David, you are not alone on this one. #JellyWeek is proving a great way of raising the concept of coworking. It has taken me almost a year of 'promoting' Jelly in France. In the beginning I had my information deleted from online media sites and some people still just don't understand the point. More information needs to be circulated about the benefits of coworking. Free does not mean 'of no value'.
Fortunately, things have started to turn around in France, there are many people that do support the ethos and other groups are now running which is great. Finding a partner organisation that is prepared to support the idea can also help you get things off the ground. Best of luck !! Annette http://www.LanguedocJelly.org @languedocjelly On Jan 17, 5:54 pm, David Otalvaro <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd hate to use the term "evangelizing" because of the religious > implications, but one of the greatest barriers I have encountered is > educating people on the concepto of coworking. This has been a real > challenge to get people on board. I'm aware of the alternatives > Jelly's (We are active participants in #JELLYWEEK 2012), Events, etc. > But I am curious about how others have entered in developing markets. > > Our Coworking Space is located in Cali, Colombia and after a few false > starts we've launched in Jan2012 to coincide with #JELLYWEEK.this is > only our second Jelly Day (We've opted for a WeekLong Jelly) but have > seen since our publicity campaign (Mosty social media, and previous > contacts) that people are a bit reluctant because they are not aware > of the concept. We've also send informative campaigns, (read > powerpoint presentation via slideshare, and reference to youtube > videos). So to all coworking spaces abroad, how have you spread the > word? > > I appreciate any feedback > > David > Coworking Tequendamahttp://coworkcali.com > @coworkcali -- 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.
