Many thanks to Liu, Minna, Scott, Angel, and Jay - your input, feedback, and experiences are much appreciated!
The Hive at 55 held a Meetup for extreme programmers and a Jelly last week - both are great additions to growing our network here in Manhattan. I've been reaching out to Meetups that may be in need of space and generally fall in the technology/startup/entrepreneur categories, and we have another Meetup scheduled for next week. While it seems like those who have started or inherited a Meetup group are having success, it seems like a lot of work! I am going to hold off on that step as the Hive at 55 continues to evolve. Cheers, Brian DiFeo Community Manager - Hive at 55 55 Broad Street, 13th Floor New York, NY 10004 www.hiveat55.com <http://www.hiveat55.com%20> Twitter: @hiveat55 On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Jay <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Brian, > > Congratulations on opening your space! > > My name is Jay Catalan, one of the co-founders of The Network Hub in > Vancouver, B.C. We started our space back in 2006 and we've utilized > the Meetup groups since we opened. We actually participated in several > of these meetups, and other networking events, even before we started > The Network Hub. We found them to be a great way to network for our > web design company at the time. > > Several of these Meetup groups did not have a regular place to meet, > so it just made sense to offer up our space for free once we opened > our doors. Most of the members of the groups we belonged to were > already ideal members, as they mostly operated from homes or cafes, so > it was a good fit. > > One of these groups were not as active at the time and needed a new > organizer. We decided we could be the official sponsor for the > Vancouver Entrepreneur Meetup, and my partner, Minna Van, took over as > the group's organizer. We only had a handful of people show up for > that first meetup, but we now regularly have over a hundred attendees > for the monthly event, and the group has become the second largest > Meetup group in Vancouver. > > We've also donated our space to events such as WordCamp, DemoCamps, > social media gatherings, and various local small business events. > They've helped us a great deal in organically spreading the word about > The Network Hub in the local community. > > I recommend asking your current members, as well as yourself, what > groups/events you and them are genuinely interested in participating > in; and see if the groups would be interested in using your space for > their events. > > Cheers, > > Jay Catalan > Co-Founder, The Network Hub > Twitter: @jaycatalan > www.thenetworkhub.ca > 604.767.8778 > > 3rd Floor, 422 Richards Street > Vancouver, B.C. > > On Jan 6, 12:25 pm, brian difeo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Here at the Hive at 55 <http://www.hiveat55.com>, we are a little over > one > > month old and are considering ways to get potential members through the > > door. One idea is creating a Meetup group - but for what? For our space? > For > > freelancers in the neighborhood? We are in the heart of Lower Manhattan, > so > > terms like neighborhood and community can sometimes seem so daunting, and > we > > don't want to limit ourselves to the immediate area. We are having a > jelly > > in the near future, FYI. > > > > I've been attending Meetups and contacting organizers to offer our space > for > > future meetups and this has been a great start. But I'd like to know how > > other coworking spaces have utilized meetup.com in the past, > specifically, > > have you created a group and has it been successful? Do you have any > other > > recommendations beside what I mentioned above? Is there something else > out > > there that is a more appropriate place to look into? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Brian DiFeo > > Community Manager - Hive at 55 > > > > 646.556.6805 > > > > 55 Broad Street, NY, NY 10004www.hiveat55.comwww.downtownny.com > > -- > 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]<coworking%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > > >--
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