Meet new people with social networking
August 25, 2011 by admin
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The days of meeting up with some officemates for a few drinks after work may linger on, but new forms of technology are changing the ways we find each other.
People looking to bond over common interests no longer have to rely on hoping a coworker shares an interest in skydiving or stamp-collecting thanks to social media enterprises such as Facebook.
That’s the story told by several Battle Creek-based groups that focus on getting adults together for both networking and relaxing. One of them, Battle Creek Green Drinks, has found those methods more successful than traditional ways of getting the word out.
Green Drinks is a group for people with an interest in the environment that meets the fourth Thursday of every month at Arcadia Brewing Company; today at 5:30 p.m., former U.S. Congressman Mark Schauer will speak to the group on behalf of the BlueGreen Alliance.
Organizer Jennifer Sellers said Facebook has been instrumental in keeping Green Drinks in people’s minds.
“We normally get 20 to 30 at our Green Drinks meetings, and pretty much the only way I advertise those are through our Facebook page and then I send out the e-mail reminder a few days before,” she said.
Sellers said the group also has posters printed, but people usually walk past them. However, word-of-mouth also plays a role in getting people to join up, she said.
Facebook has also been a boon for the Battle Creek Area Young Professionals. The group is a social networking organization for people to not only have a good time but also develop professional skills. Chairwoman Nicole Finkbeiner said there are about 325 people following BCAYP on Facebook.
“Facebook is, by far, our best communication medium,” she said. “It also allows us to provide an opportunity for businesses and organizations to let young professionals know about their events by posting those on our Facebook wall.”
Facebook isn’t the only site in town, though. Meetup.com, a website that hosts groups and their event calendars, is another way people are finding each other. There are a handful of Battle Creek and Kalamazoo groups to be found there. One of them is the Battle Creek Area Women’s Group, which gets women and their families together for social events such as dinner or catching a movie. Organizer Naomi Love said the site allows her to get information out to members and potential recruits in a way that was impossible years ago; she found out about it herself after stumbling upon the site while looking for groups of motorcycle enthusiasts.
