totally agree!! Sunni Brown (http://sunnibrown.com) of Bright Spot Info Design (in Austin), is a friend of Conjunctured, and last year was one of the official graphic facilitators at TED. She will be there on the Sunday, and she is awesome.She has recently helped SHIFT tremendously, and I'm a huge fan of her's. She is in the same head space and is one of coworking's biggest fans!
p.s. dig the pictures from the town hall meeting. Johnny is great too!!! Sunni takes really clear pictures of her handiwork, and it will be great for all of us to have the same visuals to work from as we get back to our busy lives. I'm hoping it will be a Yantra to focus coworking's energy towards something transformative in 2010! Look forward to your leadership in the moment! dj On Feb 5, 11:16 pm, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> wrote: > Visual recording is awesome! One of our members does it and he took notes > during our last town hall meeting: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/dangerouslyawesome/4053220205/in/photost... > > -Alex > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 12:12 AM, Drew <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All- > > > There will be a Cowo Brainstorm at Conjunctured (Austin) the Sunday (I > > think that's 14 March) of SXSW (~3-5pm), where we will have a graphic > > facilitator scribing the conversation for all of us to have going > > forward. Informal, all are invited, and before the evening's drinks > > commence... Sort of a powwow of interested folks who are in town. > > There will be a wiki posted next week for folks to post topics/ > > interests in advance so that we can cover as much ground as possible. > > > Hope to see tons of you there! > > Cheers, > > Drew > > > On Feb 5, 10:53 pm, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I think this is simple: > > > > So long as the event has clearly stated objectives that I can align with > > > (even if I don't agree with), I'd attend. > > > > It sounds like you've got a rad vision, Rachel, and I think you should > > rock > > > out. Keep us posted. > > > > -Alex > > > > /ah > > > indyhall.org > > > coworking in philadelphia > > > > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 11:37 PM, rachel young <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Nope, I haven't been to SXSW. I've been to a wide range of conferences > > > > before, have planned conferences and tradeshows, and am looking forward > > to > > > > NXNE finally adding interactive to the Toronto event this year. I know > > that > > > > SXSWi has a comfortable and familiar feeling to it, and it is a popular > > > > destination among the tech crowd. I don't completely know first hand > > what > > > > I'm missing out on. What I do know is that it is already a blended > > > > conference - music, film, and interactive. Does it really need to be > > the > > > > department store of a conference destination by adding coworking to it > > as > > > > well? Some people might not want to tack on an extra 2days away from > > home > > > > and their space to attend a conference when they could space it out > > their > > > > professional conference activities to include a coworking conference at > > > > another time of year, in another across the country or in a difference > > > > country. > > > > > And don't get me wrong, I'm not discouraging coworking get togethers at > > > > SXSW, or sessions about coworking, or socials between coworking folks. > > I > > > > think all of that is awesome, and I look forward to your stories about > > them. > > > > But I do love the idea of a separate business conference specifically > > for > > > > coworking. We have an already strong industry that many of you have > > already > > > > put in a lot of footwork, and we have the potential to continue > > building > > > > this industry, and could possibly leverage our buying power as a > > collective > > > > to do so. > > > > > And yes, I recognise that I've been fairly quiet in this group for 2yrs > > and > > > > now that I've announced our space I come in with blazing support for a > > > > separate conference, but please don't take my quiet nature as passive > > or > > > > disinterested all this time. I've been thinking of planning a > > conference for > > > > the Canadian coworking facilities for over a year, I just haven't > > verbalised > > > > it. But why do it only for a few handful of spaces if it could be for > > so > > > > many more? > > > > > In keeping with the idea of moving it around different regions each > > year, > > > > it means that each city coordinates the conference themselves after > > winning > > > > the vote of the collective, and that city planning committee could be > > one > > > > individual space or a group of spaces working together. They take care > > of > > > > all of the planning and logistics - and it doesn't have to rest solely > > on > > > > the shoulders of space owners; it could be a member who wants to swap > > space > > > > for service, or they could hire a conference planner to take care of > > all of > > > > it. If it is operated as a collective, then there isn't a need for a > > formal > > > > coworking association, at least not to start. > > > > > I see it as a great opportunity to not always be the ones who travel > > (as > > > > you said), and to have the opportunity to see spaces and meet many of > > you > > > > without the distraction of another conference or event. > > > > r. > > > > > On 4 February 2010 12:31, coworking <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > >> Rachel, have you been to SXSW? > > > > >> There are pros and cons for a separate event vs. extending to a "ready > > > >> made" event. If coworking "founders/workers" are already going to SXSW > > > >> and all we have to do is add an extra day/two to it, why would we want > > > >> to have, yet another flight/drive? > > > > >> Different locations are a plus to be able to experience different > > > >> coworking locations. Not having to "always be the one" to travel from > > > >> a distant location is a plus, too. Who will do all this marketing to > > > >> gather sponsors, hotel room block discounts, etc.? How will we decide > > > >> who the event planner/manager will be? I'm not aware of a "formal" > > > >> coworking association with dues or marketing management for all of us. > > > >> I'm sure there are other issues that will need to be worked out if > > > >> your suggested approach is endorsed. Just some food for thought. > > > > >> Most cordially at your service, > > > >> Denise Reed > > > >>www.theconciergelevel.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]> > > <coworking%[email protected]<coworking%[email protected]> > > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > > -- > > 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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