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Scott Heiferman

Scott Heiferman

CEO: Meetup

Scott Heiferman is Chief Organizer of Meetup, dedicated to 21st century local community organizing. Today, millions of people are part of self-organized Meetup Groups around thousands of topics in over 100 countries – with thousands of Meetups (real events) happening daily. Meetup is now a self-sustaining operation, pursuing a long-range dream of a “Meetup Everywhere about Most Everything” – giving everyone access to a local community group when they need it. Heiferman received the Jane Addams Award from the National Conference on Citizenship and the MIT Technology Review “Innovator of the Year”. He graduated from The University of Iowa. http://scott.heiferman.com

Sessions

10:05am Wednesday, 09/09/2009
RAPID FIRE: Setting the Stage
General
 Location: Independence Ballroom A
Adrian Holovaty (EveryBlock), Carol Dumaine (Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence at the U.S. Department of Energy), Scott Heiferman (Meetup), Peter Corbett (iStrategyLabs), Michael Tiemann (Open Source Initiative)
Here we get a glimpse of what this Summit will demonstrate, that is, how users can create applications with government data in new ways for citizen use, how government agencies and non-profits can engage both outside and inside their agencies to improve performance and extend reach in achieving goals at a scale previously unattainable. Read more.
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