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Emily K. asks:
I live in a town close to admin groups (like Meetup or non-profit groups) but each is at least 1.5 hours away. I would like to start something similar in my town. How would I go about starting a group that will be more than just me, sitting in a coffeehouse by myself?
Does anyone have any experience putting together and administrative group? Please comment below.
If you are not currently on LinkedIn, I would suggest that you join (it is a free service, but does offer premium memberships as well). You can easily create a group on that platform for your community (or see if one exists already). Another option would be to create an admin group within your own organization – by networking with those contacts, you could potentially grow the group to include external members as well.
You could see if your town has a facebook page (mine has two) and post something on there and ask people to send you a private message if they are interested in meeting.