I love this instinct - reach out, let people know you will be there, and connect in-person.
As I have traveled over the years, I have found it particularly effective to set a time and place to meet just before an event. Whether that is a hotel bar the night before or at an opening reception, but with instructions to meet near X door, etc. If you meet just ten people who are kindred spirits at the very beginning if a large event like OGP, they you multiply the value you get our if networking. All throughout the conference you can say, hey based on what you are saying you should meet X or Y person ... in fact join us for dinner. Another good strategy is picking a niche hashtag for your interest area that you use to say, and here us where we are going for drinks after. It works IF you are passionate about expanding the circle if engagement. Good luck at OGP, we need this momentum to continue! From: "Mathieu Lefevre" <m...@make.org> Date: Nov 30, 2016 3:43 AM Subject: [ogp] Interested in meeting European Civic Tech groups at OGP Paris To: "OGP Civil Society group" <o...@dgroups.org> Cc: > Good morning, > > I am the co-founder of make.org, a European civic tech project which aims to reactivate democracies. > > We would be very interested in meeting European civi tech actors (companies, non-profits, academics, activists) during the OGP summit in Paris. I'd particularly love to hear from German and British interlocutors. > > My email is m...@make.org. ml (at) make.org > > Thanks! > > Mathieu > > > > > > Mathieu Lefèvre > > Co-founder, Make.org > > Chief Public Affairs Officer > > Executive Director, Make.org Foundation > > Passage du Cheval Blanc > 21 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, 75011, Paris > > www.make.org > > m...@make.org > > > Make > > is a tech, civic, independent and European initiative which aims to reactivate democracies. > > > > Make.org > > is a for-profit which aims to quickly allow citizens to directly act on the political debate and allowing representatives to re-enable their public action. > > > > Make.foundation > > is a non-profit which aims to radically increase transparency, readability and accountability of public action. > > You are receiving this message because you are a member of the community OGP Civil Society group. > > View this contribution on the web site > > A reply to this message will be sent ONLY to the sender; it will NOT be archived on the web site. > > Reply to all community members | Unsubscribe ―― View topic http://groups.dowire.org/r/topic/2XMv3WsgBi3LNKxMJp7x2E Leave group mailto:newswire@groups.dowire.org?subject=Unsubscribe
