i'm hoping others have insightful tips and share too! information like this increase in value and their power when shared :-)
Rena, thank you for the update! please let me know which topical areas you're seeking short and long term help with? i'm sensing your immediate toughest decisions are trade offs -- choosing what _Not_ to do :-? i'm feeling your vision and mission, and sensing seeds of culture budding. i can imagine fun n' adventurous experiences pitching makeshift society's strengths -- our people, location, timing and opportunities intuiting from my experiences in managing volunteers... people enjoy happy feelings -- witnessing their contributions immediately making a difference. it's that being in the moment feeling / vibe / flow ... during personal learning opportunities, and/or sparking memorable emotions of "aha!" resonating with their value systems positively short and/or long term hence directing traffic of many volunteers' a very challenging yet rewarding opportunity and experience in itself! suggestion #1: directing traffic (foreground) find a person with passion and talent for learning event management skills and delegating primary responsibilities to him or her while event management (especially with volunteers) is an area i have hands on experience with, these days... i tend to accelerate --> booster shot it from behind the scenes. if needed, i can help facilitate and teach / mentor it as skill set to one or more people suggestion #2: automatic payments (background) instead of designing a full website that can accept payments... have you considered using eventbrite and/or competitive services to do it http://www.eventbrite.com/fees/ ? for example, you'd want to create different tickets matching each membership level; i hope this helps! On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 1:17 PM, Rena Tom <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > This week I had my first general meeting for Makeshift Society, my new > space which will hopefully open in September. We had roughly 70 people come > to listen in, and we took lots of names I need to follow up with regarding > volunteering, teaching and such. I also set up a Square account for > signups, since our website (makeshiftsociety.com) is just brochureware > right now. We signed up 17 members at various levels. > > I am really working the connections via social media to get the word out. > It is leading to lots of offline opportunities for promotion too - a booth > to hand out flyers at an upcoming show, a magazine profile even before we > open doors. Being upfront and full of energy, and asking for what I want, > helps a lot. You can't get something if you don't ask. > > Next steps are buildout and more funding, in the background, and designing > a full website that can accept payments, in the foreground. I am delegating > most of the interior design, branding, and PR, but still need to help make > decisions. I'm finding that managing this many people is difficult - most > are volunteers and that is wonderful, but someone still needs to direct > traffic. > > Rena > > -- > 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.
