Adelaide Bloggers and Social Web Media January 2009 Meet-Up


Adelaide Bloggers & Social Web Media Jan 09 Meet-Up

I believe it’s safe to say that our first Adelaide Bloggers and Social Web Media Group get-together of the year started off pretty well. Not only did we manage to get our first venue sponsor (yes – free house wine and softdrinks + 50% off everything else we ordered + free 3 hour parking) via Caffé Primo – Norwood – we even managed to have a pretty decent attendance (25 attendees, even though it’s a long weekend – and a few new folks joined us too + some of our old friends and regulars).

And yes, thanks again to Ara, the owner of Primo Norwood. He even came to talk to the meet-up attendees at the start of the party, to tell us how and why he franchised a Primo. And, his dream of changing and making things better – as well as his general love for the food industry. It was great.

Another thanks, of course, goes to my sister, Sasha Manuel, who made the contact and organised the sponsorship deal. If she lived in Adelaide, I would’ve definitely asked her to keep working on these types of deals. Heh.

I’m really hoping that this is just the start of better and more exciting things to come for our growing group. I’ve got other ideas, and I’m hoping to find ways to pull them off. But yes, social media is definitely alive and kicking here in Adelaide. And, I’m really grateful to all our friends and members who help to make this happen. Thank you, all!

To see individual pics – visit this Facebook Album or our January 2009 Meet-up Page on Facebook. Or, you can also check out the movie slideshow below.

Now, here are the folks who helped us to make this event a success -

Also, here are some blog posts about the event (Note: If you’re an Adelaide blogger who joined the event and blogged about it, please let me know so I can add your link here too.) -

Again, thanks so much for making this happen. Until next time!

Oh, and yes, if you want to be notified of future events, check out our Facebook group page and/or our Meetup Page* (Sponsored by australianblogs.com.au). We have tentatively booked the 24th of April 2009, Friday, 6 to 9pm, as the next meet-up date.

Here’s the video slideshow of photos from the event -


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Comments

  1. MrsG says:

    wow, i wish i can organise something like this in Christchurch.

    Looks like you all had a good time plus you had a sponsor! wowowow!

    C xx

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  2. Dexie says:

    Love the music Shai :)

    Reply

  3. Sasha says:

    I wouldn’t mind it one bit! ;) Just happy to have been able to help out. Hope I’d get to attend more of these in the future!

    Reply

  4. Shai Coggins says:

    MrsG: I hope so for you too! You never what can happen. And yeah, it was a good meet-up. The sponsorship was definitely an added bonus.

    Dexie: Glad that you did. :-)

    Sasha: Well, thanks again. Let’s hope!

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  5. Andrew Cox says:

    Was a great night, thanks to Caffe Primo for the great food and accommodating us! Really great to catch up with some friend and make a bunch of new ones too :-)

    Great pics here shai!

    Reply

    Shai Coggins reply on February 20th, 2009:

    Hi, Andrew! Thanks. It was great catching up and everything. Looking forward to the next time. :-)

    Reply

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