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Comment on Sponsors – Who are they, how do they look and how to approach them by SanjayShetty

SanjayShetty — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 03:23:34 +0000

Hey Adnan,

Every sponsor would be interested in reaching larger number of potential customers, there is no doubt about that. In fact I was recently party to a series of user group meetings(not events) held across 6 cities in India, by independent user group leaders which were sponsored by a software product firm. Now here is the interesting part, they were interested in sponsoring the UG meetings even if they had 50 attendees.
About UG’s which have successfully attracted sponsors, there are just so many of them, I could put you in touch with some of those leaders, maybe that might help you. As an example, most of the user groups from INETA and GITCA are run by independent influencers, with sponsorship support from a host of third party companies.

Comment on Sponsors – Who are they, how do they look and how to approach them by Adnan

Adnan — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:56:35 +0000

Good tips Sanjay- don’t you think you need to a large number of active users in the user group so a spo0nsor could be attracted. Basically you are talking about offering values to a sponsor or vendors , do you have any success rate? I’ve seen most of the successful UG are run by software companies and they do have budget to host the event and they talk about the technology they want to sell.

Comment on Recruiting new volunteers by Catto

Catto — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:28:32 +0000

Hey Now S^2,

Sounds good!

Thx 4 the info,
Catto

Comment on Recruiting new volunteers by SanjayShetty

SanjayShetty — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:14:17 +0000

Thanks Gerhard, I’m glad you find it useful

Comment on Recruiting new volunteers by Gerhard Weiss

Gerhard Weiss — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:17:37 +0000

You postings are just fantastic and squarely hit the nail on the head.

Comment on Top 7 reasons why people join a user group community by PHP Users Group Survey – Bradley Holt

PHP Users Group Survey – Bradley Holt — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 04:23:34 +0000

[...] idea of what motivates people to be involved with the group. I got the idea from a blog post on the top 7 reasons why people join a user group community. This was certainly not a scientific survey and there were only 16 responses, but it still offers [...]

Comment on Top 7 reasons why people join a user group community by Best Practices for cultivating your community | Technology Influencers

Best Practices for cultivating your community | Technology Influencers — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:05:35 +0000

[...] People’s motivations will change as they and the group grows. You need to periodically evaluate your member’s motivations if you need to serve the community better. You should do this at least once a year. Reference my earlier blog post regarding member motivations. [...]

Comment on Top 7 reasons why people join a user group community by How to ensure user groups keep inviting you to their meetings | Community Connect

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:33:09 +0000

[...] first step is to figure out what is the primary motivation of the user group. Refer to article Top 7 reasons why people join a user group community. One simple way to do this is to visit the community website and see what the past meetings have [...]