Cool ideas, thanks for sharing! -- Andy Stratton Web / Developer / Designer 443-623-6835
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Craig Baute - Creative Density Coworking < [email protected]> wrote: > I made it a priority in the last two months to focus on internal > events for the members during the day. We have been hosting several > Meetups in the evening that brought a lot of ideas and discussion into > the space. They are also great promotional tools. > > Here are some events that the members are really liking and attending. > They are held during our normal coworking hours. > > WordPress Happiness Hour > We have a local guy and member that works for Automattic, the creators > of WordPress, that generous gives an hour or more of his time every > other week. Members bring in their work and questions and we divide > into teams to answer each other questions while Kevin answers anything > we can't solve ourselves. > > Business Book Club > Once a month we pick a business book, last month was FREE by Chris > Anderson, and we discuss it. The format is simply Summarize, debate, > and relate. So we do an overview of the book and than debate its merit > and figure out how it can be related to our own businesses. This one > started off slow but is building up and provides a good backdrop for > discussion later on. > > Lunch with the Law/Lunch with Numbers > We have a lawyer and accountant come in once a month during the lunch > hour to offer a free QandA for members. These have been well attended > from the very start and provide a lot of useful information for the > members. Plus, the accountant and lawyer for some new business out of > it. > > Freelancer Brunch > On Monday we get together, I provide snacks, and we state our goals > for the week. This is a good chance for freelancers that usually don't > have much regular accountability verbally share what they want to > accomplish and what they successfully did the previous week. Plus, its > a good way for members to learn about each other. We have few members > that do this, less than 5, but they love it. > > Help a Coworker > We are starting this soon. It will be a show and tell series where the > presenting member buys everyone lunch and they get 45 minutes to an > hour or everyone's time. They might want feedback on a design, a > strategy for their blog, or just try to get over something that they > are generally stuck with. > > I hope this is helpful to some coworking managers out there. We are > still accepting new Meetups for the evening period but I'm exciting > now to have a strong and growing community during our coworking hours > to have events with. > > Craig Baute > @CreativeDensity > densitycoworking.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]. > 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.
