I've been excited for the past couple of weeks as @roelandp worked hard to get a fix on the venue and dates for @steemfest 2017. I had to keep my mouth shut about the location and all and it wasn't easy! Thank you Roeland for coming out with the details. Not sure how much longer I could have kept it to myself!

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Agenda

Last year we had a great run after Roeland let me into his team to help execute some ground level tasks. When he discussed the possibility of holding a conference in Amsterdam, I knew Steemit has a special ingredient that can never be replicated! Months later we saw a mega successful meetup resulting in ~200 delegates from 35+ countries and it was proof that we are a special platform!

Credit to its success goes to all the sponsors, participants and everyone who promoted the event and helped us.

This year I'll be there to help Roeland in whatever way I can to make our event hugely successful. Roeland has been planning for months and has everything down. We have 5 months to go and we can certainly achieve the following:

1. Have twice as many active participation in the Hackathon + 2 days of conference compared to last year.
2. Excellent live coverage of the event without any issues.
3. Smoother check-ins for last minute entries (we had quite a few).
4. Exciting outdoor plans that will give you a great taste of all that Lisbon has on offer.
5. More personalised than last year with a slightly bigger team to help all the attendees!
6. Uber cool Steemit Memorabilia that your neighbourhood will be jealous of forever!
7. Great videos and pictures.
8. Lots more!

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Inviting Suggestions

Last year I led a small team for Roeland and offered my assistance to realize his and our community's dream of putting together a fantastic show! We helped him along with his friend Freddie to put a great event together! Roeland made sure everything was well planned and organised from the go!

I'd love to hear any feedback or critique from the community that can help me and my firepower crew do a kickass job this year.

If you feel something was left out by the Firepower crew in execution lemme know. If you liked something and would want it repeated again this year let us know again in the comments! If you want to sponsor please contact @roelandp at [email protected]

The true power of the community lies within you! SteemFest is nothing like you've seen before from a social media platform. You have to be there to soak it all up!

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Join the Awesome Firepower Crew!

Roeland has the vision and my job is to help him ensure all tasks are completely perfectly. For that I need a great team. At Firepower crew we also know how to party and rock events! We execute things to perfection! Personalized yet professional is how we roll! Lifelong friendship is our goal and that's the expected outcome of our working together!

This year I hope to see my crew from last year consisting of @sjennon @foxxycat @razvanelulmarin @anduweb @anyx come back again to SteemFest 2.

Having said that, there will be extra slots (further details will be announced later on) as we need extra hands on deck.

If you feel you can contribute to the event leave me a comment here and let me know why you'd like to be a part of the team and the skills you bring to the table. Roeland and I will take call on the final number in the team closer to the dates of the festival based on his requirements and needs of the event.

However, please ensure you will be able to make it to the event and ergo plan accordingly. I guarantee a great time and I take good care of our team as we achieve a great balance of work + fun at the conference!

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Remember, there isn't a community out there like Steemit. I'll leave you tonight with this quote!

People coming together as a community can make great things happen! - Jacob Rees-Mogg

See you at SteemFest 2017!

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