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== The Characters ==

Ivan has been organizing meetups around social good and social tech for a while
Rebecca has done non-tech organizing and tech organizing, but hasn't been able to combine the two yet

== The Notes ==

* Ivan's strategies:
** in the event description, say what each segment of the audience will get out of the event.
** make it explicit that everyone will get something out of the event, and that different skill sets are welcomed
** getting tech people in the room:
*** needing sponsors led to having conversations with tech groups
*** generalized, remember to network with tech groups as well as nonprofits!
** have a "no question is too stupid" policy
** have a question parking lot
* It's probably easiest to do this kind of event when the event is for casual tech users
** a lot of Ivan's events were about how to choose products, not about the actual tech specs
** Rebecca's group splits up their weekly hack nights so there are 3 hack nights and 1 non-tech discussion night
** ask what the goals of the event is (because you're doing social good, so you probably have a lot of goals)