, 202615 min

Singapore Networking Culture for Newcomers: How to Build Professional Connections

Discover how Singapore networking culture works for newcomers, from business etiquette and community events to practical strategies for building meaningful professional relationships.

August 6, 202616 min

Bangalore Tech Community Events Guide: Where to Find the Best Tech Events

Discover the best Bangalore tech events, developer meetups, startup communities, and networking opportunities. Learn how to find, attend, and build valuable connections at Bengaluru's technology events.

August 6, 202616 min

33 London Tech Meetups Worth Your Evening

Discover the best London tech meetups worth attending, from developer communities and startup events to AI, product, and networking gatherings. Learn how to find meaningful connections and make every meetup count.

August 6, 202616 min

Lisbon After Web Summit: The Year-Round Startup Event Scene

Discover how Lisbon’s startup ecosystem continues beyond Web Summit with year-round conferences, founder meetups, innovation events, and networking opportunities. Learn where entrepreneurs connect and how event platforms like MeetWho help create meaningful professional connections.

August 6, 202616 min

How Coworking Managers Turn Members Into a Community

Learn how coworking managers transform individual members into engaged communities through intentional community management, meaningful connections, events, and smarter networking strategies.

August 6, 202616 min

What DevRel Teams Should Measure at Events: A Complete Guide to DevRel Metrics

Learn which DevRel metrics event teams should track to measure developer engagement, networking quality, community impact, and event success with actionable frameworks.

August 6, 202617 min

The Community Manager's Weekly Operating System: A Complete Workflow Guide

Discover a practical weekly operating system for community managers covering planning, engagement, member relationships, event workflows, networking activities, and measurable community growth strategies.

August 6, 202617 min

How to Host a No-Code / Vibe Coding Build Night: A Complete Meetup Guide

Learn how to host a No-Code / Vibe Coding Build Night with practical planning steps, attendee engagement tactics, networking ideas, and event management workflows for successful community meetups.

August 6, 202615 min

How to Run a Product Manager Meetup: Format, Topics, and Speakers

A practical guide to organizing a successful product manager meetup, covering event formats, discussion topics, speaker selection, networking strategies, and tools that help create valuable professional connections.

August 6, 202616 min

How to Run a Design Community Meetup: Complete Organizer Guide

Learn how to run a successful design community meetup with practical steps for planning, attracting designers, managing registrations, creating meaningful networking opportunities, and improving attendee experience.

August 6, 202616 min

How to Run an AI Meetup That Isn't Just Another Demo Night

Learn how to design an AI meetup that creates meaningful conversations, valuable connections, and lasting community impact instead of becoming another product demo event.

August 6, 202617 min

Event Landing Page Copy: 12 Examples That Convert

Explore 12 event landing page copy examples designed to turn visitors into registrants. Learn how to write stronger headlines, benefit-led sections, trust signals, FAQs, and registration CTAs, with practical templates for conferences, workshops, webinars, community events, and networking experiences.

August 6, 202616 min

Free Event Budget Template: Plan and Track Every Event Cost

Download a free event budget template for spreadsheets and learn how to estimate, track, and control event expenses. The guide covers budget categories, formulas, contingency planning, actual-versus-estimated costs, and practical workflows for conferences, workshops, community events, and corporate gatherings.

August 6, 202620 min

What a 100-Person Meetup Actually Costs: A Full Budget Breakdown

How much does a 100-person meetup really cost? This practical guide breaks down venue, catering, technology, staffing, marketing, insurance, contingency, and per-attendee costs, with reusable formulas, budget scenarios, checklists, and cost-saving strategies for event organizers.

August 6, 202619 min

Event Benchmark Report: Registration-to-Attendance Rates by Event Type

An evidence-led benchmark report comparing registration-to-attendance rates across conferences, webinars, workshops, hybrid events, community meetups, and corporate events. It explains how to calculate show-up rate, interpret no-shows, forecast capacity, and improve turnout without confusing attendance with registration conversion.

August 6, 202620 min

Attendee Data Retention Policy Template for Event Organizers

Create a defensible attendee data retention policy with an editable template, data inventory, retention schedule, deletion workflow, lifecycle checklist, and source-backed guidance for event organizers. Includes privacy-conscious registration and networking guidance for MeetWho users.

August 6, 202620 min

What Is Event Matchmaking? A Complete Guide

Discover what event matchmaking means, how it works, and how intelligent attendee matching helps people find relevant, mutually valuable connections at conferences, workshops, community events, and online gatherings.

August 6, 202619 min

How to Set a Networking Goal Before Every Event

Learn how to set a clear networking goal before any conference, meetup, workshop, or online event. This practical guide helps you define who you need to meet, prepare meaningful conversations, measure success, and turn new connections into valuable professional relationships.

August 6, 202618 min

How to Turn One Event Into a Repeating Community

Learn how to turn a successful event into a repeating community with a practical system for follow-up, member engagement, recurring programming, meaningful networking, and sustainable growth. This guide covers the full journey from event registration to post-event connection, community rituals, retention metrics, and the next event.

August 6, 202620 min

How to Build a Public Community Calendar That Ranks on Google

Learn how to build a public community calendar that people can discover, trust, and use. This practical guide covers calendar structure, event page SEO, schema markup, moderation, internal linking, local visibility, measurement, and conversion—plus how MeetWho can support registration, attendee management, and meaningful event networking.

August 6, 202620 min

Team and Volunteer Roles for a 200-Person Event: A Complete Staffing Plan

Planning a 200-person event requires more than recruiting a few helpers. This practical guide explains which team and volunteer roles you need, how many people to assign, what each role should do, and how to structure registration, guest support, logistics, safety, check-in, and networking responsibilities.

August 6, 202620 min

Run-of-Show Template for Community Events: A Complete Planning Guide

Build a clear, reliable run of show for your next community event. This practical guide includes a reusable template, timing examples, role assignments, contingency planning, day-of checklists, and tips for coordinating registration, communications, check-in, and meaningful attendee networking.

August 6, 202616 min

How to Grow an Event Series from 20 to 200 Attendees

A practical, repeatable playbook for growing an event series from 20 to 200 attendees. Learn how to validate demand, improve positioning, build reliable promotion channels, increase registrations and attendance, strengthen community retention, and create networking experiences that make people return.