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Tech Life Columbus Overview

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Ben Blanquera
Ben Blanquera

TechLife Columbus is a grassroots organization that aims to foster innovation through technology in Columbus, Ohio. It encourages engagement and collaboration among existing tech groups by facilitating online social spaces, organizing in-person events, and sharing information. The group has over 1800 Meetup members, 2000 LinkedIn members, and has helped over 30 organizations. It holds frequent face-to-face gatherings and has a daily blog with over 850 subscribers.

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About TechLife ColumbusGrassroots group whose mission is to foster a greater culture and passion for Internet, Social Media and other cutting edge technologies, ultimately leading to increased innovation.  TechLife Columbus encourages our tribe to engage, energize, and innovate bybinding existing groups togethercreating local online social spaces organizing in person eventsproviding tools and mechanisms to become more informed and aware of what’s going in Columbus technology
A few factoids1800+ meetup members - 3d largest (in the internet and technology category) in the world2000+ LinkedIn Group members30+ organizations enabled750+ face to face gatherings held since Oct 08850+ daily subscribers of blog – 4500+/monthCommunity growing quickly through social media, collaboration, and face to face interaction strategies
What our members are saying
What our members are saying
What our members are saying
What our members are saying
TechLife CloudWe enable other orgs!!AITPIIBACOALMGAfterHoursCOhPySBDCWeb AnalyticsOWLDrupal Users GroupTweetupsPhPSBDCAITPCOJUGCoffee ConnectAgile EnterprisePerl MongersPepTalksJelly’sSQL SvrSocial EntrepreneursBusiness Builders ClubCIDUGCOSIAsianTechTechColumbusCOHAACOLUGCOQAACOALMGDublin Entrepreneur CenterThinkGreen ColumbusATPFusionFactoryGWGRuby BrigadeInfoSecPMIIT Martini
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Our first big event2.0hio EventNational speakersReid HoffmanJudy EstrinCraig NewmarkBrian BehlendorfMike NelsonFun fact and figures0 – budget $4 - # weeks to organize7 – bloggers at the event50+ - tweets from the event 250+ - # of attendees on a Friday nightInfinite – the feeling that we can do great things in Columbus
ContactBen BlanqueraBenblanquera@gmail.comCell - 614-288-7004Twitter : @bblanqueraLinkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/benblanqueraSandy Blanquerasandyblanquera@hotmail.comCell – 614-204-5090Twitter : @sblanqueraLinkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sandyblanqueraLinksEvents - Meetup Group - http://www.meetup.com/techlifecolumbus/Blog - To stay up date about local tech news - http://www.techlifeohio.com/LinkedIn - LinkedIn TechLife group - http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1776905&trk=hb_sid...Facebook - Facebook group - http://www.facebook.com/techlifecolumbus

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Tech Life Columbus Overview

  • 1. About TechLife ColumbusGrassroots group whose mission is to foster a greater culture and passion for Internet, Social Media and other cutting edge technologies, ultimately leading to increased innovation.  TechLife Columbus encourages our tribe to engage, energize, and innovate bybinding existing groups togethercreating local online social spaces organizing in person eventsproviding tools and mechanisms to become more informed and aware of what’s going in Columbus technology
  • 2. A few factoids1800+ meetup members - 3d largest (in the internet and technology category) in the world2000+ LinkedIn Group members30+ organizations enabled750+ face to face gatherings held since Oct 08850+ daily subscribers of blog – 4500+/monthCommunity growing quickly through social media, collaboration, and face to face interaction strategies
  • 3. What our members are saying
  • 4. What our members are saying
  • 5. What our members are saying
  • 6. What our members are saying
  • 7. TechLife CloudWe enable other orgs!!AITPIIBACOALMGAfterHoursCOhPySBDCWeb AnalyticsOWLDrupal Users GroupTweetupsPhPSBDCAITPCOJUGCoffee ConnectAgile EnterprisePerl MongersPepTalksJelly’sSQL SvrSocial EntrepreneursBusiness Builders ClubCIDUGCOSIAsianTechTechColumbusCOHAACOLUGCOQAACOALMGDublin Entrepreneur CenterThinkGreen ColumbusATPFusionFactoryGWGRuby BrigadeInfoSecPMIIT Martini
  • 11. Our first big event2.0hio EventNational speakersReid HoffmanJudy EstrinCraig NewmarkBrian BehlendorfMike NelsonFun fact and figures0 – budget $4 - # weeks to organize7 – bloggers at the event50+ - tweets from the event 250+ - # of attendees on a Friday nightInfinite – the feeling that we can do great things in Columbus
  • 12. ContactBen BlanqueraBenblanquera@gmail.comCell - 614-288-7004Twitter : @bblanqueraLinkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/benblanqueraSandy Blanquerasandyblanquera@hotmail.comCell – 614-204-5090Twitter : @sblanqueraLinkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sandyblanqueraLinksEvents - Meetup Group - http://www.meetup.com/techlifecolumbus/Blog - To stay up date about local tech news - http://www.techlifeohio.com/LinkedIn - LinkedIn TechLife group - http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1776905&trk=hb_sid...Facebook - Facebook group - http://www.facebook.com/techlifecolumbus