We've run programs for grade 8-12 at the space called SPARK - hoping to see it expand to other schools. See links for details. Here's a post of one session we did with a highscool group Each company in the space is open to and has taken on highschool and college interns/co-ops. We also have started a new program called TREPTalks and it's affiliate program TREPDesk (the TrepDesk can be used by any student) For any coworking space out there, it's a great idea to bring students into the space to interact with the member 'treps
The TrepDesk is a great idea to not only increase some revenue for the space but support the next great idea! It's a win-win-win marketing initiative. We just launched SimCoLab (Makerspace) and it's attracting some youth as well. Chad Ballantyne 705.812.0689 [email protected] Barrie's Coworking Community Perfect for small businesses, startups and entrepreneurs. 12 Dunlop St E, Barrie Ontario, L4M 1A3 Memberships start at $25/mth www.thecreativespace.ca 705-812-0689 On Apr 23, 2014, at 12:21 PM, Jeffery Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all. I'm new to this group but I'm wondering if any of you are familiar > with efforts by coworking spaces to engage high school-aged youth. I'm trying > to figure out how to connect high school students to entrepreneurs & > startups, and to help them think of possible career choices beyond going to > work for someone else. > > Are there examples of coworking spaces that make an effort to engage high > school students in their events or even have events designed especially for > them? Or for teachers and/or youth workers? Are there examples of spaces > working closely with high schools in some way? Are there spaces where high > school students are invited to work? > > Thanks! > > Jeff > > -- > 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. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
