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Re: video on community building community discussion…community

Lauren Galanter — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:35:55 -0000

@alex

So bad at keeping up with comments....sorry for the delay.

I just had a wacky idea--a co-working sitcom/sketch show/comic how-to videos.

As far as srs bizness is concerned...hmmm. I would think the root to the whole co-working thing is "how to network/find people to co-work with". Cause if you can't network, then you're kinda SOL.

Re: video on community building community discussion…community

Janna Santoro — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:48:19 -0000

Oh, one more:
How do I set up web presence for a Sactown group? (I am by no means a "techie" or whatever you want to call it. I mostly write/edit/read, and barely have my own web site. So, I need help with that desperately...)

Re: video on community building community discussion…community

Janna Santoro — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:37:01 -0000

Hey Alex, just got a chance to watch your video -- and thanks for the shout out! As for your question regarding how-to topics -- these are the "how-tos" that are running through my brain, which you can feel free to use, rearrange, or completely disregard as you see fit:

How do I...

-find and/or start a coworking community?
-finance the project?
(These first two are the biggest questions for me right now.)
-find a place to hold events that doesn't cost all of my earthly belongings?
-gauge interest and determine the viability of a space? (Assuming that a community is established.)
-determine the appropriate size of a space and then go about getting it set up (furniture, wiring, etc.)?
-determine a fee/membership model?
-creatively market the community and space? (I do have some ideas here, but this topic would likely serve others well.)

So that’s a start…I’m sure there will be more at some point in the future. Hope that’s helpful.

Re: video on community building community discussion…community

Mark — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:32:48 -0000

LOL! I figured you'd do something with the Viddler record feature, but I didn't think it'd be done that quickly! Thanks for the shout out. Let's talk about the IndyHall-video-a-day project soon!

Re: video on community building community discussion…community

alexknowshtml — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:14:02 -0000

excellent, Lauren. Thanks!

I don't know how many how-to videos we could do within the scope of coworking...any specific topic ideas?

Re: video on community building community discussion…community

Lauren Galanter — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:11:34 -0000

I hadn't heard of commoncraft before but that's very cool. I think a video like that could work, maybe intersperse some "live action" video with it as well?

Whatever form the videos take, if we do videos I'd love to help out. Feel free to "rope me in."

Hm. Thought--co-working vlog with core "how-to" videos?

Re: video on community building community discussion…community

alexknowshtml — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:52:43 -0000

@David: That's a neat concept, I love commoncraft (the recent zombie survival one was great!). I should probably rope in some video folks with real experience (ahem forkyou ahem illadates, etc) for some production technique, but I could totally write and narrate that. I think my conversational tone of writing would lend pretty well to it. Good one!

Re: video on community building community discussion…community

David Dylan Thomas — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:42:43 -0000

Something like this - http://www.commoncraft.com/ - might work.. One of those vids on "How to Build a Co-Working Community" (one on "What is Co-Working?" couldn't hurt, either). Done in a viddler viewer you'd have the opportunity for the contributory aspect you're going for.