Shenoa, I love this. Brilliantly executed, and great advice in coworking and in life!
I didn't realize &yet was local to you - they're great people, it makes me so happy to see this kind of connection taking place :) -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Feb 5, 2013, at 9:53 PM, Shenoa Lawrence <shenoa.lawre...@gmail.com> wrote: > As a follow up to our new sponsor program, I'd like to share the day's > events. We decided to hold a Public Thanking for our new "Coworking Champion > Sponsor," a great local tech company called &yet. > > All decked out in our Room to Think shirts, we invaded their office and > started out by recreating the Say Anything boombox scene. This drew the > employees out of their offices, and the stragglers were met with a few short > airhorn blasts. We followed with a "For They're a Jolly Good Sponsor" cheer, > and a "Hip, Hip, AND YET!" I read a short, but very sweet thank you message, > and then we rounded it all out with hugs and high fives. > > Their response: https://twitter.com/andyet/status/298883576827617280 > Our follow up: https://plus.google.com/u/0/111971900132549743786/posts > > I wanted to share this story, because we put a lot of thought into what would > appeal to them and their company culture. This is a company that put on a > conference this fall where conference attendees rode school buses to the > venue and was greeted with a marching band. Silly and spectacular is the best > way to describe them. It's a value set our coworking group shares, so we > decided to thank them in a way that only they would appreciate. > > Of course, not every sponsor is going to get the same treatment, but we plan > to do a little something special for everyone. And before you ask, we did > coordinate with an inside lady so we didn't interrupt them at a bad time. > > It went over extremely well! My advice is this: if you decide to show > someone you love them, skip the flowers and chocolates stereotype and go for > something with special meaning. > > PS - email shenoa.lawre...@gmail.com and let me know what days/times might > work if you want to do a G+ Hangout on Sponsor Development. > > Shenoa Lawrence > Room to Think > http://rm2think.com > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
