Lessons Learned from 12+ Years of Organizing Meetup Events

Attendees at Accessibility Summit 2016

Imagine you’re a project manager, invited to speak at a local meetup group.

You’ve spent six hours creating and fine-tuning your talk and presentation slides.

The day before your talk, you check the online event registration site to see over 45 people have registered to hear you speak.

Whoa!

It’s your first time speaking to a local group and you’re thrilled to see so many people interested in your presentation.

You arrive at the venue, greeted by smiling event organizers who quickly help you get set up. Continue reading Lessons Learned from 12+ Years of Organizing Meetup Events

Social Networking for Good: Eventbrite Updates their Merchant Agreement After Backlash

Eventbrite post for May 2018 West Metro Detroit WordPress event

The tweet caught me by surprise last Friday night.

Eventbrite, the popular online platform used by event organizers (including me) to create, promote and sell event tickets, had rights to attend the event I published on their platform.

In addition, Eventbrite could film and copyright my event.

And according to their Merchant Agreement, as the event organizer, I had to pay licenses, permissions, clearances, and cover Eventbrite expenses.

What? Continue reading Social Networking for Good: Eventbrite Updates their Merchant Agreement After Backlash