Digital Sizzle; London's tech community on the rise

At a time when large gatherings of like-minded individuals can translate into massive political uprisings or revitalize a nonprofit’s mission, meet-ups offer a chance to harness innovative business ideas in an organized and structured environment. In this op-ed for HuffPost Tech UK, Cohn & Wolfe’s UK Digital Strategist Bryce Keane shares his opinions on using casual gatherings to generate great ideas.

The idea for Digital Sizzle was born one Saturday afternoon on the rooftop of The Queen of Hoxton pub in Shoreditch. A start-up project manager with experience in both the Cambridge and London tech scenes, a web designer and a digital PR guy that sat down and wondered if there was a way to make a real contribution to this community? How could we create a space to share stories, work, lessons and laughs? We decided on something as simple as the common BBQ.

We would later realise two things: 1) a digital, tech and creative networking BBQ would prove hugely popular amongst our little community and 2) it's incredibly hard to hold a BBQ in Central London. But we managed, and Digital Sizzle was born. It's grown to be one of London's most-attended and talked about meet-ups: all because of you

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