Hi, As with any venture into coworking, someone needs to plant the seed to raise the profile of coworking.
Some space owners and managers have started with an initial meetup at a local cafe or restaurant, spreading the word about the meetup and generally what it will accomplish, and starting that first conversation. It will show you that there is some initial interest and give you an opportunity to take a survey (official or casual) of the attendees as to what they want in a coworking space. Then you can plan other events to keep that group meeting up with one another, maybe some networking events, some cafe coworking, maybe work out of someone's house or host a jelly in the office of a supporting business. Slowly you'll see the community forming, and then when you all think they are ready you can get a physical space to work out of permanently. Meanwhile you can work with local or national government or non-government organisations to seek funding for a new space and maybe even create a sort of business incubator for students, illustrating the need and how beneficial such a space can be, and even have testimonials from the folks that you've already gathered to say how much they want such a space. Work with student groups to spread the word and be sure to offer a student discount or maybe even a way for students to barter for use of the space. All concepts need someone to start the ignition. Coworking is no exception and is something that you'll be explaining, defining, and refining every day for as long as you're involved in coworking. You'll find others gravitate to it and can be evangelists right along side you. r. *____________________ rachel young *[email protected] *We're moving to a new location for Mar 1! * *See details at http://bit.ly/movingwestward.* *Find us online:* Website/blog <http://camaraderie.ca> and Newsletter<http://bit.ly/camaraderienewsletter> Google+ <http://bit.ly/CamaraderiePlus>, Twitter<http://twitter.com/camaraderie> , Facebook <http://bit.ly/9zv3Fx>, and LinkedIn<http://bit.ly/CamaraderieGroup> *Be in business for yourself, not by yourself! * *Continue the conversations you started on May 27* *at FLCTO2 by joining the LinkedIn group <http://linkd.in/FLCTO>.* * * On 5 January 2013 05:36, Kyriakos Sotopoulos <[email protected]> wrote: > I live in the 5th largest city in Greece that has a university with many > department including economics and computer science. In the city there are > a lot of young people except for the students that' have studied abroad > with knowledge and creativity. Those people are unemployed because of the > general situation in Greece. They are not familiar with coworking thought. > I believe that if Smb showed them what they can do in a coworking space, > how they can use their knowledge and creativity to start their own business > despite the situation of the economy they would embrace it. The problem is > how do I make familiar the concept of coworking to that group of people? > How do I create the community that would embrace the idea. I strongly > believe that coworking can really change the business culture in the city > for the better! > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
