Can You Livestream the Event?

seated attendees at World Usability Day Detroit 2017 with videographer in back of room.

As you may know, I’m an event planner and leader for several local meetup groups.

I organize events for Refresh Detroit, West Metro Detroit WordPress, and Metro Detroit WordPress meetup groups.

Since the mid 2000’s, I estimate I’ve organized 350+ monthly meetup events, workshops, in-person conferences, and group viewing events for online conferences.

And there’s one question I get asked every month from a member who’s not able to attend an event in person. Continue reading Can You Livestream the Event?

Photo of the Week: Brants in Marine City

small geese with black heads and subtle white necklace gathered on the grass

Are you interested in a detour along the St. Clair River, I asked my husband as we drove south from the Upper Peninsula last week.

We had spent an extended weekend in the Upper Peninsula, birding and catching the beautiful fall colors along Lake Superior as well as some of our favorite back roads.

The St. Clair River is a good two hours out of our way to where we live in the western suburbs of Detroit, which meant we’d get home after dark, rather than late afternoon.

Why? he asked.

You won’t believe this, but there are half-dozen sea birds hanging out in a park in downtown Marine City. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Brants in Marine City