Almost a year after Jeff Pulver started the #140Conf he hosted his first Boston #140Conf Tweetup with the assistance of Ellen Rossano. The event was held at the Tamo Bar located in the Seaport Hotel, which btw is a great place to host tweetups.

So after Jeff’s keynote at MIT Enterprise Forum in Cambridge he was escorted to the tweetup by Lois Ardito, Principal/ Realtor, Avenue 3 Real Estate LLC. After meeting and hugging a few of his closest friends he ask Steve Garfield to join him as he talked about the history & future of the #140Conf.

Well watch for yourself (below).

Also I want to give a special shout out to just some of the great people met for the first time Trish Gillis, Steven Quezada, Malia Lawson, and Boston newbie Johnny Negretti

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Where you there? What did you think of the event. Also please leave a comment in the comments section.

Photo album

The #bbblogers TweetUp held on 6/17/2010 was a fun event and really showed what is great about tweetups. This was a tweetup where LiLu, a Mass native who is currently living in Washington DC, tweetup for Boston Bloggers.  She used twtvite to promote her event, which is an ideal site to help reinforce the casual and social nature of her tweetup. And although I almost always generally recommend Eventbrite for tweetups, twtvite is an excellent alternative for the more casual tweetups.

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“Want to grab drinks with a fantastic group of people?” was all she need to say to attract like minded people that also happen to love to blog. That statement also implied that if you attended the tweetup you were also a fantastic person, Great Marketing!

The result was a gathering of cool lady bloggers  and myself, that only male (one of the many sacrifices I make for @BostonTweetUp ).  Although there were a couple of 20 inch TVs there, the men bloggers were most likely watching the Boston Celtics play game 7 of the NBA finals elsewhere.

By visiting everyone’s blogs afterwards, it seemed like the majority of the attendees there had already made connections online beforehand and were just meeting IRL (In Real Life) for the first time.

We talked, laughed*, and had some drinks, in the end we all had a better understanding of each other and what we were all involved with besides blogging.

*A good portion of the night was spent laughing about everyone’s (but me of course) experience of going to the ladies bathroom. The tale involved going up and down some stairs, interacting with the wait staff and finally a mirror in the bathroom! Ask us about this crazy story at the next tweetup.

This event is a great example of what is so great about tweetups and how they can be leveraged as a great resource for connecting. What separates this tweetup from say a traditional gathering is the use of a hashtag, in our case #BBBlogger.  A hashtag is a tool primarily used to filter conversations on twitter.  Now everyone, whether they were there or not, could be apart of the event by simply using the hashtag #BBBlogger whenever they tweeted.

See below for the twitter stream of everyone on twitter tweeting about the event.

And although I was the only male there, I didn’t feel out of place and that was a testament to the great host and Social Media Maven LiLu aka @LivitLuvit http://www.livitluvit.com/ Lilu is extremely welcoming, charismatic, funny and outgoing. It is no wonder why she has quite the online following. She is also quiet the online entertainer as evidence of the Tosh.0 style video she has on youtube called:  Surprise Trust Falls: Abusing Tourists on the National Mall

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I expect more great things from LiLu so stay tuned as I am sure she has some other great things in store.

Finally I want to give a  special shout out to (in order of how they are pictured below) Jennifer Denning LiLu ,  Katy Mary aka @TangerineHearts http://tangerinehearts.blogspot.com/, Kinsey Michaels aka @kinseymichaels http://www.kinseym.com/,  LiLu Lil Sis,  Susan Forshner @susanforshner http://transienttravels.com/ & @WhatKindOfGirl http://www.notthatkindofgirl.net/ (not pictured below)

Where you there? What did yo think of the Tweetup? Please rate and comment below!

Here is photo album (do you want to add your pictures, simply tag your photos with bbbloggers on Flickr)

Here is a summary of Bon Voyage Tweetup #BVBoston hosted by The Community Roundtable (Rachel Happe & Jim Storer ) and Awareness (Christine Major, Mike Lewis, Will Eisner, Philip Barry, Scott Farrell & more)  NOTE: Case Study is located at the bottom of this post.

Were you there? Let us know what you thought.

Tweetup Photo Album

(to have your photo included simply tag your photo with #BVBoston on Flickr)

The Boston Tweetup Difference!

This is a case study on the BostonTweetUp Difference. Given that there are almost 20+ event calendars options for the Boston area, BostonTweetUp wants to highlight how we are working for you (event goers, organizers, venues & sponsors).

Every event is different and requires a unique strategy

We will be looking at Bon Voyage Tweetup #BVBoston as an example.

One month before the event BostonTweetUp recieved information on this event. We looked at all elements of this event and determined that what it needed most, as it had many elements to make it sucessful already, was an initial sign up push. So to show you the power BostonTweetUp can have we are showing you some of the backend tracking that we do for every event.

With one tweet we:

• Got 19 people to sign up for the event
• Were 84% of the traffic that the sign up page had in the 24 hours after the tweet
• And that was all with over a month until the event.

Contact us if you want us to help you with your event planning and promotions. Also review our new FAQ

This is a mini review of the Innovation Beer Summit Tweetup. This Tweetup was dubbed as “joining innovators in Boston for beer and conversation on innovation, social media, and anything that makes you smile.” And that it did. It was great group that combined both a sit down meal with great conversation. There were three wave of attendees at the event and I left right before the third wave arrived.

If you haven’t been to an #InnoBeer that I would encourage you to attend. Here is a snapshot of the photo’s and tweets about the event. If you attend the event I highly encourage you to rate and leave a comment about you thought about the event.

Photo Album

Tweets

We want to make sure we give you the viewer of @BostonTweetUp TV the most value. Given that adding the links are the most time consuming process of @BostonTweetUp TV we want to make sure that it is something that is helpful for you as a viewer. Please answer Yes it’s helpful please keep them or No it’s a distraction please remove them. Also please comment below if you would like us to change in another way to make things better like reduce the number of links.

Thanks

What did you think of the #mpb2b tweetup?

Event details: The MarketingProfs Tweetup is being held in connection with the MarketingProfs B2B Forum, but you don’t have to be registered for the B2B Forum to come and mix, mingle and enjoy free snacks, beer and wine.

B2B Forum speakers, sponsors and attendees will also be part of this event, which takes place after Day 1 of the MarketingProfs conference.

Sound good?

Registration is limited to 200.

Free appetizers!

Free cerveza and vino!

PLEASE NOTE: Everyone must register for the Tweetup.  (Even if you are already registered for the B2B Forum.)

ALSO NOTE: The photo’s below also includes B2B Forum conference in addition to the tweetup.

What did you think of the #wingup tweetup?

Event Details:

Come hang out at Whiskey’s, have some $0.15 wings (1/2 off appetizers if you come before 7PM) and good times. If you like people and wings, this is where you need to be.

Plus, I haven’t seen many of you in a long time and it would be great to catch up. People I don’t know are welcome too!

Tweeting about the event? Use #wingup as the hashtag.

What did you think of the #socialc20 tweetup?

Event Details: The Social Media & Community 2.0 Strategies has moved to the east coast for the first time, so we decided this would be a great time for the Boston community to get together for a tweet-up. Whether you’re attending the Social Media Conference or just local to the area, we invite you to continue the conversation Monday evening at the Atlantic Beer Garden.

Here are some pics from the #SocialC20 conference:

What did you think of the #InnoSocial tweetup?

Event Details:

Join Communispace and The Community Roundtable for the Social Innovators Tweetup #InnoSocial. We will be welcoming attendees from around the world, leaders in innovation and social media, as they converge on Boston for 3 major industry conferences. Mix and mingle with the best and the brightest market researchers and innovators on May 3rd at Lucky’s Lounge.

Throughout the week you can find Communispace and The Community Roundtable at:

Social Media & Community 2.0 Strategies

Communispace’s Manila Austin and Oglivy’s Graceann Bennett will be presenting findings and insights from the latest research, Eyes Wide Open, Wallet Half Shut: The Emerging Post-Recession Consumer Consciousness.

Communispace client Betsy Poris, Scholastic, will be participating in a panel of Forrester Groundswell Award winners, moderated by Josh Bernoff.

The Community Roundtable’s Jim Storer will be moderating a panel discussion “Getting It Right The First Time” with community experts from EMC, TripAdvisor, & eBay and Rachel Happe will be conducting a fireside chat with Jamie Punishill, Director, Digital Channel Strategy & Social Media, Citibank.

Front End of Innovation (FEI)

Communispace’s VP of Business Strategy, Bill Alberti, will be moderating a panel of Communispace clients talking about how they are integrating consumer thinking into their organizations to inspire greater creativity and realize dramatic business impact and growth.  The panelists include senior executives from Kimberly-Clark, Turtle Wax and Reebok.

MarketingProfs B2B Forum

The Community Roundtable’s Rachel Happe will be moderating a panel – Building a Strategy for Launching an Online Community with B2B professionals from Cisco, EDR, and The Palladium Group.