Manhattan Meetups In-Thing

2010 June 24
by Velma McKenzie-Orr

Manhattan, NYMeetup.com, an online social networking portal, facilitate offline group meetings, like the 35 persons that arrived at Outside.In in Manhattan’s Flatiron district, for WordPress NYC monthly Meetup. Various members, depending on topics, of WordPress NYC’s more than 700 self proclaimed fanatics meetup for presentations, demonstrations and discussions about all things WordPress.  More than 700 persons joined WordPress NYC fanatics for their WordCamp, a super meetup, in November 2009 which brought out WordPress founder  Matt Mullenweg.

By: Adria Richards, WordPress NYC sponsored Word Camp, November 2009

By Adria Richards. Super Meetup, WordPress NYC sponsored Word Camp, November 2009

Meetup’s 6.1 million members include Mashable, the world’s largest blog focused exclusively on Web 2.0 and Social Media news, with more than 25 million monthly page views.   More than 350 persons have indicated an interest in meeting up with Mashable, June 30, for its Social Media Day, at the Mean Fiddler in Manhattan.  Mashable Social Media day celebrates the revolution of media becoming a social dialogue.  It  is also an opportunity for a MashMeet to socialize with the Mashable community.

Techs and geeks are not the only ones meeting up in Manhattan.  Porche lovers meetup, people interested in Manhattan’s real estate market, inventors association, business network, speed dating, tribal style belly dance, soccer pickup, new and expectant mothers and Manhattan Millionaires Group also meetup.  If you can’t find a Meetup around your interest in Manhattan, or anywhere in the world, start one at Meetup.com.

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