Very interesting thanks

Dirk

Bar d'Office Deinze (Belgium)

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Namens Craig Baute - Creative Density Coworking
Verzonden: donderdag 8 december 2011 20:05
Aan: Coworking
Onderwerp: [Coworking] Events that work well for us.

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

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