01-08-2017 09:06 AM
Great ideas. I am an indoor person and now since my kids are all big now I can venture out in the world. This allows me to meet with new people like I did on Friday. I connected with some wonderful Ladies we met at the KS south key Restaurant in Ottawa it was great
01-17-2017 09:39 AM
Hello Joanna,
I recommend you talk with Sydney or me - we are the moderators of the Toronto Local Guides community about organizing a meet up. Sydney and I have organized 33 of the 36 meet ups for our community.
It is through the planning and organizing of meet ups that Sydney and I have grown Toronto Local Guides into one of the largest local guides communities and top performing community. - We were #5 in the world in the Google Local Guides challenge.
Organizing a meet up is something that takes some planning and there can be some liabilities. I am including a listing of the 36 meet ups. Be prepared that when a meet up goes well everyone will try to take credit for it and if a meet up goes bad it could affect our community and the local guides program.
Toronto Comicon meet up (currently organizing)
Taste and try – Belgian Cuisine
Taste and try – Ukrainian / Polish / Russian Cuisine
Taste and try – Mauritian Cuisine
2017
December
Meet up – Cancelled organizer Prachy Mohan
October
Hunger Heroes meet up – Melissa Bessey organizer
September
Seneca College back to school meet up
Apple Computer headquarters meet up
Patrick Flowers – 2016 Summit meet up
Toronto Local Guides – TV Series meet up
Google Canada headquarters meet up
Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) Photo Contest
Chin Picnic meet up – Local Guides Day
New vintage festival meet up – Local Guides Day
Youth Day meet up – Melissa Bessy organizer
Quidditch Bootcamp – Toronto Local Guides Quidditch team tryouts.
CN Tower – Edgewalk
April Ice Breaker – Distillery district
April Ice Breaker – Three Brewers
Meet ups in 2016 included Picnics, Quidditch, Improv, PottersDay (Harry Potter Day), Video meet ups, photography meet ups, Pizza meet ups, Icebreaker meet ups, taste and try meet ups, Brewery tours, Apple headquarters meet up, Google headquarters meetup, a television series meetup, Pokemon meet up, Rogers headquarters meet up, Youtube Fanfest meet up, Tech week meet up, and we look forward to more meet ups in 2017.
02-21-2017 08:15 AM
All I am looking for is a calendar of Meetup events in toronto for March 2017 .not long winded essays o how to go about organizing meetups .has no one ever heard of occams razor ?
02-21-2017 08:22 AM
+1
I never heard of occams razor. Please educate me, @BrianC .
If you are looking for Meet-ups posted to the Official Local Guides Meet-up site, please visit:
https://maps.google.com/localguides/meetup
Enter the City in the search field, select a date, then the system will show meetups meeting your inputs.
02-22-2017 01:44 PM
https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/Let-s-Meet-Up/Malabar-Meet-up-2017/m-p/137751#M8414 Malabar Local guides
03-10-2017 03:02 PM
Thank you.
03-29-2017 12:08 AM
There is my face here. LOL
04-29-2017 01:56 PM
Thank you @HelloJess, for the wonderfully written detailed post, very helpful and answered all my questions!
05-01-2017 10:40 AM
@HelloJess, great!! examples to organise meetup's. Is their a way out to organise sponsored meetup's to make it more interesting. Some people hesitate to join bcoz this whole concept is virtual. When the meetup's are planned & authenticated by sponsor with some perks & rewards it will generate more interest to join.
05-03-2017 12:34 PM
@WilayatK I've seen examples of Local Guides hosting meet-ups with sponsorship from a business, but you need to be careful about this. Please take a look at our review content policy, specifically the "Conflict of interest" section which states: