How to Organize a Forecasting Meetup

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David Glidden (@dglid), co-founder of the Forecasting Meetup Network, provides a step-by-step how-to guide to organizing a forecasting meetup.

Timestamps

1:08: Review of September forecasting meetup

2:08: Polymarket's commitment to community-building

3:03: October forecasting meetup

7:03: Interview with Glidden begins

8:29: Working with a partner

9:42: Sensitivity to rejection

12:48: Nate Silver's community of elites

14:25: Big visions

15:25: Shayne Coplan's vision

18:28: Scratch your own itch

19:52: Prediction market newsletters

21:39: Polymarket's The Oracle

22:32: How to begin

23:03: Finding a venue

26:17: Focus on n of 1

26:38: Fundraising

27:28: Manifund

32:39: Value for sponsors

37:17: Getting RSVPs

38:56: How to get involved

41:54: Expanding beyond Washington

43:26: Grassroots activism

44:46: Opponents of election betting

47:53: Why companies don't invest in grassroots activism

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