District Executive Committee Meeting January 7, 2017 William C. Friedrich, Jr., DTM, PRP Meetup Toastmasters District 55 Bill Friedrich, DTM, PRP

District Executive Committee Meeting January 7, 2017 William C. Friedrich, Jr., DTM, PRP Meetup - Background Way to expose your club Community club Corporate club Meetup has proven to be successful for many clubs Meetup may work best for community clubs Corporate clubs, recommend you take a look at Meetup to see if it could work in promoting your clubs events 2

District Executive Committee Meeting January 7, 2017 William C. Friedrich, Jr., DTM, PRP Meetup Ask club members to join Meetup Designated club member uses District 55 Meetup to create events for the club To be an “Event Organizer” contact District Public Relations Manager For your club to successfully use Meetup you need someone dedicated and interested in keeping it up-to-date It takes club members to join Meetup and help in RSVPing to club events and sharing the event on their own social media Club members will need to establish a “Profile” as a part of becoming a member of Meetup Designated club members responsible to post event information on Meetup need to contact the District Public Relations Manger to ask to be assigned as an “Event Organizer”. We can have an unlimited number of “Event Organizers” in our Meetup group. If you have more than one club member you want to be able to serve as an “Event Organizer” let the District Public Relations Manager know.

District Executive Committee Meeting January 7, 2017 William C. Friedrich, Jr., DTM, PRP Meetup Scheduling club events Clubs can schedule events by clicking on the “Schedule a Meetup” Just follow the instructions for setting up the event 2

District Executive Committee Meeting January 7, 2017 William C. Friedrich, Jr., DTM, PRP Meetup 1 2 3 4 5 1. Put in the title of the event – Club Meeting, Open House, Club Speech Contest etc. 2. Put in some details of what guests can expect at the event 3. Add the date of this event 4. Add the location of this event 5. Schedule this Meetup 2

District Executive Committee Meeting January 7, 2017 William C. Friedrich, Jr., DTM, PRP Meetup Your clubs Meetup has been scheduled Make sure to let your club members know so you can get 4 of them to RSVP; that way it becomes visible for Meetup members to see it

District Executive Committee Meeting January 7, 2017 William C. Friedrich, Jr., DTM, PRP This Concludes This Session