Coworking Annual Meeting???

[Woodie Neiss]

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

[Alex Hillman]

There's already a rather significant contingent of coworking folks that meet annually at SXSW Interactive, unofficially of course...but I think it'd be great to piggyback on that continued momentum.

Austin's pretty great for this, the weather is nice, and the conversation is ALREADY taking place...it could just be more focused!

-Alex

/ah
indyhall.org
coworking in philadelphia

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[Ryan Price]

My favorite part of SXSWi last year was the Coworking anti-conference that was happening throughout the whole week.

Especially since I've been talking to a few folks about getting us an independent space down here in Orlando, I may just have to attend.

Woodie, if you want to host some sort of event, I know we could get some Central Florida folks to come. I know BarCampMiami is coming up, but I have a conflict that day. We're hosting a Drupal event in Orlando.

Peace,

Ryan Price

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[Mike Schinkel]

The problem with SXSW (this year) is it's right around the corner and some of us haven't planned to attend... 

-Mike Schinkel

Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking

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On Jan 30, 2010, at 11:32 AM, Alex Hillman wrote:

[Woodie Neiss]

Hi All,

Sorry to ask a stupid question but what's SXSW?  Is it a conference that is for independent workers (the coworking community target market) to learn, network and check out booths from companies that target the independent contractor?  Would someone like me whose 'other job' is real estate development in brazil and financial consulting attend?  If so, then I totally think we should piggy back off such an event if likeminded independent contractor people will be there! :)  I didn't know such conferences existed! :)

Thanks,

Woodie

[BrianR]

I'm going to SXSW Interactive this year for the first time. Really
looking forward to meeting ya'll. Please keep an eye out for me. I'll
be wearing the Carrboro Coworking t-shirt. :)

Cheers,
-BrianR
Founder, Carrboro Creative Coworking
Carrboro, North Carolina

On Jan 30, 12:22 pm, Ryan Price <ucfbass...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My favorite part of SXSWi last year was the Coworking anti-conference  
> that was happening throughout the whole week.
>
> Especially since I've been talking to a few folks about getting us an  
> independent space down here in Orlando, I may just have to attend.
>
> Woodie, if you want to host some sort of event, I know we could get  
> some Central Florida folks to come. I know BarCampMiami is coming up,  
> but I have a conflict that day. We're hosting a Drupal event in Orlando.
>
> Peace,
> Ryan Price
> rpr...@ryanpricemedia.com
> @liberatr
> 407-484-8528
>
> FloridaCreatives.com
> Orlando Happy Hour: Feb 15th @ Crooked Bayou
> Next Likemind: Feb 19th @ Drunken Monkey
>

> FL DrupalCamp: Feb 20th + 21sthttp://2010.fldrupalcamp.org-- @fldrupalcamp

>
> On Jan 30, 2010, at 11:32 AM, Alex Hillman wrote:
>
>
>
> > There's already a rather significant contingent of coworking folks  
> > that meet annually at SXSW Interactive, unofficially of course...but  
> > I think it'd be great to piggyback on that continued momentum.
>
> > Austin's pretty great for this, the weather is nice, and the  
> > conversation is ALREADY taking place...it could just be more focused!
>
> > -Alex
>
> > /ah
> > indyhall.org
> > coworking in philadelphia
>

> > On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Woodie Neiss <wood...@gmail.com>  

[er...@schell.com]

If it's in March, I'll be in FL and would love to attend....

[Tara Hunt]

SXSW is here:

http://sxsw.com/interactive

I call it the yearly trip to Mecca for geeks. Last year there were ~12,000 people as part of the Interactive portion alone - including developers, marketers, designers, entrepreneurs and coworkers! And yes...real estate developers DO go and get much out of it. I'm not sure what I did without SXSW before 2005 (the first year I went). It's where I get to meet everyone face to face that I've only met online. And it's enormously fun. :)

T

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[coworking]

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:

[felicity at cubes]

Up for a meeting but also not going to SXSW this year...happy to stay
in the discussion.

Felicity
Cubes&Crayons
Outside the Cube

[Susan Evans]

Thanks for starting the thread!

I think there is much room for gatherings to happen on a variety of
fronts, and starting at SXSWi is a great beginning. I've been
dreaming about a coworking gathering of some sort for nearly a year
now, and keep running into roadblocks for what it could look like. In
the end, I think the greatest amount of success that I can see is to
piggyback some regional coworking gatherings after getting the fire
lit underneath us at SXSWi. I'd love to host one in Seattle to talk
particularly about coworking in the Northwest, how we can sustainably
grow the movement out here and stay true to the coworking ideals we've
worked so hard on thus far.

Susan

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On Jan 31, 9:11 pm, felicity at cubes <felicity.chap...@gmail.com>
wrote: