Visit www.meetup.com to learn all about meetups. -Mike
Sent from my iPhone On Oct 29, 2009, at 10:35 PM, Melisa Tintocalis <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mike, > What do you mean by "meetups"?? > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Mike Schinkel <[email protected] > > wrote: > Hi Mo, > > Start by organizing local meetups in your area to first build a > community. Focus on the meetups that will appeal to your desired > demographics. You don't need to be an expert on any of those > topics, you just need to recruit experts from your community to > speak and engage. That's what we've done and it's been very > successful in generating interest albeit I started the main meetup 3 > years ago... > > That said, I'd love to recruit some lawyers to become members in > Ignition Alley in Atlanta. Any idea how I could go about that? > > -Mike Schinkel > Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking > http://ignitionalley.com > > > > On Oct 27, 2009, at 9:27 AM, maureen krasner wrote: > >> Hi-- >> I'm Maureen (Mo) Krasner, a solo practitioner lawyer in metro >> Detroit. I was recently laid off from a large law firm and I'm re- >> thinking things. Upon my return to the home as an office for a >> while I came to realize that almost as much as the steady income I >> miss the community of "the office". My husband is a graphic >> designer who has been working out of the home for years and he >> feels the same-- and says its really impossible to get even going >> with your laptop to the local Starbucks. >> >> I also have this recollection of waiting in a hospital ICU waiting >> room on a critically ill relative for many days and having a few of >> us sit there with our laptops and completely different careers >> ( sales, senate intern, graphic designer, lawyer) side by side >> working while we waited and it was phenomenal how great it was to >> bounce things off each other and get perspectives unlike what you >> would get if (in my case) you were sitting among a bunch of other >> lawyers. >> >> I get a sense that there are many entrepreneurs, free-lancers, etc. >> working in my community who would benefit and welcome a space/ >> community co-working space. With so many companies/industries down >> sizing and more people going solo I think co-working has to be >> factored into a successful future. My thought for a local space >> would not be limited to any particular field or discipline. The >> city of Grosse Pointe is actually a great place for something like >> this it with the town being very small, banks, coffee shops, >> bagels, a few restaurants, a library etc. all within walking >> distance of each other. And like so much of Michigan a place >> looking to renew/reinvent itself. I'd like to start trying to >> figure out if this is doable and how to make it happen. >> >> Mo Krasner >> [email protected] >> >> > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
