Past meeting
March 2008 Meeting of The NY Tech Meetup
(59 ratings)
Meeting Description
Organized by
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"You can't miss us, we take over the whole ground floor of this building!"
--dawn barber (Co-Organizer) and Scott Heiferman
Details
A special meeting of the NY Tech Meetup -
For the first time, we chose a theme and invited presenters -- not necessarily from NYC -- to enlighten us... followed by our first panel discussion. The theme is...
Power to the People: The Future of Organizing
& Presenters are...
1. Jordan Goldberg http://stickk.com... (coming from Yale)
2. Peter Deitz http://socialactions.... (coming from Montreal)
3. Jesse Richards http://meetup.com/...
4. Paul Miller http://schoolofeveryt... (coming from London)
5. Andrew Mason http://thepoint.com... (coming from Chicago)
6. Clay Shirky http://shirky.com/her...
7pm Presentations begin promptly
8pm Panel Discussion
8:30pm Breakout Group Discussions
9pm Out the door (self-organize yourselves to a local bar)
Only RSVP if Interested
We encourage those interested and/or working in this specific area (self-organizing tech) to RSVP yes, and those not interested in this one wait til next month (or change your RSVP to no if you've already signed on), when we go back to our regular programming.
The last 200 slots will open up at 12pm on Monday at http://newtech.meetup...
REMEMBER: Make sure your RSVP includes your FULL NAME - FIRST & LAST - if not you'll get bumped off.
Thanks to DFJ Gotham, IAC and Wilson Sonsini for supporting our community.
The NY Tech Meetup -- We are the NY Tech community.
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Who Attended
It's estimated that 394 people attended.
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Lawrence Wang
"i liked the theme, especially The Point and Clay Shirky's presentation." -
bret brase
"will be interesting to see where these companies or ideas go in a year. i like the idea off a meet up tracker." -
Asi Burak
"Loved the social issues focus, the demos were inspiring" -
Daniel Lee
"Good presentation and it got my wheels spinning in a helpful way. I wish there was a longer Q&A period as I was interested in the types of questions other ppl were thinking." -
Steven Lehrburger
"The Point was a very cool idea, and Clay Shirky is an especially good speaker." -
Matt Kangas
"Amazingly, I got an RSVP (after 3 months of trying)" -
Richard Klotz
"I liked the ideas presented." -
Tito Ingargiola
"Interesting content crisply delivered in a compelling environment. Very nice." -
Yaritsa Arenas
"I actually showed up late, but what I did see was really cool. It was a great first impression for me." -
Travis Millman
"Excellent line up of speakers. Fascinating and sure to be important theme. Kudos to the organizers." -
Lauren Sperber
"Great lineup of people working on inspiring projects. A common theme uniting the presentation adds a nice coherence to the evening." -
Matt
"I really liked this meeting versus February. I also liked the general communities theme for the meeting and hope to see that continue." -
Joseph Piekarski
"we need more ladies" -
Diane Deely
"It was great. Very informative." -
Jessica Perilla
"I loved the format and location, well organized and very informative." -
Vikas Sapra
"I was at the edge of my seat throughout yesterday's meetup. Not only was the topic - future of (self)organizing - particularly relevant, but the presenters also were top-notch. Stickk and The Point demonstrated very unique (and possibly world-changing) business models. As per usual, Clay Shirky's presentation was equal parts insightful and comedic. I'm looking forward to reading his book "Here Comes Everybody." Nice work Scott." -
Brian Driscoll
"I like the idea of grouping similar companies/presenters together." -
Ashish
"this was awesome. i liked all of the presentations very much (the social causes i didn't really understand)." -
Jeff Wald
"this should just be about building links and supporting the NYC tech community. We have so much work to do in order to build the institutions and support structures that SV, Boston, Austin, etc. have. Although the presentation by Clay was amazing. As he was not pitching a specific company that was a great way to educate the community; loved that part." -
Toni DeMarco
"Enjoyed it. Clay Shirky's speech was thought provoking." -
Kfir Shay
"I came to see startups not talk abstract!"
Tom Hughes
"Well done, well programmed, well executed."