Good morning everybody :) I’m really excited to share with you passion project we have been dreaming for couple of years and which is now becoming a reality - European Freelancers Week <http://www.freelancersweek.org/>!
EFW is a new initiative which will annually connect Freelancers’ and Coworking Movements via Week of events dedicated to Freelancers and mainly held at Coworking spaces. Using a crowdsourced and distributed event format, the first ever European Freelancers Week <http://www.freelancersweek.org/> will take place in multiple cities across Europe on October 17 – 23, 2016. The objectives of EFW are to facilitate freelance community building in Coworking spaces, empower freelancers to join forces, and improve conditions of independent working through learning, sharing, networking and policy action. The initiative should bring more recognition to the value freelancers and coworking communities bring to the European economy. European freelancers, digital nomads, and Coworking spaces are invited to engage in #EFW16. Events can be submitted till October 3, 2016 through the open web platform www.freelancersweek.org <http://www.freelancersweek.org/>, where they will be published in the joint event map calendar. Suggested event formats include meetups, workshops, consultations, solution and matchmaking sessions, pop-up art, conferences and hackathons. #EFW16 is realized on a voluntary basis and coordinated by a coalition of 8 national freelancers’ associations in different European countries. By now it has been endorsed by more than 30 organizations, including European Coworking Conference <http://www.coworkingeurope.net/>, European Coworking Assembly <https://coworkingassembly.eu/>, Seats2meet <http://seats2meet.com/>, Copass <https://copass.org/> and Smart EU <http://smart-eu.org/>. We accept both in-kind and financial donations and sponsorship. I would like to invite you all, coworking spaces from Europe, to become our Ambassador <http://freelancersweek.org/get-involved/#ambassador> and promote the initiative via its network and social media and it would make us happy if some of you would like to organize events <http://freelancersweek.org/get-involved/#organizer> dedicated to Freelancers. Looking forward to your feedback :) Cheers from Croatia, Matija Raos <http://www.hdnp.hr/> MATIJA RAOS, NGO President & Program Coordinator [email protected] | +385 (0)97 793 2853 | www.hdnp.hr <http://bit.ly/1XdBZ4x> Check out our projects: #CoworkingHR <http://bit.ly/1XQruqj> | #FreelanceHR <http://bit.ly/28Rb9RC> | #BehanceReviews <http://bit.ly/1SPHchV> | #KIKI <http://bit.ly/1W1HGFZ> | #DIDI <http://bit.ly/28NyWOT> We are supporters and coordinators of <http://bit.ly/2cgaRU8> <http://bit.ly/2cgaRU8> We are proud members of <http://bit.ly/1JVelDI> <http://bit.ly/2cr5MKw> <http://bit.ly/1Swly4K> > On 10 Sep 2016, at 09:11, Bernie J Mitchell <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Cat! > > Jen reminded me that we are working on this > http://www.atworkhubs.co.uk/coworking-food-sharing-like/ > <http://www.atworkhubs.co.uk/coworking-food-sharing-like/> > > We have a food sharing fridge which we are trying to connect with the very > local area. > We need to put more work into with both our members and the shops and > restaurants nearby to make it work - but it is a good exercise. > > > Have a remarkable day > > Bernie J Mitchell > 0777 204 2012 <tel:0777%20204%202012> > > Do you use Trello? <http://berniejmitchell.com/blog/> > > Sent from my mobile device > > *Unless we agree otherwise, this email conversation is confidential. > > > On 9 September 2016 at 20:46, <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Cat, > > A few things I did that helped: > > Go to near by apartment buildings, befriend the manager, then ask to host a > lunch for the tenants. Hang flyers a few days before to make tenants aware > and then provide them with lunch, you get to meet people who are working from > home, tell them about your space/coworking in general and invite them to come > in to try it out. > > Get people in your space: Anyway you can. Once people are in and they see the > space they will be curious and want to know more. I have done Art Openings, > Live Music showcases, hosted parties for companies (outside of my members), I > offered free yoga classes to the surrounding community...again any way to get > people in the space, even if they didn't need coworking, most of the time > they knew someone who would be interested! > > Grass Roots marketing, going out and getting into the community and letting > them know. Going to relevant Meet-Up groups and letting them know who you > are. I went to flea markets, festivals, music and just talked to as many > people as I could. > > Hope some of that helps! > and Good Luck! > Jen > > > > On Friday, September 9, 2016 at 11:09:21 AM UTC-6, Cat Johnson wrote: > Thanks for the contributions! I appreciate you guys taking the time ;) > > Cheers, > Cat > > On Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 12:40:09 PM UTC-7, Cat Johnson wrote: > Hi everyone > > I'm working on a blog post to help coworking space operators educate their > extended communities about coworking. While not all spaces struggle with lack > of awareness around the industry, for some, it's a big issue. > > Do you have a tip to share? Something that has worked well for you? > > Just a sentence or two will do and I'll link to your space in the post. > > Thanks! > Cat > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > <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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > <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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <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. 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