no objection. given the short time frame, it probably won't be realistic to pursue any of the marketing partnership ideas. that of course can be done at a later date. i'd suggest at least 90 days of lead time to solicit one or more strategic partner(s) and to then coordinate with them for maximum impact. so this could mean a follow on event-day in the late summer or early fall
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Angel <[email protected]> wrote: > I <3 the new meetup everywhere. We've jumped on to Seth Godin's > Linchpin day via this new platform > http://www.meetup.com/Linchpins-are-everywhere-raise-the-flag/ > . As for hopping on holidays, good idea but lots of people are > vacationing or out of town etc during the actual holiday. I propose > June 15th (selfishly) because we've already set up a free coworking > day here on that date :) > > > On May 26, 3:25 pm, mark gilbreath <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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]> > <coworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups .com> > > >> . > > >> 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]> > <coworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups .com> > > > . > > > 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]<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. 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