Comments on: “Taking Online Community Offline:” What I’m Doing About It And My 2009 Goal

By: Who’s Your Favorite Online Person You’ve Never Met? | Don't Eat The Fruit

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:25:43 +0000

[...] In early 2009, I met John Saddington and Rhett Smith in person for the first time. I had corresponded online with John for several years (2005?) and Rhett and I had twittered a bit, but this was the first time we all were able to meet in person (one of Rhett’s goals). [...]

By: Flickering Pixels – Group Blogging Project – Chapter 12 - ChurchCrunch

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:34:08 +0000

[...] how much balance we have in our life. Rhett Smith is one of many great examples, take a look at this post back in November about his goal towards having a healthy balance of online vs. offline interaction. [...]

By: Incarnation and the Technology of Virtual Worlds | Don't Eat The Fruit

Incarnation and the Technology of Virtual Worlds | Don't Eat The Fruit — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:00:18 +0000

[...] amount of time communicating with someone online, I like to meet them in person if possible [Rhett Smith has also made this a goal]. I also encourage people I meet online to attend a local church or [...]

By: Rhett Smith

Rhett Smith — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:39:20 +0000

Thanks for all the comments on this post everyone….

I’m hoping that by the end of 2009 I will have some “fruit” for my endeavor.

rhett

By: milleemassey (milleemassey)

milleemassey (milleemassey) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:38:04 +0000

**Here is the good link ** Great post & goal: Do you have goals to “take your online community, offline”? http://bit.ly/GH2c

By: hidama

hidama — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:47:33 +0000

I think that’s a reasonable goal! I planned a tweetup for my city in November ‘08 and since then there have been other causal meetings between myself and other Twitter users. We’ve met for coffee, gone out for drinks, been over to someone’s house for dinner, rockband, and even went to a wine tasting together.

And it’s these real life meetings that make social media… well, social!

By: Innovation3 Gathering: Incarnational Reality :: Rhett Smith

Innovation3 Gathering: Incarnational Reality :: Rhett Smith — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:00:50 +0000

[...] I have been thinking about that word quite a bit in recent months as I have come “face to face” with more and more of my online friends on Facebook, Twitter and blog. In fact, if you have read my blog recently, you know that one of my 2009 goals is to “take online community offline.” [...]

By: Nikita

Nikita — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:15:50 +0000

what a real story..

By: 5 Things I Want To Do In The New Year: A Little More Spelled Out :: Rhett Smith

5 Things I Want To Do In The New Year: A Little More Spelled Out :: Rhett Smith — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:22:02 +0000

[...] Translates Into Offline. I’ve written about this already here, and will continue to do [...]

By: 2009 Goal of “Taking Online Community Offline” in Progress… :: Rhett Smith

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:01:19 +0000

[...] If you have been reading my blog lately you know that I posted a couple of entries related to this post, “Taking Online Community Offline:” What I’m Doing About It And My 2009 Goal. [...]