The TweetUp Girls held their first event on April 7 0f 2009. Since then it has been a whirlwind of events and great business networking.  We have been so fortunate to have the support of the community and our goal is always to host a great event at a cool location, with delicious food, and intelligent business people. 

Holiday Party
December 19, 2010
Hosts: AJ Bombers, Bloody Brunch, TweetUp Girls
Media Partner: OnMilwaukee.com
Venue: AJ Bombers, Milwaukee

This event was a big THANK YOU to all our supportive MKEtweeps and an opportunity to help others as we collected donations for the MACC Fund and Toys for Tots.

Toys for Tots #MKETweetup at Iron Horse Hotel
December 7, 2010
Host: Iron Horse Hotel, TweetUp Girls
Sponsors: Meet Meme, First Edge Solutions
Promoter: TweetUp Girls
Venue: Iron Horse Hotel, Milwaukee

A beautiful antique sleigh parked in the lobby area of the Iron Horse Hotel served as the collection point for generous Toys for Tots gift donations by event attendees. Participants received a complimentary "thank you" drink as they socialized and networked, enjoying assorted sliders and other hors d'oeuvres sponsored by Meet Meme and First Edge Solutions. With a Meet Meme rep on hand, attendees were also able to see "demos" of their unique interactive social media trading cards. Thank you to our co-host, the Iron Horse Hotel, and sponsors Meet Meme & First Edge, to all those who brought a gift for a child and made the holidays happier, and to the Marine representatives whom we thank not only for their participation at the collection event, but also their service.

Blackline Limos #TravelingTweetup
November 10, 2010
Host: Blackline Limos, TweetUp Girls
Sponsors: Rustico Pizzeria, Stubby's Pub & Grub, Mindspike Design
Promoter: TweetUp Girls
Venue: On board Blackline Limo buses, and at sponsor locations

The first #TravelingTweetup in Milwaukee was conceived by the Tweetup Girls to introduce Blackline Limos to the local Twitter community in a fun way while providing a truly unique networking opportunity for all attendees!

The evening began at Mindspike Design in the Third Ward with a social hour before the attendees rode in style in two deluxe Blackline Limo Buses to our first stop at Stubby’s Pub & Grub, offering an amazing sampling inspired by the travels of a culinary pilgrim. We then climbed aboard the spacious and comfortable limos to relax and ride to our next destination, Rustico Pizzeria, where we sampled traditional and delicious Italian fare inspired by the country cooking of northern regions such as Piemonte, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, and Les Marches. We'll wrapped up the night with a limo ride back to our departure point!

The limos were top rate, beautiful inside and out, with leather banquette seating, cool running lights, great sound systems, and wonderful stocked bars, as well as professional, fun, and courteous drivers. Talk about traveling in style!

Hosts and sponsors personally invited a portion of the evening guests, with the remaining seats being won by tweeps in a series of random drawings leading up to the event. We couldn't have wished for a better group for this inaugural #TravelingTweetup - we hope there will be more in the future!

Wisconsin Humane Society TweetUp
August 1, 2010
Host: Wisconsin Humane Society, TweetUp Girls
Sponsors: Units Milwaukee, Streetza Pizza
Promoter: TweetUp Girls
Venue: Wisconsin Humane Society

We kicked off the #ASPCA100K4WHS Challenge with the Wisconsin Humane Society at their Adopt-a-thon. Attendees enjoyed interactive games for dogs, raffles, and tons of fun for the entire family at the WHS TweetUp, all while helping WHS in its efforts to save more lives and win the ASCPA 100K Challenge!

A scavenger hunt led to some great prizes for attendees who posted pictures and tweets from the event on Twitter and Facebook, marked with the #ASPCA100K4WHS hashtag.

Wish list donations for the shelter were collected in the UNITS Milwaukee UNIT parked at WHS, and Streetza Pizza was on location, donating $1 of every slice pizza purchased being to the Wisconsin Humane Society.

The goals of the ASPCA Challenge: To save more dogs' & cats' lives August through October 2010 than last year; and to increase public support for WHS's work so we can continue saving more lives next year and for years to come.

Crowne Plaza TweetUp
June 3, 2010
Host: Crowne Plaza Milwaukee Airport
Sponsors: Dynamismo Special Events, First Priority Printing
Promoter: TweetUp Girls
Venue: Crowne Plaza Milwaukee Airport

Milwaukee area businesspeople turned out for networking in the Crowne Plaza's fantastically redesigned spaces - we all felt like we'd been transported into a hip New York boutique hotel! We all made connections while sampling some of the hotel's finest food...

And the food - oh, the food! If you were there, you know there was almost too much deliciousness to even describe! Some of the highlights were a fondue station, including crème brûlée which was a favorite of many, a sushi bar, chef-carved beef, oyster shooters, a beautiful cheese spread, trays of excellent appetizers (Kobe Beef Sliders were so good), shrimp cocktail, and on and on.

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BIG # MilwaukeeTweetup, First Anniversary Bash
April 22, 2010
Hosts: Swig, TweetUp Girls
Sponsors: Units Milwaukee, City Tins, First Priority Printing, Pinstripe Talent
Venue: Swig, Milwaukee

Attendees enjoyed appetizers from Swig while networking with other Milwaukee area businesspeople at our lively anniversary bash!  We hope that some of those personal connections made at the BIG #MilwaukeeTweetup will lead to more business and opportunities in Milwaukee!

Our wonderful Twitter Tutors: Tom Snyder and Juergen Schreck.

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Holiday Party
December 13, 2009
Hosts: AJ Bombers, Streetza Pizza, Blatz Liquor, TweetUp Girls
Media Partner: TMJ4
Venue: AJ Bombers, Milwaukee

This event was a big THANK YOU to all our supportive MKEtweeps and an opportunity to help others as we collected donations for Hunger Task Force.

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BIG #MilwaukeeTweetup at Summerfest
July 1, 2009
Hosts: Summerfest, Corporate Identity Solutions
Venue: Summerfest Lake Deck, Milwaukee

Area businesspeople rolled like the VIPs they are with an afternoon of business networking on the Summerfest Lake Deck, located above the crowds and facing the Harley-Davidson Roadhouse stage!
 

BIG #MilwaukeeTweetup - Mequon Edition
June 6, 2009
Hosts: First Priority Printing, Corporate Identity Solutions
Media Sponsor: Fox6
Venue: Harvey's Central Grille, Mequon

Attendees enjoyed an impressive appetizer spread while networking with other Milwaukee area businesspeople, 5-9pm!  All interested businesses, Twitter-active and Twitter-curious, were most welcome! Our goal for the evening: Connecting local business to get more business done locally!

Fox6 Weather broadcast live from the BIG Milwaukee Tweetup at 5pm and 6pm, with our favorite weather tweeter, Vince Condella (Fox6Weather).

Twitter Tutors were available to show off some of the best Twitter apps for managing your tweet stream, help sign up newbies, and "talk Twitter".

BIG #MilwaukeeTweetup
April 7, 2009
Host: Corporate Identity Solutions
Venue: The Iron Horse Hotel, Milwaukee

The success of the first BIG Milwaukee Tweetup really comes down to the wonderful attendees who brought that positive,
helpful and sharing Twitter attitude with them to the event!  We were so pleased and it was wonderful to watch and
be part of the interactions.  We hope that some of those personal connections made at the Milwaukee Tweetup
will lead to more business and opportunities in Milwaukee!

Twitter Tutors were available to show off some of the best Twitter apps for managing tweet streams, help sign up newbies, and "talk Twitter".  Whether attendees were Twitter-active in their businesses or Twitter-curious, the Tutors had the answers! Thank you CD Vann, Todd Nilson, Juergen Schreck, Tom Synder, and Marjie Snyder.

Check-in team: Karen Waldkirch and Jenica Wolski

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