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Submitted by Andre Yap on 2010, July 23 - 4:13pm

#1aweek is Twitter hastagese for One-A-Week, a DIY umbrella to tie together any and all our movements/projects/events relating to social web in CT.

It occurred to me on the drive home as I reflected on just this past week's Social Web happenings: with so many projects and events to instigate, we could get a lot done with this simple DIY practice:

If you're a social web instigator (read: organizer) in CT, make it a point to recruit at least one new person a week to your movement/project/event of choice. Take your pick: Social Web CT (#swCT); The New Haven Project (#swFORCE); GoogleHaven (#GoogleHaven); PodcampCT (#pcCT); The Left to Right Movement (#L2R); etc.

In my circle alone I count at least 30 core instigators (we shamelessly hashtag ourselves #getitdone). Say the 30 of us channeled our energies towards the first ever PodcampCT (1-day unconference) happening in New Haven Saturday, October 16. Check out the math:

30 core instigators x 11 weeks to October 16 = 330 attendees + original 30 = 360 PodcampCT peeps!

360 Podcampers is a wildly successful number by any measure. No tools, logos, or fancy viral marketing hoopla needed. Just #1aweek, and off we go...