The Kuala Lumpur WordPress Meetup Group (WPKL) threw a birthday party for WordPress’ 15th anniversary. Sam, Rindy and I put a lot of effort into planning and organizing the party, and I’m just so happy that it turned out great ๐
In the beginning, we bounced around ideas of making the party a paid event to ensure attendance. Our previous meetups always only had 40-50% attendance rate.ย But a fee would have been a turn off, so we needed a better plan…
I was definitely going to sponsor, and I posted our tentative plans to our Facebook group. I also asked if anyone else would be willing to sponsor. Amazingly, 3 other members immediately pledged to sponsor.
We were still short of the amount budgeted, but luckily I had an idea and reached out to some old contacts. Amanz Media agreed to chip in as well, and Mindblow agreed to donate their old review units to be given away as lucky draw prizes.
Finally, we decided to print some t-shirts for the event. Sales of the t-shirts would also go towards funding the party, and would qualify buyers for the lucky draw.
Now we had a party! Thanks to the generous sponsorships, we could make it a free event. And because we had some awesome prizes to give away, we could ensure a pretty good attendance. Thanks also to Exabytes who offered to host the party without hesitation at their awesome Easy Space.
Thank you sponsors โค๏ธ
&
LiewCF
Chan MKong a.k.a. MK
Suraya Zainuddin
Suzaidee a.k.a. Dee
Despite being fasting month and the rain, we had 60 attendees (our best ever I think). And! And this really warms my heart. And many brought even more food to complement the pizza and burgers I brought ๐
Martin from Exabytes took some really great photos (see them all here). Here are some of my favorites from the night.
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Welcome to the party! -
Exabytes Easy Space was an awesome venue -
We got an awesome cake from Sam at the Flour Chemistry -
Guest registration -
Everyone playing the quiz to win some awesome prizes -
Rindy giving away a smartphone to one of our lucky winners -
The obligatory group photo -
Everybody mingling & helping to clean up -
Our hosts from Exabytes -
KLWP organizing team + sponsors
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