BA-Link is led by you
BA-Link is a very simple organization, and everyone is encouraged to be as active as you want! The style of events is very flexible, but we have some suggestions to help you if you want to organize one yourself. We suggest that...
1. Each event has four co-hosts, diverse in interest and background. For our first event we had two men and two women co-hosts, all four from different ethnic backgrounds. We all have different intellectual and professional interests including politics and public service, technology business and entrepreneurship, education and law, and finance.
2. Co-hosts invite about 20 people each with the expectation that about half of the invitees are able to attend.
3. Try to hold the event in a relatively intimate setting. A personal residence could work nicely, but any bar or coffee shop with good acoustics is great.
4. Events can be held free of cost to co-hosts or with a minimal amount spent on refreshments. We were able to use a connection to get a significantly reduced rate on a great venue for the first event in Palo Alto. You can also have a dish to collect anything that attendees want to donate to help defer costs.
5. Make sure to pick an event date and time that makes sense for your area and invitees. Take into account anyone who may have to commute from work. We suggest scheduling the event for only one hour or an hour and 15 minutes. This way, people are more likely to show up on time, and they don't feel burdened by the length of the event. But inevitably, people will stay to mingle after the event.
We hope those tips are a helpful starter, but really these events should all cater to your own style and ideas!
1. Each event has four co-hosts, diverse in interest and background. For our first event we had two men and two women co-hosts, all four from different ethnic backgrounds. We all have different intellectual and professional interests including politics and public service, technology business and entrepreneurship, education and law, and finance.
2. Co-hosts invite about 20 people each with the expectation that about half of the invitees are able to attend.
3. Try to hold the event in a relatively intimate setting. A personal residence could work nicely, but any bar or coffee shop with good acoustics is great.
4. Events can be held free of cost to co-hosts or with a minimal amount spent on refreshments. We were able to use a connection to get a significantly reduced rate on a great venue for the first event in Palo Alto. You can also have a dish to collect anything that attendees want to donate to help defer costs.
5. Make sure to pick an event date and time that makes sense for your area and invitees. Take into account anyone who may have to commute from work. We suggest scheduling the event for only one hour or an hour and 15 minutes. This way, people are more likely to show up on time, and they don't feel burdened by the length of the event. But inevitably, people will stay to mingle after the event.
We hope those tips are a helpful starter, but really these events should all cater to your own style and ideas!
posted by Valerie Rozycki at 11:18 PM
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