Kaye Monty

 HKARcarde and @Gartenberg are hosting a tweetup.  For those who do not hang out in twitterverse, this is an event where twitterers meet.  The invitation is usually sent via Twitter; however, invitations do cross over other mediums. For example, I attended a tweetUp where I met a former colleague who did not even use Twitter.  He was a self-proclaimed fan of LinkedIn but heard about the tweetup through LinkedIn Groups.  Mashable had a great post on what to do and not to do when hosting a tweetup in case you are interested in hosting one.

Here are some answers to questions that I have encountered about tweetups:

Do you have to be on Twitter to go to a tweetup?

No, you do no have to be on Twitter to attend a tweetup but it does help that you share some common interest with the other twitterers.  

What do people do at a tweetup?  

You interact with other people through, hopefully, interesting conversation, food and/or drinks.  The conversation is live and not via tweets.  Some people might tweet about the tweetup.  Live tweets are a pretty good way to vicariously be at an event.  I once followed tweets at the last Six Nations Championship match for England vs. Ireland.  People at the event were tweeting live.  Although that was not a tweetup, the concept is the same.

Here is the link to the event which is on Monday, June 8 from 5:30 – 7:30pm at 303 Second Street South Tower on the 9th floor in San Francisco.  Hope to see you there!

Update:

Links to Hill and Knowlton AR team’s blog and Michael Gartenberg’s blog about the event.