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
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
20sb Blogger Hang
Nov 9th
Our friend from up north, the always smiling Doni, will be returning to Chicago this month, and you know what that means… a blogger hang! Of course, you don’t have to be a 20-something, or a blogger for that matter to come out.
We’ll be meeting at State, but we can bounce around to a number of other bars in the area afterwards.
Here’s the details:
When: Thursday, November 19
Time: 6:00pm – ???
Location: State Restaurant & Cafe, 935 W Webster (short walk from Armitage brown or Fullerton red line)
Let’s Create New Media Event
Nov 3rd
The second installment of Let’s Create promises to be a blast! If you’re unaware, Let’s Create is a chance to learn about creating new media and mingling with producers that do that today. Let’s Create will take place at Office Port, music will be provided by Midstates and the Choir of Ghosts, and drinks will be sponsored by Lakeshore Branding.
Sign up on the Let’s Create Eventbrite page.
When: Tuesday, November 10
Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm
Location: Office Port, 9 W. Washington
