I heard about another awesome (and simple) event idea at the Unconference in Austin: a "coworker's brunch". Apologies for not being able to remember the source.
The idea is that some breakfast food is provided weekly at the beginning of the week to get everyone together, talk about their week ahead, and what they have planned. The following week provides followup and accountability. The rhythm, of course, is something that new members can jump into easily and replicate. I love this, we're going to be rolling something like this into Indy Hall. /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 10:01 PM, Alex Hillman <[email protected] > wrote: > A cereal bar, awesome idea! > > We have a few food-related things at Indy Hall: > > 1) a vending machine that is stocked weekly with all local-made snacks and > beverages. Tastycake may have been bought by an Atlanta company, but > they're still employing Philadelphia workers at the factory. The owner of > this new business (offering the vending machines) is a member of Indy Hall > herself. > > 2) We have a weekly "meal plan" that's organized by a few of our members > and a local personal chef. You pay $20/month (5/meal) for a "whatever she > picks" catered lunch. It's always an entree + a fruit or salad. It's > delicious, nutritious, and heck - $5. > > 3) Our newest membership subset is called "CounterCultr", a group of > foodies that swap recipes, do food photography, menu-writing, and other > creative work surrounding food. Us having a full (albeit non-commercial) > kitchen means they're not shuffling between each others' kitchens every > week while they experiment with their food ideas. The group is growing and > a lot of fun. Bonus: they leave leftovers for the next day for everyone to > share > > This is all on top of the usual coffe-provisions, the occasional pizza > lunch, the periodic snack samples dropped off by various vendors, and > generous members who bring in bagels, pretzels, fruit, baked goods, etc to > share. > > -Alex > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > > > On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Ryan L. Cross <[email protected]> wrote: > >> We have a cereal bar in our space. We provide bowls, spoons, milk and 6 >> (just upped it from 4) different kinds of cereal. I've not heard one person >> say that they don't find this to be a valuable amenity. I thought that was >> interesting. On a practical note, the milk is the only pain to provide (as >> it needs to be purchased on a very regular basis). The rest we have >> subscriptions setup on Amazon. >> >> In case you're wondering, yes the cereal is in alphabetical order. ;) >> >> Ryan >> >> >> On Thursday, March 8, 2012 1:15:25 PM UTC-7, OC Houston wrote: >>> >>> We are in the planning stages of a coworking space. I've read that >>> most spots provide snacks. What types of snacks are typically offered? >>> Do you stay away from junk foods? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/coworking/-/RJ2yVN60_ekJ. >> >> 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.
