Your go-to for support, advice and more!
We are proud of all the great Umbraco meetups organizers who work hard to put together wonderful meetups for the Umbraco community.
If you are thinking about starting a new Umbraco meetup or if you are planning your next meetup event, feel free to reach out! Umbraco HQ's Brilliant Activities Master and Community Happiness Team member Trine Nissen is here to help you and guide you.
“You’re always welcome to get in touch with me and share your concerns, challenges and others. I’m here to help and guide you in whatever way I can. You’re also more than welcome to plan a meeting with me, to discuss the further process and how I can help and assist you as a meetup organiser."
We believe though that the meetups organizers themselves would know better than us when it comes to hosting a meetup, so if you would like to chat with them and learn from their experience, join the Slack channel #meetup-organisers on the community's Slack space, and don't be affraid to ask for tips and tricks!
You can always reach out to Trine at trn@umbraco.dk
Umbraco swag
If you're arranging an Umbraco Meetup and would like to treat your attendees with some nice Umbraco swag, we are happy to help!
Reach out to Trine for more info.
Content Bundles
Send your meetup attendees to 'Cloud 9' with these content bundles handcrafted by Umbraco HQ for meetup organisers like you to use!
Using the Umbraco Zoom account
All meetup organisers get access to the Umbraco Zoom account to host any hybrid and virtual meetups - neat!
To keep our Zoom account secure, we need to use 2-factor authentication (2FA). Reach out to Trine for a secret key that can be submitted to any 2FA app (i.e. Google Authenticator), which will give you a unique log-in code any time you need to log in!
Access to HQ news and information
If you are planning a demo, or would like to share more information about an Umbraco offering, you can book a Q&A session with HQ.
To do so, please send an email to Trine with the following information:
- Meetup name
- Scheduled date
- Expected attendance
- Theme/Content
Booking HQ speakers
You can reach out to Trine at least 6 weeks before the meetup event to book an Umbraco HQ speaker. The participation can be either virtual or on location. For physical presence, it is recommended to schedule a meetup during the same time an Umbraco training is taking place (The training schedule is available online). It is more likely that a trainer from HQ will be able to join the meetup if they are already conducting training on location.
To book a speaker, it is ideal to have a preliminary agenda and a suggestion for the HQ speaker you would like to see join the meetup.
Meetups organized in Denmark
We are happy to provide access to the DK meetup group on meetup.com for community members who are interested in hosting a meetup in Denmark. All you have to do is:
- Send an email to Trine indicating your name, email address, company name, location of the meetup, and briefly tell us why you would like to organize the meetup. We will get in touch to further discuss the meetup plans and confirm your access as co-organizer if the meetup can be added to the calendar.
- As co-organizer, you can add the meetup information (Date, Agenda, Location), invite attendees, and send reminders to those who RSVPed Yes.
- Share with us your meetup story through great pictures and helpful feedback 😊
Interested in starting your own Umbraco meetup?
Here's a few tips to get you started:
- Get in touch with Trine and share your ideas about the new meetup group.
- We will help you set up the group, cover the subscription fees, and promote the kickoff meetup.
- Take a look at the Umbraco Meetups Network, which your meetup group will be a part of.
- Touch base with other meetup organizers or with HQ on Slack by joining the channel #meetup-organisers.
Other links, resources and more!
Umbraco Meetup Organisers Guide - not just for those starting out!
#meetup-organisers Slack Channel - there may be other Meetup organisers with the same problems you have! (note: you must already be a part of the Umbraco Community Slack Channel)
How to host a virtual Umbraco Meetup - a great blog post by Rachel Breeze on hosting meetups in “corona times”.