I don't think usage technically changed because the membership was no longer 90% male technologist, but because the membership itself become stronger and more mature over time and along with the introduction of more diversity.
Correlation, sure. Causation, not entirely. The #1 reason people come to Indy Hall in the first place is to spend time working around smart, interesting, creative, friendly, likeminded people. The more interesting places those people come from, the richer the connections and more unique the experiences they can have together are. -Alex /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 6:17 PM, marileebowlescarey < [email protected]> wrote: > Hmmm. I wonder—when IndyHall was 90% male, did the members use the > space differently than members use it now? (more/less collaboration or > team work, frequency, etc.) > > Marilee > > On Jul 10, 4:26 pm, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> wrote: > > When we first started, we were probably 90% male technologist. > > > > Today, we're fast approaching a much healthier 60/40 split between men > and > > women (it has gotten noticeably better in just the last 6-9 months), and > the > > industry spread has taken a pretty big swing in the favor of diversity. I > > took a SUPER fast snapshot of some of the highlight industries from our > > membership roster, and while I'm sure there's some obvious duplication, > it > > includes some interesting stuff, too: > > > > Advertising/Research > > Broadcast & Internet Video > > Clinical Trials > > Coaching > > Communications, Education > > Consumer Health/Clinical Research > > Design > > Developer > > Digital media > > Digital pharma > > Finance > > Flash Developer > > Games > > Graphic Design > > Green Building > > Internet > > iPhone Development > > iPhone game/app development > > Journalism > > Law > > Magazine Journalism, Fiction Writing > > Management Consulting > > Marketing > > Non-profit > > Non-Profit Arts > > Non-Profit Education > > Perl Development > > Pharmaceuticals > > Printing > > Recruitment and Human Resources Consulting > > Retired > > Sex Educator & Consultant > > Software developer > > Product marketing and training > > Software, Green Tech, Open Source > > Video Games > > Web & Graphic Design > > Web development > > Web/graphic design > > Writing/Editing > > > > -Alex > > > > /ah > > indyhall.org > > coworking in philadelphia > > > > On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 5:10 PM, marileebowlescarey < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Has anyone noticed any changes in user demographics? or in how people > > > use space? > > > > > Marilee Bowles-Carey > > > > > -- > > > 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%[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. > > -- 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.
