I’ve just got back from the West Midlands MeetUp in Evesham, tired but happy as they say. It was a great afternoon and well worth the effort of organising it.
We were a select band with a widely differing range of experience, and all kinds of different skill sets but it made for a harmonious whole and demonstrated the benefits of having these get togethers. I had met some of the guys before at the Manchester MeetUp in August last year and it was an absolute pleasure to see them again, as well as meeting some new friends and bringing online acquaintance into the real world. The range of topics discussed was huge, everything from deep philosophical debates on the transfer of the market place from the High Street to online, the pros and cons of wordpress, linking strategies, the intricacies of Google Analytics to ‘are the chips good’ – they were.
The five hours of continuous chatter was useful for everyone and we will definitely be repeating the experience with a discussion theme for the meetings as everyone felt this would be useful. I’d like to think some good relationships were forged today. There was a brief moment of silence for photos but that only served to emphasised just how much chat there was….
I’ll be posting details of the next one in due course – and all are welcome – it will be worth the trip…
Left to Right – Tim, Lisa, Chris, Elaine hiding behind Chris, Sandy, Annette, Me, Enzo, Walter
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I would so loved to have been there and a lovely day for a drive through the Cotswolds. I am going to read your Silver Lining book on Squidoo again I’ve got dominate these Tags!!
I was there too, I tok the piccy. Good day had by all.
Really pleased I attended. I’m always a bit reticent about meeting up with people I have corresponded with, but never actually met.
No need to have worried, everybody was really nice and welcoming and the addition of a training element to these meetings would make them unmissable.
I always try to learn something new at these meetings and now I know all about the delights of belly dancing, caravaning in Weymouth and getting tattooed whilst in the Navy.