agreed. and so...my question was had anyone done it, not so much will someone help me do it. we've talked about naming rights but my partner wants to wait until we've been open a while. it's a marketing thing and the whole perceived value concept. in the meantime we have ton of space in a building that every single person who has walked through the door has referred to as "a maze." so, i would like to establish an easy point of reference. ;-)
TH On Jun 17, 11:40 am, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> wrote: > Great point, Peter. Choosing names like these now don't really bring value > and are more likely to be confusing or alienating members before they even > join. If you're going with "fun" names, they should come from your > membership, not the people in this google group who are unlikely to ever use > the rooms. > > That said, a couple of ideas based on things I've seen. > > Directions - our conference rooms are "north" and "south". > > Member/sponsor names - you can use these names as a way to raise money, > allowing early members or sponsors to have the room named after them for a > (probably significant) contributions. > > Functions - does the room have a special feature or utility? Name it that. > > -- > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > > > > > > > On Sunday, June 17, 2012 at 12:07 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Remember if you get to cheesy with it, it won't be funny. Joke conference > > names are funny the first time and the second time...but the 10th or 20th > > time you see it it won't be funny at all. I would choose a theme that makes > > the names memorable and avoid joke names or any inside jokes that your > > customers won't get. Don't use words that are hard to pronounce correctly, > > foreign language terms, etc. It only works if the customers remember the > > names and like them, otherwise it just gets in the way of remembering the > > reference to the space you want to use. > > > Peter > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Toni Hogan <[email protected]> > > To: Coworking <[email protected]> > > Cc: > > Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2012 1:38 PM > > Subject: [Coworking] Re: Un-boring space/meeting room names > > > Greetings! That's a thought. We have several rooms/areas to name so it > > will have to be something that we can keep a common theme throughout. > > Teams would work. > > > TH > > > On Jun 16, 5:16 am, Coworking Akademie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Toni, > > > > what about names of cities, continents or planets? If you have 2, 3 or > > > more > > > rooms, check out names of couples or teams with interesting names, e.g. > > > Asterix, Comic or Manga heros etc. > > > > Greetings from Germany > > > > Daniel > > > > . > > > > Am Freitag, 15. Juni 2012 22:49:39 UTC+2 schrieb Toni Hogan: > > > > > Have any of you given your meeting areas and other areas within your > > > > space creative names? Conference Room 1 is kind of blah. I was > > > > thinking of selling/raffling/auctioning naming rights but we'd still > > > > probably end up in the blah-zone. I'm scribbling some ideas to pass > > > > along to the board (my husband) but I just wanted to see what others > > > > have done. > > > > > Toni Hogan > > > > The Office Connexion > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Coworking" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://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 [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
