WikiIndaba conference 2018/Submissions/Tactical approaches to securing free meetup venues
 | This is a Closed submission for WikiIndaba conference 2018 that has already been reviewed by the members of the Program Committee. |
- Submission no. 052
- Title of the submission
- Tactical approach to securing free meetup venues
- Type of submission (lecture, panel, tutorial/workshop, roundtable discussion, lightning talk, birds of a feather discussion)
- Workshop
- Author of the submission
- Eyitayo Alimi
- Language of presentation
- English
- E-mail address
- alimieyitayo@gmail.com
- Username
- Eyitayo Alimi
- Country of origin
- Nigeria
- Affiliation, if any (organisation, company etc.)
- Wikipedia User Group Nigeria
- Personal homepage or blog
- https://eyitayoalimi.blogspot.com/
- Abstract (up to 300 words to describe your proposal)
- The wiki project is opened sourced to empower people with knowledge however, organizing events and meetups has become challenging because of lack of venue which should welcome people to learn awesome things and expose them to the open knowledge.
This workshop discusses and explains how to get free meetup spaces from large corporation, hub, and even banks! Am going to be sharing my knowledge, experience and expertise on how to get venue for meetups to hold regularly without making payments either before or after the program.. .
- What will attendees take away from this session?
- attendees will learn new skills on smarter event organizer which and also how to get venue spaces for free and how to break the barrier of inability to organise meetups due to lack of spaces or venue.
- Theme of presentation
- WikiCulture & Community
- For workshops and discussions, what level is the intended audience?
- Beginning
- Length of session (if other than 25 minutes, specify how long)
- 25 minutes
- Will you attend WikiIndaba if your submission is not accepted?
- Yes,Please!
- Slides or further information (optional)
- Special requests
- Is this Submission a Draft or Final? Draft
Interested attendees[edit]
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Committee decision[edit]
Accepted