Thanks for posting this recap Craig! I really enjoyed this Unconference discussion and think it could be really powerful as the coworking movement continues to grow. As someone said at GCUC (probably more than once) our biggest competition is home offices and coffee shops, not fellow coworking spaces. Working toward more of these regional alliances, whether they are for raising awareness of coworking in general, sharing members, or just socializing, will go a long way toward showing the world we practice the collaborative lifestyle that we preach.
Keep me posted! Beth @gonecoworking On Mar 14, 4:15 am, "Will Bennis, Locus Workspace" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Craig, > > We're doing this in Prague, Czech Republic, too. I'm actually sitting >at a co-sponsored Jelly (5 spaces are hosting Jellies) at another > coworking space, having just finished writing our meeting minutes for > our 2x/month meetings (that coincide with the Jellies). We have a > local visa program that's a bit different from the international visa > and do some shared marketing and are talking about how we can do more > to promote the idea of coworking and to bring more to our members and > to Prague by working together whenever possible. Here's our > website:http://coworkingvpraze.cz. > > Will > > On Mar 13, 5:20 pm, Craig Baute - Creative Density Coworking > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > One of the biggest takeaways from the conference last week was the > > potential power of the city or regional collaboration associations. It > > sounds like Seattle is the best organized with Toronto also starting > > to have a strong group. These regional groups not only build positive > > relationships and collaboration between spaces but also allows them to > > build awareness together, sharing expenses, and allowing for more > > creative ways to work together. > > > Here are a few ways that I recall regional groups coming together: > > > Seattle: Once a month social meeting rotating from space to space. > > Toronto: Coworking Passport, Shared website for the city wide > > initiative. > > Austin and Philly (I think): Coworking Blood Drives > > Austin: Kickball tournament between coworking spaces. > > > If you know of any other ways these groups are working together then > > please list them in the comments. I am going to take steps to start > > forming this type of group in Denver. > > > Craig > > Creative Density -- 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.
