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Lloyd Davis, the aforementioned lovely man

I know this is technically an off week for Tuttle LA but when the Godfather calls a meeting, you go! Lloyd Davis, you know, the man that founded the Tuttle Club in London, is in America at SXSW doing Tuttle2Texas. He’ll be flying into Los Angeles Friday morning pretty much just to attend Tuttle LA. This might be the only time this ever happens… hey, you never know. Sounds awfully important right? But the bottom line is you’ll never meet a more lovely person, and if even a tiny bit of his wisdom rubs off on us, we’ll be better people for it

So if you only make it to one Tuttle LA this year, this is the one to go to and that means me as well. Yes, me. I’ll be there. Seriously.

Hope you can join us for some tasty coffee and food, good conversation and great people to meet.

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If you’re coming, leave your RSVP in the comments below. If you want to know when we’re meeting in the future, check out our schedule.

The Details:

When: Friday, March 19, 2010, 10:30 a.m.

Where: Toorak Coffee
5555 Stearns St. #103
Long Beach, CA 90815
(562) 598-9716

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I know, I know, we just launched this blog two days ago, and we’re already posting an annual report? No, we’re not getting ahead of ourselves, the annual report is from Lloyd Davis, founder of the original Tuttle Club in London. London Tuttlers started meeting a bit more than a year ago (I believe I went to my first Tuttle in February ’08), and in the report Lloyd does a wonderful job documenting how the group has grown and how the connections people have made have led to some amazing things.

As this Tuttle LA group is just getting going and still working out when and where to meet as well as what will be best for us going forward, I feel the most relevant part of Lloyd’s report for us is the basics. What is Tuttle? What are you supposed to do there? And who’s invited, anyway?

But before we get to any of that, take heed of Lloyd’s #1 piece of advice: “If there are any rules to Tuttle, it’s sure that one near the top is ‘don’t take yourself too seriously.’”

The basics, from the report:

**** What is it? ****
The Tuttle Club is a loose association of people finding a way of working better together both online and off.

**** Who goes? ****
Most people have an interest in social media or online social networking — beyond that it’s hard to categorise them.

**** What happens? ****
People come along, meet new people, drink coffee, talk, scheme, build new businesses, find clients, suppliers and collaborators.  In short, they work hard at getting things done while having fun.

**** Why? ****
Is a very interesting question. There are (at least) as many reasons as there are Tuttlers. Mostly it boils down to a recognition that building rich relationships with real live people is a tremendously valuable activity.

**** How can I help? ****
Come along. See what we’re doing. Share your knowledge and your dreams. Come again and bring some friends.

**** Can I come? ****
Yes.

For more Tuttle info, check out Lloyd’s Tuttle Club blog, or download the Tuttle Annual Report (PDF).

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