Thank You
Jan 2nd
As many have no doubt noticed, things have slowed to a crawl here, and it hasn’t been for a lack of events here in Chicago. Rather, I’ve decided to take some time away from Chicago Tweetups and evaluate things after that break. After taking this time, I’ve to take a continued break from continuing this site, for the foreseeable future.
This decision definitely didn’t come easily. I started Chicago Tweetups just over a year ago, and for the past year it’s been a project of passion for me. One of the things I think that gets overlooked quite often in discussions of new media and social media is the effect of ‘in real life’ events. I started this site because I felt it filled a void here in Chicago, but as it grew it definitely became one of my guiding beliefs.
At many times throughout the year, I considered expanding the role of Chicago Tweetups. Planning and executing events certainly would be within our scope, but I was never quite convinced that I wanted to take on something to that magnitude.
As the year went on, we gained many fans and I’ve gotten to meet some great people through all of this. I want to thank everyone for submitting events, alerting us to tweetups we hadn’t been aware of, retweeting our posts and just helping spread the good cheer of people getting together in Chicago.
This isn’t goodbye, necessarily. I’ll still be pretty involved in and around the social scene in Chicago, and perhaps I’ll pick this thing back up again.
All my thanks,
Brandon Zeman (@brandonzeman)
Movember Bachelor/Bachelorette Auction
Nov 17th
If you’ve noticed a lot more facial hair around Chicago this month, there’s a reason. Men have been growing out their facial hair to raise awareness and funds for prostate and testicular cancer. The Movember (Moustache + November) campaign covers cities across the world and has raised some $47 million dollars thus far.
The event will feature a Bachelor / Bachelorette Auction, celebrity guests, raffle prizes and silent auction including: Chicago Bulls Tickets, Signed Mike Ditka and Marv Levy Footballs, and many more high end items. Attendees will be able to mingle, socialize and network throughout the evening, while helping raise awareness and funding for men’s health and cancer!
For more info, check out the release as well as the Facebook event page.
When: Thursday, November 19
Time: 8:00pm-12:00am
Location: Basil Leaf Cafe
Windy City Social Marketing Challenge
Nov 17th
Buckle-up, because Windy City Social is holding their second Marketing Challenge and Southwest Airlines, GM and Special Olympics Chicago are the three challenge cases.
In this mini-apprentice like event, people will compete in teams against other teams to come up with the best marketing ideas for the Challenge sponsors. No one gets fired, but winners do get over $300 in valuable prizes. Each team will be lead by leaders in the Chicago marketing space.
Save $10 off the ticket price when you use code WCS30 during online registration.
When: Wednesday, November 18
Time: 5:30pm – 9:30pm
Location: Cubby Bear- Wrigleyville
Tech Cocktail Chicago-Winter 2009
Nov 17th
Tech Cocktail makes one last visit to the windy city in 2009! Tech Cocktail is a highly anticipated event, so register now before it 
becomes sold out. Here’s what you can expect:
Join us for Tech Cocktail Chicago 12, a night of fun, mingling with the local technology movers and shakers. Expect to see a handful of new start-up companies showing off their stuff in an expo-style as we wrap up a great 2009 TECH cocktail season.
When: Thursday, December 10
Time: 6:30-9:00pm
Location: John Barleycorn Wrigleyville
Groupon Pre-Concert Meetup
Nov 10th
Meet fellow Groupies and Groupon employees at SmartBar before the Peter Bjorn and John show! Those 21 and older can share in the excitement of the night’s concert, as well as tips on pretending you know the lyrics for the opening act’s songs, and a heated debate on crowd sourcing vs. crowd surfing. While the Groupon has expired, tickets are still available! See you on Thursday.
When: Thursday, November 12
Time: 7:00pm
Location: SmartBar- 3730 N Clark St
