Both "Independence Day" (July 4) and "Labor Day" (Sept 6) have connotations that we could play off of for a worldwide recognition of the CoWorking movement. My only concern would be that these are both US holidays. Are there any other days of global relevance?
Once a day has been targeted, it would be exciting to promote this as a global "cowork day", with open houses at current CoWork facilities and perhaps Jelly-like congregations of interested individuals in communities that do not YET have a local CoWork facility. There are interesting strategic partnership ideas that we could explore to bring more credibility/impact to the movement. For example, we could approach a company like Starbuck's and have them provide a promotion on that given day and open their doors to the informal gatherings. I've also been working with a large furniture company and a large IT company both of whom are interested in the movement and might be compelled to lend support to such an event-day, as means to put a toe in the water and establish relationships with all of us operators. Mark Gilbreath On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Cadu de Castro Alves < [email protected]> wrote: > Very nice, McKellar. > > > Could be fun to do something around July 4, "Independence Day" or >> something, or is there a date that's significant to the movement? >> > > Good question. Is there a date to celebrate the coworking movement? If no, > we could choose one. What do you think? > > []'s, > > Cadu de Castro Alves > BeesOffice Espaço de Coworking @ Rio de Janeiro > http://www.beesoffice.com > > “The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented > the other three, HE was a genius.” - Sid Caesar > > > > On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Campbell McKellar <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> Meetup just announced a new platform for doing "Meetups everywhere." >> >> http://www.meetup.com/everywhere/ >> >> I'm not sure exactly how it works, but it looks like you set up a >> "Coworking Meetup Everywhere" page and set a date for simultaneous >> meetups for coworkers around the world, and then individual organizers >> can promote their meetup locally. Meetup everywhere then gives you a >> page like: >> >> http://www.meetup.com/Etsy-Craft-Party/ >> >> I'm pretty new to the coworking community, but I saw this and >> immediately thought that it would be a really fun way to meet people >> and show our support for the coworking movement. >> >> I'm happy to organize if people are into the idea, but also just >> thought I'd throw it out to the group to get some feedback. >> >> Could be fun to do something around July 4, "Independence Day" or >> something, or is there a date that's significant to the movement? >> >> Hope all is well...we're melting here in NYC today, 91 degrees F! >> >> Cheers, >> Campbell >> >> www.loosecubes.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. >> >> > -- > 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. > -- Mark Gilbreath PO Box 2830 Ketchum, ID 83340 mobile 208-720-8107 skype mfgilbreath twitter markgilbreath -- 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.
