Yes. Into SeaTac at 3 and hopefully enjoying a cold one with you by 5. Best Mark
On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Jacob Sayles <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the heads up Tony and for your thought provoking response Mike. > Mike, you're in Seattle tomorrow, correct? Looking forward to that beer. > > Jacob > > --- > Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation > http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 > > > > On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 2:47 PM, mark gilbreath <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Kudos indeed to Elizabeth and her team. >> >> On the topic of engaging sponsors (ie other large established >> organizations) behind coworking facilities and the community as a whole.... >> this is a realistic objective and something that individual facility owners >> and the community as a whole should aspire for. >> >> Many of the underlying tenets of the coworking movement (the increasing >> mobility of work, sustainability, energy conservation, economic development, >> economic efficiency) are consistent with the values and strategic >> directions of large organizations, both public and private. The >> challenge/trick is to frame the relationship with a partner entity in such a >> way that it reinforces what they want to talk about to their market >> audience. Think of your community as an ecosystem. Visualize your >> coworking operation at the center of this ecosystem and consider who your >> members are... freelancers, consultants, startup companies, non-profits... >> the seeds of the future pillars of your business community. Now imagine >> orbiting around you: >> - local/regional economic development organizations (such as chamber of >> commerce, state econ dev board etc) - they want to lower the barrier for the >> formation of more new companies... they can be a partner. >> - your local elected official (mayor, councilman, congressman) - they >> are looking to support any initiative that results in the creation of >> jobs... they can be a partner. >> - your technology provider... companies like IBM, Cisco, Google, MSFT >> are all espousing the concepts of smart work, mobile work, connected work... >> look at your technology provider list... they can be partners. >> - your local power company... in our local community, Idaho Power got >> behind our project because we created a smart green space that used less >> energy. they became a partner >> - your members... you are helping your members get connected...you are >> enabling their success... they are your partners >> >> So what can "partnership" mean? Well in our case, in the above examples >> it meant such things as, co-marketing, press releases, case studies, sharing >> in the promotion of special events, special pricing on goods and services >> for us and our members, scholarship grants to subsidize memberships. >> >> Bit of a ramble here when i should be working...apologies. I can polish >> this up with a more complete and thoughtful post if this is of interest to >> anyone. >> >> Best >> Mark >> On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Tony Bacigalupo <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> Hey hey everyone, >>> >>> TechCrunch just wrote up about Google funding TechHub in London... they >>> even used the word "co-working" in the lead paragraph: >>> http://eu.techcrunch.com/2010/07/06/first-pearson-now-google-sponsors-londons-techhub-for-startups/ >>> >>> This might be pretty big news for us. I've copied Elizabeth here in the >>> hopes that perhaps she'll jump on and share some thoughts with us on the >>> backstory behind it! >>> >>> NWC is doing some deep exploration of the ways sponsors could get >>> involved in a coworking space in a way that augments and reinforces, and >>> doesn't detract from, the community... so any thoughts on best practices >>> when it comes to lining up good sponsors are welcome. >>> >>> Congrats to TechHub; looking forward to learning more! >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Tony >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> New Work City - Lowering barriers to working for yourself. >>> Web: http://nwcny.com >>> Blog: http://nwc2.tumblr.com >>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/nwc >>> Phone: (347) 559-1437 >>> Address: 394 Broadway, Fifth Floor >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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]<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. 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