Very possible and I like this idea. How would multi-channel video
work in this case?
Jerome
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On Feb 8, 2010, at 9:35 AM, Angel wrote:
The prospect of a traditional conference bums me out. I usually just
go to the spa or gym instead of the sessions anyway ;)
I think the global coworking community could rock the way that
multiple entities interact around the world.
What about having a global coworking e-unconference? We'd pick a
weekend or a week, many coworking facilities around the world "host"
the surrounding coworking communities (say, I could hold one in Denver
and then about 5-6 coworking locations/owners/members could reasonably
drive there (thereby skirting airfare.) Then we get the internet and
back channels working for us and stay linked together via video,
wikis, twitter...you name it.
This would be more of an unconference than a conference(which I think
is the best invention in my lifetime) and quite frankly, I think it
solves all the problems of travel, cost, etc. Hell, we could even
hold it asynchronously so each week a new geographic region is
unconferencing and then building on the content from the previous
week.
Thoughts?
-Angel
On Feb 3, 8:30 pm, rachel young <[email protected]> wrote:
I think an annual coworking conference is a great idea, something
dedicated
to coworking, not tacked on to another event. Something where we
could focus
on coworking and community issues, meet each other, see one
another's cities
and spaces. I'm in!
There would have to be a lot of value to it in order to bring these
already
busy and stretched folks our of their spaces for a few days, though,
something that could leverage our buying power for, I dunno, office
furniture or health care benefits or travel discounts or something.
Something where we can not only have those providers/suppliers
sponsor the
event to offset costs, but to provide real value that would be worth
traveling for.
I've been involved in a few organisations that are spread across
multiple
timezones or parts of the world, and they have decided on location in
similar fashions, which is basically that host cities post their
proposals
and the community votes on where it should be, perhaps one vote per
coworking facility. We can build in assurance that it won't always
be in the
same cities or parts of the country all the time so that people in,
say, the
west coast don't alwyas have to travel to the east coast. (ie,
establish
general zones and ensure the annual event rotates between zones)
Anyway, I think it is certainly worth exploring, and being an event
planner
I am all for it.
I put your suggested starting topics onto a wiki page (http://coworking.pbworks.com/Coworking-Conference
), which I think would be
better to collaborate from there. I do think that this would take
some time
to plan out properly (and give folks some time to save up some
money), so if
you were thinking of escaping the winter conditions in the next few
months,
then perhaps sxswi is your better option for this year.
r.
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Woodie Neiss <[email protected]> Jan 30 09:49AM -0500
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
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