You know those moments when you are so excited that you don’t know where to start? This is one of those times. Last Friday, I was privileged to host my second meetup in Denver, called Social Media Shenanigans with Joel Comm and Chris Brogan. After the success of my first meetup with special guest Ted Rubin, I immediately began planning a second meetup to take place three months later. Chris Brogan, being the awesome friend that he is, agreed to fly to Denver from Boston to attend and be my special guest. With help from Sabrina Risley of CERTUS Professional Network, Tara Jacobson of Marketing Artfully and Dave Galegor of Kicking Cow Productions, along with a number of volunteers and sponsors, we were able to pull off an ever greater success with our most recent meetup! The venue was The Living Room on Broadway in Denver. It was a great place to host the 150 people who came and went throughout the evening. If a picture says a thousand words, following are several thousand words to give you the vibe of the evening. Many of the photographs were taken by Anne Barhyte, of Photographer Of Life and Roger Williams Photographer. A packed house at The Living Room for Social Media Shenanigans Meetup 2 Me sharing the agenda with the attendees The view from the back Networking in a festive atmosphere makes it more fun! It’s all about connecting with friends. Can you feel the love? Selfies? At a meetup? Nah… One of the different things I opted to do was to conduct a live video stream during the entire event. When Chris or I weren’t on stage speaking, attendees were being interviewed for those who couldn’t be there that night. Meghan Conter interviewing Eric Cell Wonderful Northern Colorado-based people! I love this guy. Chris delivered great material and had a really great time with everyone. Chris and I gave away a couple dozen door prizes that night. Many shenanigans took place in from of our giant banner. Giving away copies of Chris’ book, The Freaks Shall Inherit the Earth: Entrepreneurship for Weirdos, Misfits, and World Dominators Even my brother, Michael, came in from Chicago for the event! That made me very happy. Tracy Malone brought red noses, which people were all-too-happy to wear. And The Denver Balloon Guy made fun balloon hats and animals! Fun… More fun… And yet still MORE fun! Not only did Shenanigans attract some local business superstars such as Viveka von Rosen, Tamara McCleary and Debra Jason, but you never know who else might turn up. For example… Tom Terwilliger, a former Mr. America, and his wife Dawn, both flanking Brogan. Emmanuel Weyi, who may be the next President of the Democrat Republic of Congo (just to my right) Several people offered up their thoughts on the evening. Here’s what Jennifer Tracy had to say. Already people are asking when the next event will take place. I suspect we are going to do another in the fall, but we’ll have to see. If you want to see all the photos that we collected from the meetup, click here! (Warning! There are a lot!) And if you’d like to see the entire video stream of the event featuring Chris Brogan’s talk and all the interviews as they happened, you may watch below. There are so many more people to thank for their participation in the event, including our sponsors: Tito’s Handmade Vodka – Guests were ordering #Proudfreaks (Don’t know what was in there with the vodka, but I’m sure it was good. ORBTR Torq – The most important email tool in your sales arsenal! A Sales Guy – Keenan is one of the top sales people anywhere! Prosperent – Affiliate tools that help you make money! Email Delivery Jedi – To help you get your email into their inbox Extra-special shout-outs to Mike Baltus for being a fantastic volunteer and supporter, and Greg Hickman, Meghan Conter, Mia Voss and Brian G. Johnson for stepping up to the microphone to conduct fabulous interviews for our livestream. Mia wrote a great blog entry documenting her experience. I always tell people that showing up is half the battle in business. Mia confirms it with this piece. What thrills me most is how the local community of social and business leaders came together for face-to-face networking. It’s all about building relationships and supporting one another. I don’t think we’ve seen the last of Social Media Shenanigans. Not by a longshot. If you are local to the Northern Colorado area or if you are from outside the area, would you be interested in coming to a future meetup? We’ve got a page on Meetup.com for you to be notified. If you have comments or questions, please use the form below!
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