It's been a bit over 5 years since Wayne Sutton @waynesuttons, Ryan Boyles @theRab, Ginny Skalski @ginnyskal, Jeffrey L Cohen @jeffreylcohen, and Francis Shepherd @shepherdfx met in the Helios Coffee in downtown Raleigh NC for the first tweetup. Since then we've hosted about 20 tweetups with our Triangle friends with attendance averaging 150-200 people. This is the story - packaged as an Ignite talk. Follow @triangletweetup on Twitter for the latest Triangle Tweetup news.

1. WHAT IS A
#TRIANGLETWEETUP?
A Community History Lesson

2. IN A (BLOGGERS) WORLD...
first, we met at NC “Blogger
conferences” like ConvergeSouth,
BlogCarolinas, BlogTogether, 30
Threads Bloggers Bash (circa 2006 –
2008)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitalpapercuts/2952810691/ / http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitalpapercuts/2923518930/ / http://www.flickr.com/
photos/waynesutton/2946961011/

3. TWITTER NERDS
@WayneSuttonNC @KippBodnar @theRab @GinnySkal @JeffreyLCohen
(aka @waynesutton) (was @kbodnar32) (was @dgtlpapercuts)
but something new was taking over our phones
what is twitter? we met back in Raleigh in December 2006 at @CafeHelios
from 2006 to 2012, we have hosted dozens of Tweetups with thousands of people
http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitalpapercuts/3238528122/ / http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitalpapercuts/3237682619/ / http://www.flickr.com/
photos/waynesutton/3274516679/ / http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrees/3237517025/ / http://www.flickr.com/photos/reesphoto/4668466008/

4. CLINICS @EDGEOFFICE
@Jennafleur
@Cammicam
@WayneSutton
@theRab
@GinnySkal
@Jazzychad
http://www.flickr.com/photos/abbyladybug/2534965547/ / http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitalpapercuts/3238527556/ / http://www.flickr.com/
photos/digitalpapercuts/3237685617/

5. DEMOS @CAPSTRAT
@critter @communitymgr
@jreesnc
http://www.flickr.com/photos/abbyladybug/2535068531/ / http://www.flickr.com/photos/taylorhbarr/2534821623/

6. PANELS @BRONTO
@kippbodnar @theRab @davidbthomas @thorstenkessler @waynesuttonnc @ginnyskal @toastysnacks @jeffreylcohen @kippbodnar @theRab
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrees/3490583904/ / http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrees/3490578814/ / http://www.flickr.com/photos/
brontosoftware/5740833430/

7. FUN @NCSTATEFAIR
@jennix5 @shanetjohnston @gregoryng @ashleysue @waynesutton @ashevilleallie @collettewh @mollybuckley
http://www.flickr.com/photos/waynesutton/4036296592/ / http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitalpapercuts/4040996497/ / http://www.flickr.com/
photos/digitalpapercuts/4041744436/ / http://www.flickr.com/photos/mawebgeek/4042156761/ / / http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobthink/

8. ART+FILM @NCARTMUSEUM
@jeffreylcohen @ginnyskal @theRab @loneriderbeer @natty_greenes
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobthink/6084046987/ / http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobthink/6060307445/ / http://www.flickr.com/photos/
mobthink/6060869698/

9. FOOD (PRE, DURING AND POST)
@hughlh @lcbledsoe @kitch @jazzychad @kimetzel84 @dimambro @taylorbarr @snoopdave @kbodnar32 @jefftippett @jasonpeck @jessmartin @terisaylor
Wait, where is the food?
I just see a lot of NC beer...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/waynesutton/2534254413/ / http://www.flickr.com/photos/taylorhbarr/2535625328/

10. #NCBEER BOOTSTRAP
@loneriderbeer @fullsteam
@taylorbarr @fullsteam32
http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitalpapercuts/3352939096/ / http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitalpapercuts/3352940980/ / http://www.flickr.com/
photos/digitalpapercuts/3489173055/ / http://www.flickr.com/photos/eldebe/2720285908/

11. PHOTO BOOTH
@josh_hofer @jennix5 @theRab @karliej @jeffreylcohen @derekbrown @joshuajmills @cnmoody @therab @johnvlane @meghanpauline @lruettimann
http://www.flickr.com/photos/triangletweetup/4673199248/ / http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobthink/5738704918/ / http://www.flickr.com/
photos/jrees/3489776951/ / http://www.flickr.com/photos/triangletweetup/4673189262/ / http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobthink/4668030008/ /
http://www.flickr.com/photos/triangletweetup/4672565043/

12. TWEETUP ROYALTY
@mammalpants + @ginnyskal @toastysnacks + @instanttaylor @lruettimann + @jazzychad
http://www.flickr.com/photos/abbyladybug/3239684574/ / http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobthink/3237877132/ / http://www.flickr.com/photos/
mobthink/3490280048/

13. TWEETUP JEWELRY
@tweetupbadges @ginnyskal
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobthink/6059772459/ / http://www.flickr.com/photos/ginnyfromtheblog/4291332167/

14. TWEET SHIRTS
@kimetzel84
@gilliatt
http://www.flickr.com/photos/waynesutton/2515370073/ / http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobthink/2534651355/ / http://www.flickr.com/photos/
mobthink/2535529334/

15. TWITTER TATTOOS
@critter as seen on CNN, Mashable, etc
http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitalpapercuts/2789585613/ / http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrees/2316108700/

16. CHARITY / #TWESTIVAL
@raltwestival @ginnyskal
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobthink/3238069366/ / http://www.flickr.com/photos/ginnyfromtheblog/3268880429/

17. #INSTAWALKRALEIGH
#DURHAMTWEETUP
@fullsteam
@durhamfoodie
context is the
@dipikakohli future
@motorcomh
@dawnacrawford @jennifer_dubow
@nitti80 @hollyshayes
@theRab
@igersraleigh
@ekbdvm
@downtownraleigh
@coreymichelle
@mechengrdave
@monseman
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobthink/6936900296/ / http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobthink/6877668169/ / http://www.flickr.com/photos/
mobthink/6034217697/ / http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobthink/6763217105/

18. BRONTO-SAURUS
more tweetups = more success??
just ask @brontocaroline or @colopy

19. HELLO MY @NAME IS...
get social NC!
@lauradaughtry
http://www.flickr.com/photos/waynesutton/4689379320/ / http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobthink/5082163455/ / http://www.flickr.com/photos/
brontosoftware/5750315511/

20. LET’S TWEETUP NOW
where’s the frakkin’ CTA?
share #TriangleTweetup
follow @TriangleTweetup
thank you, @theRab
http://www.flickr.com/photos/glowbird/2538930633/ / http://www.flickr.com/photos/abbyladybug/2535784848/ / http://www.flickr.com/photos/
triangletweetup/4673196194/