August 18th, 2020 6 PM
We are proud to share with you the 2nd Meetup Leaders meeting. If you missed it, here is the full recording >
In the first part of our Meetup Leaders meeting, we discussed the importance of growing a leadership team.
How to Build a Leadership Team?
- Identifying active members – people that are sharing from their experience, eager to help others.
- Make the community involved – in decision making, choosing speakers, topics, etc.
- Create opportunities for members to be active – present projects, help sessions, share knowledge.
- Ask people to volunteer for specific tasks – help with meetup operations, admit members online, monitor the chat, reply to questions, etc.
- Just ask the community.
How to Choose the Right Team Members?
- Define the qualities that you are looking for in a community leader – a good place to start is our Code of Conduct
- You have the things you rock on! But, what are you missing? Which abilities or knowledge can another leader contribute?
- Set expectations & be clear about them – What do you expect them to do?
What Type of Roles are there?
Would you like to have an official co-organizer or an assistant organizer? We recommend having both types of assistance. See the different types of roles open on meetup.com
Want to hear more about the different types of roles? Want to add a co-organizer? See more information here
First-Hand Tips
In the second part of the meeting, fellow leaders shared their experience and tips on how to grow and nurture your leadership team; Helmut H. Gobel from the Munich meetup group, Angel Zinsel from the Madrid meetup group, Tonisha Tagoe from the London meetup group and Kerry Russel from the Gwinnett County meetup group.
To hear all about their tips go to min. 11:00 on the meeting recording.