Slide deck from Meetup 12, Silicon Halton, October 12, 2010 in Oakville Ontario.

3. Agenda
– Welcome, Show of Hands, and Welcome
Mat Newbies (Chris & Rick)
– The Last 12/The Next 12 (Chris, Rick &
Ken)
– The Top Cool Things (Chris & Rick)
– Event Schedule (Reema)
– Member Announcements (Anyone)

4. The Welcome Mat (42 new members since July)

5. After 12 months
• 300+ meetup attendees
• 200+ LinkedIn members
• 340+ Twitter followers
• 25, Twitter lists
• Website got 1400 page views
• 50+ posts

6. Last 12 months
• Met with many influencers in the community
• Met with all the Economic Dev offices
• Addition of other key believers to SH team
• Created web site
• Create membership badge

7. After 12 months
• 12 meetups
– 2 Open Space formats + 3 workshops
– 4 presentation from community experts
– Presentation from Cheryl McKinnon
Nuxeo
– Intro to Sheridan College Student
– Intro of Halton Skills Major Program
– Community messages

8. After 12 months

9. Next 12 months
• Business Plan & incorporate
• Unconference in Spring of 2011
• Raise funds to pay someone
• Establish an interim board of directors
("unofficial")
• Establish "uncommittees" for:
– Event planning and execution
– Community Development
– Bridge Uncommittee
– Other?

10. Top Cool Things – Silicon Halton Bloggers!

11. Top Cool Things – Silicon Halton Bloggers!

12. Top Cool Things – Silicon Halton Bloggers & Spotlight!

13. Top Cool Things – Discussions on LI Group

14. Top Cool Things – Discussions on LI Group

15. Top Cool Things – OpenSpace in Action

16. Going Forward – Schedule For Meetups
• So much great stuff has happened – so much
talent in Halton – so how do we keep our meetup
momentum going?
• We’ve asked you, surveyed you, and discussed at
roundtables and un-meetings what you’re looking for
from our meetups.
• We know you are:
– Professionals / Individuals: looking for connections,
networks, ideas to get more business
– Solopreneurs / Small Businesses: looking for partnerships,
networks, clients, ideas to grow and optimize your business,
get access to venture capital
– Corporations / Mid to Fortune 500: looking for networks,
innovative ways to grow your business, access local talent
pools

17. Meetups Calendar For Membership Needs
So….we’ve developed a meetup plan focused on four themes:
1. Business / Professional Growth
– Marketing - Sales - Business Development
– Examples: Digital Media - Social Media – Inbound Marketing –
Customer Relationship Management – Blogging For business
2. Business Optimization
– Productivity – Methods – Best Practices
– Examples: Project Management, Agile Development, Supply /
Services Chain
3. Innovation / Commercialization
– Product + Services Innovation – R&D – Venture Capital
– Examples: New Product Demos – R&D Sources + Funding –
Sources of Capital – Crowdsourcing Projects
4. Networking / Building Business Relationships
– Collaboration – Partnerships - Referrals
– Examples: Speed Networking – Partnering Opportunities –
Referral Networks

18. Meetups Calendar For Membership Needs
Growth Optimization Innovation Networking
November Linked-In Top 10
Speed Networking
December Doing Business In
The US
January Windows Phone 7
February x
March Speed Networking
April-
Unconference
x x x
May x
June x
July Speed Networking
August x
September x
October x
And started a calendar to help our planning……

19. How Will It Work?
• Event Themes Will Get Posted By October 31
– Will include open call for keynote presentations
– And open call for member presentations
• Each Month:
– Pre meetup networking – 30 minutes
– One keynote presentation based on theme - 30 minutes
– Two member presentations - 5 minutes each
– Post meetup networking – 45 minutes or until bar closes
• Both structured + unstructured formats
– If we run an unmeeting, all the presentation topics will
be posted beforehand so people can think about what
they’d like to hear
• Finally – we’ll round out meetup themes by:
– adding links to presentations / videos from the event
– and invite our members to add other links to ideas /
presentations that support the theme

20. Who’s Going To Do This?
Need Volunteers To Help Build Great Events
– We already have great location scouts
– We need four committees based on themes
– This is not a lifelong commitment, but it is a serious
commitment for one year for the events you take on
Committees Will:
– Plan event (we’ll provide event templates)
– Source / finalize speakers
– Ensure locations work for the event
– Market event
– Be responsible for all info in the linkedin meetup
space
Comments / Questions?

21. Next Meetup
• Topic
• Format
• Date
• Location TBD