Sorry - Jon - not Ron! Chad Ballantyne 705.812.0689 [email protected]
On 2012-10-29, at 11:15 AM, TCS wrote: > Hey Ron, > I'm sure there is good stuff happening over there all the time! The media > tends to feature one side. Bad news is good news for news. > SO nice to see some real good news coming out of Rwanda! Congrats! > > No harm in joining the list and networks, but your main market is your local > community. Best to spend the time working those relationships then > broadcasting on the global bulletin board. As it's been said many times in > this group; build the community first. > > Our biggest success are groups of little wins and losses that happen along > the way within our community and organically grow which provides greater > sustainability. > Hosting events around your focus market are great ways to get people into the > space. It's always the greatest "sell" to see and experience the space and > the community in it. Host a JELLY or IGNITE: Kigali, to get the > tech/media/geek crowd in or a meetup for journalists, etc. Your local media > should be jumping at this kind of news. Free press! > > Love the trees out front! Show some of the surrounding area on going - > location/ environment are key. > > That said - continue to use this international group - there are lots of > great people willing to share stories, ideas, cautions, etc. > > Peace! > > Chad > > > > > Chad > > > > Chad Ballantyne > 705.812.0689 > [email protected] > > <TheCreativeSpace-door-decal.png> > > On 2012-10-29, at 10:47 AM, Jon Stever, The Office RW wrote: > >> Hey everyone, >> >> The Office RW is a new coworking space in Kigali, Rwanda. >> >> We opened two weeks ago for 12 crash-testers, and will open officially in >> December (www.TheOfficeRW.com). >> >> I've seen various groups (league of extraordinary co-working spaces, loose >> cubes, deskwanted, goodcoworking, etc), and was wondering if we should be >> trying to join or get listed on any of these sites/groups to help integrate >> ourselves better into the global coworking community and movement? Is the >> coworking un-conference something that many people would recommend us >> travelling to attend? >> >> So far we've found the coworking wiki and this google group very useful (our >> terms of use agreement, for example, borrows heavily). But, any other >> thoughts on how we can reach our hands out to the international crowd for >> sharing experiences would be really welcome! >> >> Cheerios >> >> Jon >> >> >> >> -- >> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >> >> > > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com
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