Regarding Medical & Government: I've spent time with people from both of these industries, with mixed results, talking about how they can benefit from coworking. One of my common selling points is to urge them to look for the "admin days" in their schedule and make them happen from Indy Hall. The benefit is taking what's otherwise a drudge-worthy point in their schedule and making it something to look forward to.
We've got a member who's a private practice doctor. We have a couple of yoga instructors on the roster, too. We've had a good amount of interaction with government too, but not in the way you might be looking for. We've actually seen government employees look at our models for interacting collaboratively with excitement and find ways to apply them to new initiatives in city hall. What's awesome is that they've done it successfully, even if it's small successes. They get involved at an event level. We've hosted and helped organize some hackthons that involved civic leaders, and it's been extremely valuable to have them at the table. My hope is that over time, more people who work at City Hall can spend time at a place like Indy Hall, and we can learn more from each other about how to make our city better (since that's core to our mission (http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2012/04/the-virtues-of-indy-hall/)). A massive portion of Philadelphia's open data initiative and other related public sector initiatives look to our models of coworking for inspiration of how to interact outside of city hall and collaborate better with other departments as well as the private sector. It's been really inspiring to watch them put these ideas to work :) -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Adrienne Normand wrote: > Thanks Toni and congrats on your new space in Houston. I hope coworking takes > off in Houston. I think it's important to the awareness of our industry that > More coworking starts up there. > > I checked out the previous posts. Very helpful, but I'd still like to hear if > anyone is seeing anyone from the Medical or Government industries join > coworking. I'm not sure how those industries would take part, but I'm hoping > someone on here can surprise me with some info. > > Adrienne > > Sent from my iPad > > On Apr 3, 2012, at 6:42 PM, Toni Hogan <[email protected] > (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > > Hey Adrienne, thanks for the LIKE! I'm not sure how I missed it. :-) I > > asked a question about industry specific centers a couple of weeks > > ago. If you search "industry specific" the discussion should come up. > > > > Toni > > > > On Apr 1, 11:52 pm, Adrienne Normand <[email protected] > > (http://gmail.com)> wrote: > > > Hello All, > > > > > > For those of you whose coworking space caters mostly to a specific > > > industry > > > besides tech, what are the common issues you deal with regularly? > > > Challenges? Benefits? What would you change? > > > > > > Does anyone's space cater to or attract the following industries: > > > 1. *Medical > > > 2. Government* > > > 3. University/ Higher Ed > > > 4. Architecture/ Real Estate > > > 5. ......fill in the blank here......what other industries are flocking to > > > coworking besides entrepreneurs, high tech, and creative studio space for > > > creative industries? > > > > > > Thank you all in advance for your help. > > > > > > Adrienne > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Coworking" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > (mailto:[email protected]). > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > (mailto:[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] > (mailto:[email protected]). > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > (mailto:[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.
