by Dave ClarkeEarlier this month I had the great pleasure of meeting Meetup.com founder, Scott Heiferman, at an Event on 'How real time web is facilitating offline interactivity'. Scott spoke on a panel at the event about the importance of offline community. He was in London for a gathering of UK Meetup organizers.
Scott said that he really began to experience the power of community in post 9/11 New York when people began again to rediscover the importance of looking out for each other. I was in London during the bombs on the underground and on a bus on 7 July 2005 and saw many people going out of their way for others in a similar way.
Scott shared that the idea for Meetup came from that time and he wanted to create a site to help strengthen community. To give people the opportunity to use the Internet to get together in local communities each day with the goal of improving themselves or their communities. Their mission today is to revitalize local community and help people around the world self-organize. Meetup believes that people can change their personal world, or the whole world, by organizing themselves into groups that are powerful enough to make a difference.
As Scott said it's about "Using the Internet to get off the Internet!"
A great insight into how to use Online Social Media and Networks in your Business Networking.
Until next time.
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Dave Clarke
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