March Philly Steem Meetup Recap

Sojust last week we had our 3rd Philly Steem meetup and overall it was another successful event. This one had a lower attendance than the first two, but probably had the best vibe over all so far.  

I attribute that at least in part to the chill musical sounds provided by my good friend and ally @djcarlitoz.

It was also more structured than the first event and less structured and informational than our second one. Not to lower the value of either of our first two events, because they were both great in other ways.

However our primary goal is to make these meet ups a warm, relaxed environment where people can easily make connections, where conversations can flow freely, and valuable information can be shared without any pretension or serious egos involved. And in this regard I think this our third event really hit the nail on the head.

 I'll try to keep this post short and let the pictures tell most of the story. A few of us got there early to set up the DJ system, sign in sheet, etc. It's always a good thing to have more than one person present at the beginning. We had the tunes going and then people just started showing up, mingling and having a good time. :)  

It was a really nice mix of people both those who attended before and those coming for the first time, with smooth friendly conversations all around.

People were having such a good time hanging out chatting about Steem and everything else that it got late and some people were already leaving before we discussed the planned topics! 

So we turned on the projector in order to make sure we had some kind of information rich segment of the event.

I talked very loosely about Steem as a social currency economy. I quickly realized from the blank reactions I need to refine my talking points and / or speaking style. :D But I only spoke for a few minutes anyway.

So Matt delivered the goods mainly by continuing his conversational threads from the evening in front of the room and talking about how the voting mechanics work, the importance of leaving good comments, as well as bots and voting explained more in-depth. These topics never get old. 

Then we did look at a few posts and authors to discuss why they worked well.

This was one of the focal points in our program, but when we got to it, there were a lot of absurd jokes and humor thrown in from various places including our friend @dhimmel whose laptop we were using and was also recording the video. I'm curious to see what the video will look like if he posts it any time soon. It may well make us look a little silly, but we were all having such a good time I don’t any one would really care.  

We also forgot to announce the best content $100 vote giveaway rules and requirements so @yabapmatt and I will have to collaborate on a post or something to make that known.  A few of us stayed pretty late as usual, until it was finally time to call it a night around 11pm or so. 

Thanks so much to everyone who came out and made this a great night @djcarlitoz  @cryptoxbb, @stas360d @dimmel  @yabapmatt @mellofello @andykapps @idx00art @edgy-ed-morrison @stas360d @ginanicole @elima (&Jamie, sorry didn’t get your Steem ID) @treblemakur @ginanicole @mikesalvi @steaknsteem and Jeff & Alexandra (sorry didn’t get your Steem Ids either, but glad you were there:) 

Hope you enjoyed tuning in to another episode of the Philly Steem Meetup. We’re doing big things so please follow for more Philly haps and random stuff from me.  

And if you’re really into us, start following @steemphilly an account we created at the meetup to start aggregating and resteeming posts from our community and in and around the Philly area. 

One last thing don’t forget to check out the https://www.steemcreators.com conference (put together by @steemcafe) happening in Vegas next month where I will be a presenter a long with a dozen or so other fine folks from the Steem world. https://steemit.com/promo-steem/@hypnopreneur/super-excited-to-be-participating-in-steem-creators-conference-2018-april-13-15-in-las-vegas-it-s-gonna-be-insanely-awesome-join  

Thanks again and see you soon!

@hypnopreneur