One of the best things for your front end development career can be to run a local meetup. Find out why you should do it and how to get your meetup up and running. This presentation is for a lightning talk at the All Day Hey! event in Leeds, UK, on April 24, 2017

1. Running a Front End Meetup
Adrian Sandu | All Day Hey! | Leeds, April 2017

2. Hi, I’m Adrian
● UX-oriented front-end developer
● Organiser of @DublinCSS and CodePen Dublin meetups
● Co-organiser of @Dublin_UX

3. Why run a front-end meetup?
● Networking and socialisation
○ Meet new people with the same interests as you
● Skill development:
○ Technical knowledge
○ Communication
○ Leadership and management
● Exposure
○ gets you noticed by companies
○ “looks good in your CV”

4. Where to start? The easy way
Join an existing meetup
● Check Meetup.com for existing meetups in your area that fit your interests
● Join and offer your help to the meetup organiser
● Eventually become a co-organiser

5. Where to start? The hard way
Start your own meetup from scratch
● When there are no suitable meetups in your area
● Best platform: Meetup.com
○ Easier for interested people to find your meetup
○ Good management and communication tools

6. Fast start option
Organise a local CodePen Meetup (http://codepen.io/meetups/host):
● Can cover full front end spectrum
● Support from CodePen team (advice, swag, promotion)
● Can use Media Temple sponsorship for venue and refreshments

7. Thank you!
Follow me: @adysandu
Slides: www.slideshare.net/adysandu
My meetups:
● www.meetup.com/DublinCSS
● www.meetup.com/CodePenDublin