“Triangle Ladies Who Tweet” is Now Accepting @ Replies!

As promised, registration for our next “Triangle Ladies Who Tweet” begins this AM with your @ replies to me – @LisaSullivan.

The DATE – Tuesday, November 17th

The PLACE – Hi5 on Glenwood, Raleigh

The TIME – 7pm-9pm

So, don’t miss out! More information to follow each week with something new and different too.

Hmmm…I wonder who will be the first to @ reply?

It’s Time for the NEXT “Triangle Ladies Who Tweet”!

Hello Ladies of the Triangle!

I’m excited to announce our 2nd “Triangle Ladies Who Tweet” event:

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

7-9pm

at

Hi5 - Glenwood South, Raleigh

Once again there is NO Cover and Hi5 offers $5 apps & drinks on your own.

An opportunity for we ladies of the Triangle to get together, to network, to meet & greet with those we Tweet!

While I know that admission to get into the Deep Fried Triangle Tweetup (which you all should be attending as well!) on October 22nd is free if you bring 4 cans of food in honor of Food Lion Hunger Relief Day, I am also going to request that you bring as many cans of food as you are willing to bring for our event as well. Local food pantries will be our charity of choice for this event.

Ladies, we will be meeting just before the holidays, a time when many families in our community not only struggle harder to feed themselves but many also don’t have a typical Thanksgiving meal like you and I are able to partake in.  So please be generous with your canned food items and I will be sure to deliver it to area food pantries (to be determined at a later date).

Limit of 70 Guests.

To get on the list YOU must @lisasullivan that YOU would like to attend.

However…and this is important…I am not accepting @ replies until after 10/18 as I will be on vacation next week.  If you @ reply before that date, I might miss it so please wait until the 18th.  Thank you!

For an explanation as to why the @ reply, visit this post here.

So…

Mark your calendars, Ladies!

“Triangle Ladies Who Tweet” is meant to be that – a networking opportunity.  Yes, there will be drinks & appetizers and all that good stuff but I hope each and every lady in attendance uses the time wisely to connect in person with the ladies they’ve been Tweeting with, find opportunities for collaboration with other ladies that you might not have had that opportunity to connect with otherwise, and of course, reconnect with those you already know.

See you next month… or at the Deep Fried Triangle Tweetup!

The First “Triangle Ladies Who Tweet” Equals SUCCESS!

The ladies of the Triangle mixed and mingled with each other making new connections, reconnecting with those they already knew, and gave to a charitable cause all at the same time.  WHEW!  I think I’m exhausted already!

Thanks to the unbelievable service and hospitality of the folks at Hi5 in Downtown Raleigh last night (SHOUT OUTS to our servers Ed and Wes and to our coordinator chick extraordinaire, Leah), I can safely say every lady enjoyed themselves immensely.  The proof is in the pudding -

The thing that is most interesting about social networking, especially Twitter and Tweetups, is watching those that have built relationships online actually meet in person.  It’s a totally different dynamic.  As a matter of fact, a hug is usually the gesture of choice rather than the handshake.  I saw (and experienced) so many hugs last night it just made me all giddy inside!

An interesting “meeting” took place last evening between what we referred to as “The 3 Ds” – Deirdre, Deidre, and Deirdre.  Now, I’ve heard of several Lisa’s or Michelle’s or Jennifer’s being in the same room but a Deirdre or Deidre?  That was a FIRST!

I want to also send a special thanks out to Jennifer Griffin (or @jennafleur) for the suggestion of Abbeygail’s Re-Chic Boutique as our charity of choice.  Great idea!  And thanks to the ladies that brought their donations to the cause too!!  If you attended and were unable to bring (translation – may have forgotten *wink*) your items for donation, Abbeygail’s is always accepting of donations.  Check their website for more details or give them a jingle.  They are great people!

Numerous times last night I was asked when the next “Triangle Ladies Who Tweet” Tweetup would be.  I’m thinking second week of November, right after elections and just before the holidays.  How’s that sound?

And since Hi5 worked out so well – the room, the service, the PRICE – I’m also thinking that needs to be “our” gathering spot, too.

I close with this – the whole purpose of the evening was to allow for an opportunity for ladies in the Triangle who Tweet to connect beyond the relationships that are being built through the web.  I hope every lady in attendance was able to do just that.

For more pictures from the evening, you can check out my Flickr stream here.

Triangle Ladies Who Tweet – Why the At Reply?

Why the @reply, you ask? The answer should be fairly simple but I’m happy to explain.

The event is called “Triangle Ladies Who Tweet”.  It’s exclusively for the women of the Triangle who use Twitter as a social networking tool.  Every day there are millions of people on Twitter and there are countless opportunities for “Tweetups” in just about every country, nevermind city.  For the ladies who Tweet, there hasn’t been a particular Tweetup for them yet, at least not here in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area  to get together for a chance to meet each other in person, perhaps make a NEW valuable contact because of it, and just gab just like we gals like to do!

So to honor the Twitter system, per se, I felt it was important that in order to be considered an attendee registrants had to do something Twitter-like to register.  Thus, the @reply.

This is a networking event for women.  Sure.  BUT, it’s Twitter that brings us all together, that connects us.

And that’s the reason I didn’t use Eventbrite, email, or some other program to encourage participation.

Tonight is a chance not only for ladies who tweet to get together but also for those same ladies to share their tips & tricks with others, especially if the “other” is a beginning Tweeter.  Share your expertise, Girls!  And have fun while doing it.

See you all (those of you that responded correctly anyway) tonight.

And don’t forget about Abbeygail’s Re-Chic Boutique.  Bring your gently used professional clothing to help a lady out that might be starting out a new life right here in the Triangle (more below).

Abbeygail’s Re-Chic Boutique Selected as TLWT Charity

I am happy to announce that the charity selected for “Triangle Ladies Who Tweet” is Abbeygail’s Re-Chic Boutique, a partnership with the Women’s Center of Wake County.  Abbeygail’s accepts donations of gently-used professional women’s clothing that will benefit women who are making the transition back into the working world from what often times are difficult circumstances.

For Tuesday night, September 6th – dig through your closets, Ladies!  If you have anything professional that you no longer wear (blouses, skirts, dresses, jackets, suits, pants, etc.) or accessories (scarves, shoes, bags, etc.) plan to bring them to High Five.  We’ll collect and take them to Abbeygail’s later in the week.

If you wish to receive a receipt for your donation, please visit Abbeygail’s at 5205 Hillsborough St, Raleigh Tuesdays-Saturdays from 11am-6pm to drop off your donations then.  Their staff will be happy to provide you a receipt with your donation.

This is truly a worthwhile cause and I urge every lady in attendance to bring something.  Remember, our event is not only supposed to be about us.  Let’s give back to other ladies in our community that are less fortunate than we!

Reminder: If you have NOT registered for “Triangle Ladies Who Tweet” yet, you MUST @lisasullivan to consider your registration valid.  There are ONLY  12 spots left!

More to come in the next few days.  Stay tuned!