I've been meaning to pop in and thank you for these great ideas. I mostly focus on internal events - but much more mundane than yours! great lineup!! - and there's been wonderful karmic payback in the form of really happy members in our space.
Not to be captain obvious, here, but just having my members eat lunch together once a week with a member as speaker, giving an informational presentation has been really, really easy + wonderful. ( Topics range from here's how to...write content for your site, maximize PPC, make pate chaud, manage stress). It's great to give members the opportunity to reinforce themselves as an expert in their field, we all learn something, and it's turned into a bit of a spontaneous potluck. which just reinforces the fun aspect. Looking forward to trying out a version of 'freelancer brunch' and 'help a coworker' in our space. Thanks again. Happy holidays all! On Dec 8, 11:05 am, 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.
