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Geek Dinner Toronto Is Tomorrow… And At Capacity

I love the fact that we have close to sixty people confirmed and attending the Geek Dinner Toronto tomorrow night.
I know that both Michael Seaton (Scotiabank and The Client Side) and Julia Stein (Fleishman Hillard and Sophisticated Bohemian) are equally blown away by the response to this last-minute meet-up.
I hate the fact that there were close to a dozen people that we had to turn away because the restaurant is at capacity.
So, on the one hand, I’m loving the fact that the Toronto Digerati are coming out in full force, and, on the other hand, it’s always hard to say “sorry, no room left,” as we all continue to build this community.
There have been some thoughts around changing it in the future from a dinner to cocktails (Geek Drinks?). This might be a model worth testing. My one fear with changing it from dinner to drinks is that it goes from conversation to traditional networking environment. Truth is, I don’t know how I feel about that.
Apologies to those who did not respond fast enough. Again, the spirit of all of this is to build and foster the Digital Marketing community, and all three of us hate to say “no” to anyone.
If I don’t see you tomorrow night at Geek Dinner Toronto, I hope to see you at the next event.

Mitch Joel

Mitch Joel lives at the intersection of technology, business transformation and consumer culture. He is the Executive Director of Next Era Institute, a strategic intelligence platform helping leaders understand the forces reshaping business, technology, culture and society. The Institute identifies which shifts matter, explores their wider significance and translates them into strategic direction and momentum. Mitch is also a globally recognized keynote speaker. He has delivered thousands of presentations across both B2B and B2C industries to organizations including Google, Walmart, LEGO, Shopify, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble and Unilever. Strategy Magazine has called him “one of North America’s leading visionaries.” Mitch built his career by working directly inside the waves of change that reshaped modern business. He founded and built a digital marketing agency that worked with some of the world’s largest brands and was later acquired by WPP, where he served as President of a firm operating in 25 countries with almost 3,000 employees. Mitch is the bestselling author of Six Pixels of Separation and CTRL ALT Delete, and the host of Thinking With Mitch Joel, one of the longest-running business podcasts in the world. His writing and commentary appear in outlets including Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Inc. Magazine. He is a member of Dr. Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches and was named to the Thinkers50 Radar. Mitch also hosts Groove – The No Treble Podcast, documenting the oral history of electric bass players. Mitch is also Co-Founder of ThinkersOne, a platform that enables companies to bring personalized thought leadership from world-class experts into meetings, events and off-sites in focused 15-minute bursts.