SF Steemit Meetup Recap and Video of Presentations- Getting to Know Other Steemians in San Francisco!
All Steem Dollars made from this post will fund future Meetup costs, such as event space rental, food and drinks, and fliers.
A Successful Evening
We had an amazing Meetup in San Francisco on August 25th! @steemrollin and I were extremely happy with how the night turned out. We had around 25-30 people show up (not all attendees made it in the group picture), which was a good number for a first time Meetup. We were in an incredible space, Code and Canvas. Code and Canvas is a co-working space that "is a community of purpose, dedicated to the creation that stems from the intersection of art and science". The intersection of art and science - pretty perfect for Steemit, right? We would like to give a huge thank you to Code and Canvas for an amazing evening. If you are in the Bay Area it is definitely a space worth checking out.
We drew people in with delicious pizza and pastries from local co-ops, and locally sourced beer and wine. We ran an ad campaign on Facebook for the event, @steemrollin went to a few other SF Meetups revolving around cryptocurrency to promote the event, and we posted tear-off fliers around the Bay Area.
Video of the Presentations
People trickled in for about 40 minutes. We all mingled, ate, and shared our stories during that time. @steemrollin and I then presented on Steemit. We recorded our presentations and you can watch it here:
The video recorder unfortunately ran out of battery (whoops!) but we also had a great Q&A session after the presentations with A LOT of amazing questions. People were engaged, interested, and wanted to learn more about Steemit. There was a mix of potential devs, content creators, and investors that showed up.
Future Meetups
We plan on hosting monthly Meetups in San Francisco!
Save the date for our next Meetup - Thursday September 29th!
- Also...
Save the date for our Steemit Art Show - Thursday October 27th!
We were inspired to create the Steemit Art Show event by Travis Uhrig (@btctravis), the lead organizer for the San Francisco Bitcoin Social meetup group. He told us about an event they recently put on at Code and Canvas, "Proof of Art". This evening was a free one-night-only event exploring the intersection between cryptocurrency and art.
If you are a Steemit artist in the area who has pieces that they would like to exhibit (and possibly sell using SBD or Steem!) please message me on steemit.chat at @anwenbaumeister. Your work does not have to be cryptocurrency related.
You can find our Meetup group here: https://www.meetup.com/steemitsf/
(and join for an exclusive invite to Cryptopalooza - the crypto party of the year!)
Thanks and great recap @anwenbaumeister!
BTW we have a lot of great artists outside our area so maybe we can invite Steemians to send their art and photos here for us to exhibit in late October to sell for SBD?
Please check out our upcoming events if you're in the SF Bay Area!
This is awesome!!! I bet you had a great time.
We did! Good people, good conversation, good food :-)
Phenomenal presentation skills from yourself and @steemrollin for explaining what steemit does and is all about. Would have loved to attend and get to know all of you in person. You are so right about this great community that is being built. The way I see it, with like-minded individuals such as you guys on here, content and the platform itself will hit the stratosphere soon and keep going.
Again, a very very well done job by both of you and here's to your continued success on Steemit. :)
Thank you and yes we're building a great community here!
Thank you for your very kind words! Yes, I agree, Steemit is all about the people and the community we are creating :-)
Beautifully done by you both. You had an exceptional turnout and the setup with the projector and everything was just pure brilliance. Really wish I could have been there and met you all. Keep on being your amazing selves and promoting Steemit through your inspirational stories, it's just what we need right now, a lot of positivity and good spirit!
A job well done, @anwenbaumeister and @steemrollin, awesome communication skills, great job!
Thanks for the kind words!
Thank you so much @rea! Maybe one day you'll make it out to SF for a Meetup :-)
I love to see more meeting and presentation about steemit.
Me too!
seeing you guys is like, OOOOH , it's funny to meet some peers and talking the same topic . God Bless
It's a fun time for sure!
I didnt know you have a san fran. Meeting. That is awesome, i only thought there were meetups in germany. I could probably make it to one of the nexts ones, this is good news.
Looks like you had a successful night, congrats
I think there are a lot of Steemit Meetups popping up all over the place.
That's exciting to meet a fellow San Franciscan on Steemit, I hope to see you at our next event :-)
San Fran is far away from me. My cousin lives there though, I actually just visited the area in april for her wedding. I really like it down in California, but always thought the ocean was supposed to be warm - lame.
anyways, my comment was more that I thought all the meetings were in Europe. Its good news to see some happening in the states. I would definetly like to attend one. ~cheers
Got it! Lol yes our ocean is cold - a shock for many visitors. Though Southern California has some pretty warm water.
Wow, another great meeting with a great turnout! I wish I lived in Germany or San Francisco so I could have attended one of these meetings!
Maybe you can start your own local Steemit Meetup!
I would like to but I don't have enough free time to plan one. I could swing attending one, but planning is definitely a time commitment.
Cool!
Thanks!
That's a cool idea, hope to see more of these popping up.
Thanks! I have seen a good amount pop up and can't wait for more :-)