Thanks Alex. Very good info. Adrienne
Sent from my iPad On Apr 4, 2012, at 9:09 AM, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> wrote: > 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). > > 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]> 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]> 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]. >>> 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
