Community Meet-up Challenge #CommunityLive2020

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Update 18/11: Thanks for the spot @kasunaaa ! I have updated the instructions on where/how to attach the #CommunityMeetupChallenge hashtag for those with event pages set up on external sites (i.e. not Connect)! :+1:

There’s a tradition amongst Connect Live attendees to host/participate in meet-ups held before, during and after Connect Live. These meet-ups are a great ice breaker and it gives everybody an opportunity to explore the US together!

Just to give you an idea of what goes on, these are some of the amazing meet-ups held in the past:

And last year alone, we had a road trip to the Big Sur, a 36walk in San Francisco, a trip to the Great America Park, a visit to Berkeley, a 36walk in San Jose, a pizza dinner with Team Italy, a tour of Alcatraz island, a trip to the Tech Interactive in San Jose, a trip to watch a Seahawk-49ers football match, a Clean The World meet-up, a visit to Winchester Mystery House, a tour of Stanford, a coffee morning at Philz, a One Accessibility Walk meet-up, a visit to the Hello Kitty Cafe and a visit to an Escape Room! :blush: Can you imagine just how intense the schedule is!?!! :sweat_smile:

And they are the ones that I’m aware of! I’m sure there are plenty more trips, visits and meals that have been organised impromptu!

The Challenge:

In the spirit of Connect Live, I want to task you with hosting meet-ups in the days leading to Community Live! If it’s safe to do so, you can host meet-ups in person but I reckon the majority of you will be doing virtual meet-ups instead, and that’s fine!

Requirements:

:clock1: You will need to submit your meet-up to Connect’s Meet-up list. In accordance with the Local Guides rule, you will need to be a Level 3 Local Guide and above!

:clock2: Your meet-ups must be held before the14th December i.e. hosted by the end of 13th December in your local time zone.

:clock3: It can be on any topic or activity, but I would like to encourage you to push yourself to try something different. Think outside the box, be adventurous but always be safe!

:four_leaf_clover: It can be in any language! :blush:

:clock5: You can host the meet-up on your own or as a group.

:clock6: A recap post is required so don’t forget to take your screenshots/photos/videos and smile!!

Just as Connect Live attendees use the opportunity to visit new places, explore new neighbourhoods and try out new things, why not check out Google’s Art & Culture page to get some ideas! This page lists numerous venues, both outdoors and indoors, that you can visit with Street View imagery!

And if this sounds familiar, it’s because @StephenAbraham has hosted virtual tours of various cities in Malaysia to much success. You can readhis recap post (with videos) and he’s even written a really handy guide on how to host a virtual guided tour. :sunglasses:

How to set up a Meet-up:

The meet-up process has changed recently and it’s also new to me so apologies if my instructions are slightly vague!

Method 1:

  1. Create your event page by writing a post on Connect giving details of your meet-up. Useful details to include:
    • Title of your meet-up.
    • Description of what your meet-up is about and the activities that you are wanting to do e.g. doing a photo walk, doing map edits, having a social chat etc.
    • Date and time of your meet-up. Optional: include time zone.
    • Location of your meet-up e.g. ‘Virtual/Online’ if it’s an online meet-up, ‘street, city, country’ if it’s a meet-up in real life (add a Map link)
    • Add any extra information, instructions, requirements or restrictions as necessary. For example, if you have a maximum number of participants, or if you want all participants to bring something or to wear something. Obviously, this depends on your meet-up activity.
    • Instructions on how to RSVP e.g. if you have a Google Form for them to fill or if they just need to leave a comment in your post etc.
    • Deadline for RSVP
    • Include a nice cover photo to help attract attention to your post!
    • Add the #CommunityMeetupChallenge hashtag to the title of your post or within the body of the post.
  2. Submit your meet-up to the Local Guides team by filling in this form. Don’t need to add the hashtag here.
  3. Tag me in the comments below to let me know about your event.

Method 2:

  1. Create your event page on an external site e.g. Facebook, Meetup, Eventbrite etc. Follow their instructions on how to set up a meet-up. Add the #CommunityMeetupChallenge hashtag to the title of your post or within the body of the post.
  2. Submit your meet-up to the Local Guides team by filling in this form. Don’t need to add the hashtag here.
  3. Tag me in the comments below to let me know about your event.

Hashtag:

Please use this hashtag #CommunityMeetupChallenge in your submission for this specific challenge! It will help everybody to keep track and discover similar submissions! See above for where to put your hashtag!

Deadline:

All submissions to this challenge need to be completed by the 10th December 2020. Take note that this is a different date because you’ll need to submit your meet-up 72 hours in advance to get approval from the Local Guides team even if your meet-up is on the 13th December (the last day to have it)!

This challenge is part of a series of challenges for the Community Live event! We’ve got a few to keep you busy and excited until Community Live begins!! It is entirely optional for Local Guides to participate in and is not part of the Community Live application process. To attend Community Live please refer to the information contained in the original post.

Take a look at other challenges that you might also like to participate in:

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@MahabubMunna I think you might be interested in this one!! I saw your post earlier today/yesterday about your 150th meet-up! :+1:

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@AdrianLunsong thanks a lot for inform me . This mount we host a meetup about Renewable energy source use in daily life and our 150meetup maybe in this Christmas I mean Dec 25-26. Actually all people are now almost sleeping so try to woke up .last few weeks puch people to activate in connect forum .in this moment you share with us some amazing challenge so inspiring to Bangladeshi local guides to be a part of your challenge.

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Totally super cool idea @AdrianLunsong . Interested but I am from a village area . So, I won’t find that much people to host a big meet up online .

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@ShahriarAzadEvan It doesn’t have to be a bit meet-up: you can keep to a small group of 5-10 people. And if you’re hosting it online, then it doesn’t really matter where you are since anybody from all over the world can join! :blush:

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Surely this is an excellent motivation & initiative
, dear @AdrianLunsong

Actually, I am on my way of Announcing, what I have done so far:
“ADOPTING ‘Yercaud’ (A hill station in south India) to get the small (& medium) businesses fully listed (registered) in Google Maps”. The planning started in the first week of September & efforts at sites were started on 9th September - till now, almost 100 Small Businesses Sites have been added to Google Maps.

Details will be published in a separate post, which is partially ready.

For the purpose of "Creating Awareness about Google Maps (& It’s benefits) among the Small Business Community, I am planning an LG’s Meetup and Circulation of the leaflets among the community, in the local language.

so, I shall be a part of the Meetup Challenge, God willingly.

Sincerely


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Great challenge @AdrianLunsong , especially in this hard time where we really missed seeing each other in person. Looking forward to see all the great meetups coming in :smile: .

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wow so cool

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I so miss our roadtrip meetups
 wonderful initiative @AdrianLunsong 


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Hi @user_not_found ! Welcome to Local Guides and to Connect! As you are new here, I’m sharing some posts which will be very helpful! Do give them a read!

And feel free to participate in this challenge! Have a look around at how folks are answering the challenge to get an idea of what to write! :blush:

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Wow @TravellerG Great work! And if you happen to host a meet-up during the period stated by the challenge, feel free to include the hashtag and even mention the challenge if you want to! Thanks for all your work!

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@AdrianLunsong First I would like to thank for creating this amazing challenge for the community. can I know here should I put the '#CommunityMeetUpChallenge’ #tag when submitting the meetup? I didn’t find any place to add tags or descriptions in the meetup submission page. But in the event page I have included the #tag. This is my event created for this weekend.

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Thanks for taking part in the challenge @kasunaaa !

Good question! And one that I didn’t consider fully as I assumed that everyone will write a promo post on Connect about their meet-up! :sweat_smile: The hashtag is quite long too otherwise I would ask you to put it in the title (name of event). Darn!

I see that you’ve put the hashtag in your event page which is great! For now, there’s nothing else that you need to do as I’m now aware of your event! :sunglasses: I will update my post to instruct folks to tag me in the comment section if they are hosting any events so that I can track their events if they are not writing a promo post on Connect.

Thanks for letting me know! :blush:

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@AdrianLunsong I will be writing a recap post on connect for the meetup and I will include the #tag on the recap post as well.

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Hello For your Saftey you should be 13 and older for your saftey

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ÂĄOtra increĂ­ble idea de @AdrianLunsong como ya nos tiene acostumbradosl! :smiley:

Creo que todos estamos emocionados con la variedad de retos relacionados con #CommunityLive2020 y oor esa razĂłn estoy agregando un meetup virtual para los Local Guides de habla hispana al #CommunityMeetupChallenge. ÂĄTambien queremos ser parte de estas actividades!

El meetup de Murales Monumentales serå este såbado 21 de noviembre y recorreremos a través de imågenes y videos la historia y significado de un par de murales en la Ciudad de México. ¥Historia y Arte en un mismo meetup, acompañenos! :nerd_face: :framed_picture:

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Hola @AdrianLunsong ÂżCĂłmo estas? Gracias por organizar estas actividades

Te comparto el link sobre el MeetUp de Navidad que vamos a realizar junto a varios Local Guides, y participar en el #CommunityMeetUpChallenge

Un abrazo gracias.

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Thank you @LightRich and @masdesandra for taking part in this challenge! So amazing to see different communities stepping in to join in this great fun!

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Gran iniciativa @AdrianLunsong aĂșn no he organizado ningĂșn Meet-Up despuĂ©s de los recientes cambios, me parece mĂĄs complicado que antes, pero bueno es cuestiĂłn de animarse.

Saludos.

Silvy :argentina:

Idea for Maps

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Thanks for the comprehensive explanation

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