Experiences with Meet Up?

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Permalink Reply by Jess Marion on June 19, 2011 at 6:26am

Hi Jonathan,

 

Thanks so much for the suggestions.  The problem is more a logistical thing for most people but given our schedules this was the only time we could get so people tend to pick and choose which meet ups they can attend.  The other group, the people who come once and not again, from my experience have been pua guys and people looking for free therapy.  We even had another hypnotherapist come last week and when she saw we were doing some exorcises she was like, "oh I didn't know we were going to do hypnosis... I thought just talk about it"  and she left LOL!  

 

In the long run we may be more aggressive about expanding to the group but for now it's more just a fun way to meet people and do some generative hypnosis.  

 

I find it interesting that in the US this stuff doesn't do as well as in the UK and other places... one of those weird sociological phenomena.  

 

Cheers! 

 

Jess
Jonathan Altfeld said:

Hi Jess,

 

Congrats on getting your meetup group going!  I know I'm potentially inducing "the backfire effect" Scott brought everyone's attention to recently... but I wanted to offer some feedback about study/meetup groups in other locations.

 

In the USA, it's a real challenge, as you know!  The culture here about NLP/Hypnosis, combined with the attitude towards regular practice group attendance, is not as welcoming and consistent in the USA as it is in the UK, or in some other spots -- Australia, Denmark, and other places.  I've spoken at many groups over the years overseas with 50-100 people regularly attending (and not just the Robbins' power team meetings, I'm talking serious NLP & Hypnosis folks).  Most such groups in the UK include a large core group of regular committed attendees with others that come and go.

 

Most such groups in the USA have only 5-10 attending each meetup, without a consistent group attending repeatedly.  I think this fits my definition of success in that it's hard enough to get even that to happen in the USA!!!  So I do applaud the effort you put in to get even that response!

 

I think my own definition of a successful meetup has been conditioned from exposure to much larger more consistent groups, and I'm confident with your multi-pronged approach to get the word out there, you'll keep getting more people. 

 

If I can be so bold, I'd recommend you interview those who show up inconsistently... and find out what would get them to show up more consistently.  Because inconsistent attendance may be a sign they're not getting enough value to make it a priority to keep coming back.  Or it may be a matter that you're attracting a certain demographic of excessively busy people.  Or parents, who can't get babysitters often.  Or that your choice of specific day, or time, or duration, or venue, isn't optimal for people to keep coming back consistently (such that you'd keep seeing growth in your group!).  The point is that until you interview your group members who aren't consistently returning, you may never know what will bring them back repeatedly.

 

Regards,

  Jonathan Altfeld, Mastery InSight Institute of NLP
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