Episode 31: Meetup

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This week we talk about Meetup.com including their new “Everywhere” feature for organizing worldwide events. Key news stories: Yankee iPad ban, NCAA D-1 schools on Facebook, Ryan Dickerson – Your numbers don’t impress me, Warriors 2010 Draft Challenge, Saint Paul Saints tweets, MLS founds center to educate front -office staffers, NFL supreme court decision

News

1. Yankee Stadium Bans iPads – Link
2. Omaha Royals Promotions – Link
3. NCAA D1 Schools on Facebook… Yes, All of them – Link
4. Your numbers don’t impress me – Link
5. Warriors 2010 Draft Challenge – Link
6. Saint Paul Saints – Link
7. MLS founds center to educate front-office staffers – Link
8. What the Supreme Court’s antitrust ruling means to the NFL – Link

Quicktip – Meetup.com

1. Features – Link
   1. Activity Feeds
   2. Post Photos
   3. Connect with fellow members
   4. View and chart RSVPs over time
   5. Co-organizers
   6. Rating of meetups
   7. Cost – $12/month
2. New – Meetup Everywhere – Link
   1. Techcrunch Example – Link
3. Sports Ideas
   1. Better organize tweetups
   2. Worldwide meetup events, exclusive live video stream, chat, Q/A, access
   3. Build real life communities worldwide
   4. Organize viewers of big games, home & away
   5. Games, contests, giveaways based on benchmarks of involvement

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