Hi Mo, Start by organizing local meetups in your area to first build a community. Focus on the meetups that will appeal to your desired demographics. You don't need to be an expert on any of those topics, you just need to recruit experts from your community to speak and engage. That's what we've done and it's been very successful in generating interest albeit I started the main meetup 3 years ago...
That said, I'd love to recruit some lawyers to become members in Ignition Alley in Atlanta. Any idea how I could go about that? -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com On Oct 27, 2009, at 9:27 AM, maureen krasner wrote: > Hi-- > I'm Maureen (Mo) Krasner, a solo practitioner lawyer in metro > Detroit. I was recently laid off from a large law firm and I'm re- > thinking things. Upon my return to the home as an office for a > while I came to realize that almost as much as the steady income I > miss the community of "the office". My husband is a graphic > designer who has been working out of the home for years and he feels > the same-- and says its really impossible to get even going with > your laptop to the local Starbucks. > > I also have this recollection of waiting in a hospital ICU waiting > room on a critically ill relative for many days and having a few of > us sit there with our laptops and completely different careers > ( sales, senate intern, graphic designer, lawyer) side by side > working while we waited and it was phenomenal how great it was to > bounce things off each other and get perspectives unlike what you > would get if (in my case) you were sitting among a bunch of other > lawyers. > > I get a sense that there are many entrepreneurs, free-lancers, etc. > working in my community who would benefit and welcome a space/ > community co-working space. With so many companies/industries down > sizing and more people going solo I think co-working has to be > factored into a successful future. My thought for a local space > would not be limited to any particular field or discipline. The city > of Grosse Pointe is actually a great place for something like this > it with the town being very small, banks, coffee shops, bagels, a > few restaurants, a library etc. all within walking distance of each > other. And like so much of Michigan a place looking to renew/ > reinvent itself. I'd like to start trying to figure out if this is > doable and how to make it happen. > > Mo Krasner > mtkras...@gmail.com > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
