Beautifully put! Jacob
--- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Beth Buczynski <bethbo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for posting this recap Craig! > > I really enjoyed this Unconference discussion and think it could be > really powerful as the coworking movement continues to grow. As > someone said at GCUC (probably more than once) our biggest competition > is home offices and coffee shops, not fellow coworking spaces. Working > toward more of these regional alliances, whether they are for raising > awareness of coworking in general, sharing members, or just > socializing, will go a long way toward showing the world we practice > the collaborative lifestyle that we preach. > > Keep me posted! > Beth > @gonecoworking > > On Mar 14, 4:15 am, "Will Bennis, Locus Workspace" > <wmben...@locusworkspace.com> wrote: > > Hi Craig, > > > > We're doing this in Prague, Czech Republic, too. I'm actually sitting > >at a co-sponsored Jelly (5 spaces are hosting Jellies) at another > > coworking space, having just finished writing our meeting minutes for > > our 2x/month meetings (that coincide with the Jellies). We have a > > local visa program that's a bit different from the international visa > > and do some shared marketing and are talking about how we can do more > > to promote the idea of coworking and to bring more to our members and > > to Prague by working together whenever possible. Here's our website: > http://coworkingvpraze.cz. > > > > Will > > > > On Mar 13, 5:20 pm, Craig Baute - Creative Density Coworking > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <baut...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > One of the biggest takeaways from the conference last week was the > > > potential power of the city or regional collaboration associations. It > > > sounds like Seattle is the best organized with Toronto also starting > > > to have a strong group. These regional groups not only build positive > > > relationships and collaboration between spaces but also allows them to > > > build awareness together, sharing expenses, and allowing for more > > > creative ways to work together. > > > > > Here are a few ways that I recall regional groups coming together: > > > > > Seattle: Once a month social meeting rotating from space to space. > > > Toronto: Coworking Passport, Shared website for the city wide > > > initiative. > > > Austin and Philly (I think): Coworking Blood Drives > > > Austin: Kickball tournament between coworking spaces. > > > > > If you know of any other ways these groups are working together then > > > please list them in the comments. I am going to take steps to start > > > forming this type of group in Denver. > > > > > Craig > > > Creative Density > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
