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It was a great event, lots of energy.

Mihir did a wonderful job coordinating volunteers.

Improve

More networking opportunities (before and after).

Some people did not understand a keynote was going to happen before the event.

Confusion on what event should they go now.

It was not enough time for people transitioning from one space to the other.

More time for planning.

Ideas

More communication on what is going to happen (pre-informing).

Bigger space to welcome all the communities.

Event planning

Is beginning January a good time?

The holidays get on the way

Could be very cold?

Monday worked, but another day is better?

More inclusive during planning, bringing more communities to the event planning session

Pre event

Online registration

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Improve

More preparation time

The way the registration was presented -

Did not know what is going to happen.

Ideas

User testing the registration

Registration, need to be very clear what is going to happen.

What to select while it is happening

Notifications

Many groups came in last minute

Start planning way in advance

Sponsors need to have an early start

Sold out really fast, we could not even bring it out

Social media

Event

Registration at the event

Better location of registration tables

Door price slowing down the line, what is the door price?

Numbered tickets

Conversion - people showing vs just RSVP vs just showing vs signing up from the library

Library had their own registration, centralize it to one spot

Volunteer training

Focus volunteers on advertising in social media

Safety

Making masks available

Event: Keynote & Panel

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People networking did not let other to hear

Hard to hear the sound

Idea:

More relevant keynote/panel

Slides did not sync

The event started but did not want to get a seat

People did not want to separate separately

Audio was not even, speaker was on and off.

Having volunteers encourage them to come down (Ushers)

Slides allow people to move came out very fast

TV with information outside

We are limited to the Library time

Screens could be live - captioning

After party:

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It went great

It was free

Palomino was good

It was a good networking opportunity

Improve:

Note about bringing an ID

People came at the same time, how to distribute the traffic.

Lacking seat for everybody

A few walkers, the bar covered it (50 dollars)

Ideas:

Separate events, bar and networking

Choose between food / beer

Next venue needs to be bigger

Introduction of the communities

A separate link for an afterparty was an issue

Ideas for next Mega Tech Meetups

Same topic - Different approach

Feedback

More responses from the survey. - Ratings as they leave the event

Menti meter - 3 questions

Draw something during the event

How to motivate more responses

Take the date while we are there

Building mega tech meetup Calgary

There is people that always come.

Other commitments can get in the way.

Tech fair

Know the companies - Sponsorship

How to manage expectations, potential employers

Hackathon

How to manage expectations, potential employers