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title: "Create your first meetup"
description: "Bring members together for each other."
canonical: https://tomsharman.com/bookshelf/superfans/create-your-first-meetup/
updated: 2026-11-03
---

# Create your first meetup

> Bring members together for each other.

Pat Flynn's framework, from Superfans, pp. 73 to 130.

Framework 8 of 15 from [Superfans](https://tomsharman.com/bookshelf/superfans/index.md) by Pat Flynn. Category: Lead generation.

## The steps

1. **Pick a date and venue.** A coffee shop or park is enough.
2. **List it on a meetup site.** Meetup.com or Eventbrite.
3. **Tell your audience.** No announcement, no attendees.
4. **Show up and host.** Name tags help.

## Where it comes from

From chapter: Part 2: Active Audience to Connected Community, pp. 73–130

## The animation

24 seconds, 4:5, no sound.

- MP4: https://tomsharman-downloads-006143767029.s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com/downloads/bookshelf/superfans/create-your-first-meetup.mp4
- MP4, dark: https://tomsharman-downloads-006143767029.s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com/downloads/bookshelf/superfans/create-your-first-meetup-dark.mp4
- Still: https://tomsharman-downloads-006143767029.s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com/downloads/bookshelf/superfans/create-your-first-meetup.png
- Still, dark: https://tomsharman-downloads-006143767029.s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com/downloads/bookshelf/superfans/create-your-first-meetup-dark.png