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A coworking community and events center on Bainbridge Island January 30, 2012 |
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Learn to tell your story: live audience, or short video?
Greetings!
Whether you have a big idea or an amazing product, good (and quick)storytelling is an important skill to have. Here are two learning groups, two modes of storytelling...
 | | Presentation technology has come a long way in the past 100 years, but try to beat this 'Radioptican' for cool! Come in and see it! |
I had my first try at giving a prepared 5-minute talk last Thursday -- at the Chamber of Commerce After Hours event. I wrote it all out and practiced it to test how long it was. While not good for an Ignite performance (too much about thanking our co-hosts and explaining our business), I was glad I made myself stick to the short script.
When I meet up with the Ignite Bainbridge learning group this Wednesday (and every 1st Wednesday at 1pm), I plan to have a second presentation sketched out, for feedback and coaching, and to present it in May at our first Ignite Bainbridge performance. It's 'Toastmasters meets TED Talks!' Join us.
If a live audience is not your cup of tea, or if like most small businesses you know you need video content for social media marketing and search engine optimization (SEO), then jump in with The Short Video learning group, organizing now to offer collaborative workshops for creating high-impact, low budget videos. And if you interview someone interesting on Bainbridge Island, your video may have an audience on Inside Bainbridge! Yes, the founders of our 'homegrown online source for what's up on the rock' are excited about partnering to post our successes. Stay tuned for workshop dates! |
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Kanban group analyzes workflow
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Gary Knopp led a curious group with an introduction to Kanban last Friday, discussing both physical and online Kanban boards. He recommended LeanKit Kanban as the online tool of choice (free for a single board).
We used the OfficeXpats board with sticky notes as an example of one way to partition the columns of backlog/ready/work-in-progress/done into rows of workstreams (in our case -- sales, marketing, operations, and events).
Finally, we set our agenda for the next meeting by individually putting our topics of choice on sticky notes on the front windows, then we voted on which to prioritize. We had time to discuss one of the suggestions, "patterns," and agreed to watch for patterns appearing in OfficeXpats that might be tweaked to enhance our community. Topics that will have to wait until next time included how to acknowledge on the Kanban board all of the interruptions and distractions in a day. Join us every other Friday (next meeting is 2/10) to explore this tool for visualizing the workflow and bottlenecks of almost any business problem! Thanks, Gary, I'm hooked! |
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1st Wednesday Networking
Don't forget 1st Wednesday Networking at 5:30pm this week (2/1/2012). This is an opportunity for local businesses (Bainbridge Island and our neighbors) to share what we do. Everyone gets a chance to speak for one minute to the group in addition to the usual networking.
Anyone can sign up to sponsor a future meeting (bring drinks and nibbles) and sponsors get a full five minutes to talk about their business or some initiative. Contact Ann Whitmore for more info. |
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Events @OfficeXpats
(NO Business Skills brown bag this week)
- Tuesday Jan 31, 11-12pm: Free Computer Support Hour
- Wednesday Feb 1, 9-10am: It's About Creating Health weight loss support group
- Wednesday Feb 1, 1-2:30pm Ignite Bainbridge learning group
- Wednesday Feb 1, 5:30-7pm First Wednesday Networking
- Thursday Feb 2, 4:30pm: Coworker Happy Hour
- Monday Feb 6, 9:30-10am Coworker check-in. Share goals for the week, create accountability.
- Tuesday Feb 7, Agate Pass Exchange February Potluck
- Wednesday, Feb 8, 11:30-12:30pm: NEW! Friends of Facebook meet-up
- Wednesday, Feb 8, 1-2pm: "What is Google+ and why?"
Events are located at OfficeXpats and drop-ins are welcome unless otherwise noted. |
| Membership Levels and Pricing
How many days each month would you use OfficeXpats?
Get work done in a productive, professional, and socially supportive environment. Or using a reserved conference room to host six people for a 2-hr meeting. Or both! You could even invite additional meeting attendees to join by Skype video conference.
- 3 days/month (Basic) $69
- 5 days/month $105
- 10 days/month $180
- 15 days/month $250
- Full time $320 (only $272 through Jan 2012)
- Add unlimited after hours/weekend access to any level $75/month
 Add a Pavilion gym membership to any level for just $20/month- Flextime Punch Card $60: Drop in 6 times for up to 2 hours each. That works out to $5/hr, and you get free coffee! Does not include use of conference rooms.
Note that memberships are limited to staffed business hours (8:30-5:30pm). Add after hours/weekends for $75/month.
To start your membership, just give us a call at 206.780.2177. |
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| Pay it Forward! | |
When you refer someone who becomes a member, we want to give you credit! $60 of membership credit, to be exact. Or, if you aren't a member yet,we can offer you a Flextime punch card, also worth $60. Pass the word and let us know who you have referred!
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| Who We Are | |
"Our vision is to become THE place on Bainbridge Island where independent workers, small businesses, and big ideas find community and support."
OfficeXpats on Bainbridge Island is a workplace solution beyond commuting to the corporate office or working from home.
Coworking is about making the personal choice to work alongside other people instead of in isolation. We offer a shared "community" office for remote workers, independent consultants, entrepreneurs, and small businesses.
OfficeXpats is located upstairs in the Pavilion on Madison, just a 10-minute walk from the ferry terminal, through beautiful downtown Winslow. We hope to help you in your quest for 'new ways to work.'
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P.S. Please help us get the word out that coworking and meeting space is available in the Pavilion. to other independent workers and small businesses!
Sincerely,
Leslie and Jason,
The OfficeXpats Team |
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