We also have a semi-internship/externship thing going at BEAHIVE. I had just put out a call late fall through our various channels and got a couple people interested in helping out in a very informal way.
One has been great. She lives in the next town and moved there from the city (NYC) last summer -- so she wanted to get involved in the local community. She also had her hours reduced at her real job -- a foreign policy advocacy group she co-founded (she has a Masters in Econ). We really lucked out with her. She was coming in just one day a week, though, and lately has been doing some paid part-time census work -- so we miss her. --One or two interns? Dynamism w/two? 2 could definitely work if you have the work for them. --Paid, college credit, and/or providing a desk? Ours is unpaid. We would do college credit but haven't had to yet. We provide a full-time shared membership (no perm desk), but it hasn't bee used. --Should the intern focus on coworking space projects should member projects also be part of the experience? I think member projects would be great and we plan to offer that in the right situation. We have interest from members. Still thinking of how to structure it -- and waiting to get someone with more time to dedicate. I've thought member project work could be paid by the members. --Advertise through craiglsist, colleges, twitter, etc. All of the above, but we didn't push the college thing much and our response reflected that. Ours came through our own community. I just yesterday put out another call: http://beahivebeacon.com/interns.html Good luck, scott. - -- - SCOTT TILLITT PR yogi / writer / community catalyst [ [email protected] / 917.449.6356 / Twitter: @bluehwyflaneur ] BEAHIVE collaborative workspace + community sign up for BEAHIVE Bzzz [ www.beahivebeacon.com / Twitter: @BEAHIVE ] ANTIDOTE COLLECTIVE socially conscious communications for a better world [ www.antidotecollective.org ] - -- - t h i n k / f e e l - -- - ...an idea or product that deserves the label 'creative' arises from the synergy of many sources and not only from the mind of a single person.” (Mihaly Csikszentmihaly) -- 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.
