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The NetSquared Ambassadors wrapped up their 2017 term on December 31. Their contributions continue to be a major part of NetSquared's success and growth because they give us local expertise and connections. I tried to measure their impact at the end of the previous year and the numbers continue to hold true.

Total New Organizer referrals in 2017: 115

San Francisco's NetSquared group is the oldest and largest meetup in the network with 4,746 members. But the Bay Area is unique with its concentration of people who want to get involved in the #Tech4Good conversation, so we've decided to add regional sub-groups across the Bay Area and Silicon Valley in 2018.

When LA Tech4Good moved from infrequent events to hosting events every month like clockwork they saw a HUGE increase in growth of active and total members.

The takeaway: more events = more members = a healthier group.

Here's what happened when I put all prospective NetSquared organizers into a CRM, applied a sales funnel, and did consistent follow-up.

When I visualize which groups have held the most number of events Boston, MA; Mukono, Uganda; and Guatemala City, Guatemala emerge as the most historically active groups.

Where are NetSquared members based? There’s big concentrations in the USA in San Francisco, Seattle/Vancouver, BC and on the East Coast in Philly/DC/Baltimore.

There’s also hotspots in the UK and Cameroon.

Storify, a tool many of us have used to document our events, is shutting down (thanks for the heads-up Carolyn M. Appleton).

This is your reminder that you can export your storifys to HTML and that tools like Wordpress allow you to embed most social content without breakable embed code.

How does NetSquared grow so quickly? It's because of the networked structure of NetSquared’s community.
Local chapter leaders OWN their local groups, so the center is never the bottleneck.