Hello Felicity, I have recently learned of Coworking and find it fits right in with my philosophy. I have written a book, "Influencing with Integrity" and it presents the skills needed for people to work together with pleasure. It has been translated into 7 languages, so lots of people like its ideas. One of these is that if two people or groups are collaborating, the chances of success are exponential. So even though I may have a coworking site in Palo Alto, I hope we do not to view our sites as competitors. I am meeting tomorrow with the owner of a coworking site in Concord. He wants to collaborate. This is his idea. The more people who know about and are attracted to the concept of coworking will produce more potential members for each of us.
Here are some ideas for you to consider once we know each other and start some trust. 1. I teach a sales seminar, "Selling and Influencing with Integrity" that has been taught at IBM, Chase Bank, HP, Wells Fargo, Intel, Dell, AT&T, SBC, Sprint, etc. and you could send your members at a 90% discounted price to our publics. Sales skills are absolutely essential for small businesses. The 10% covers the materials and hard costs. The next one is Feb 17 at our proposed site. We are located at 235 Alma St. in Palo Alto. 2. If you run out of space, I would pay you a commission for people you send who actually sign up for full or joint membership. . 2. Joint memberships where you and I split the fees. We are located right across from the train station in Palo Alto and this might attract some train commuters on some days. 3. I plan business presentations by some VC's I know personally and by some other experts (Early Board Start Ups, branding professionals, investment bankers, real estate, and mortgage experts ), etc. These would mostly be free. You could invite your members. 4. I do a live video cast each Wednesday from 11 to noon on various relationship, conflict resolution, negotiation and decision making strategies that your members might want to know about . These are free. I am open to experts joining me for these. 5. I have access to an internet meeting site that is free and fun to use to connect with far away groups. We could hold coworking sessions for as many as wish to join us and have a microphone and/or a camera once a week or once a month. This could pull in the coworking sites of people in Uruguay and Japan, etc. We've had people from New Zealand and Australia just show up for these sessions. 6. My seminar business is 25 years old so I have lots of contacts for networking. I would like to invite you or someone from your group to lunch the week of the 12th, and show you our real estate which is empty and ready to go. Give me a call if you find this interesting. Regards, Genie Z. Laborde, Ph.D. www.influence-integrity.com 650-322-2799 Genie Z. Laborde, Ph.D. www.influence-integrity.com 650-322-2799 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
