I've not had the pleasure of going to SXSW - yet. I've read lots about it and know several people that have gone. It makes sense to piggy back on this event for the demographic audience that coworking communities want to reach. To properly promote and reach a larger population of coworking communities, I recommend planning a year in advance for some in-depth coworking networking and community building. Former attendees to SXSW could offer some great planning ideas specifically oriented toward coworking communities. Everyone's ideas posted so far sound good.
At your service, Denise Reed www.theconciergelevel.com On Jan 30, 9:49 am, Woodie Neiss <wood...@gmail.com> wrote: > Anyone want to get together for the first International Coworking Community > Annual Meeting in ummm let’s say a warm, sunny place like Miami? Sort of a > one day event where we could discuss best practices, set some protocols for > future coworking locations and formally organize ourselves so that we can > leverage our combined power? > > Suggested topics to discuss (feel free to edit/add to/delete/etc) > > 1) Keys to success > > a. pricing > > b. Serivices to offer > > 2) Managing the bottom line > > a. Financing the start up > > b. Negotiating lease agreements > > c. Managing monthly expenses > > 3) Marketing & PR > > a. Building awareness > > b. How to generate more buzz > > c. The power of meet-ups > > d. Leveraging your chamber of commerce > > 4) Creative suggestions from some of our winning locations > > 5) How to formally organize ourselves into an International organization > > Perhaps we could all complete some surveys prior, and then present the > results at the meeting as well? > > Regards, > Woodie -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@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.
