Social Media Strategy
May is social media strategy month for our Tuesday@noon business skills seminars. Before investing in any new marketing venture, it’s helpful to know where you want to go. Such as understanding WHY you would use WHICH channels of social media and WHAT you want to get out of them. And of course you will want to know whether you are reaching your objectives over time. This month, we will break it down into 4 weekly workshops to help you develop your own goals and build a process for reaching them. May 7, The building blocks of your social...
read moreGrounds For Change coffee honored as “Best for the World”
Stacy Marshal, founder of Grounds for Change, is now partnering with us for office coffee. There are many reasons we are honored to offer GFC coffee, the primary being that their brew is simply rich and delicious to the coffee connoisseur. But there is more. In addition to being organic and fair trade, GFC has partnered with Carbonfund.org to offset 100% of the global warming emissions associated with their coffee– the first coffee roaster in the country to complete the rigorous third-party certification process. All of this focus...
read moreKombi Corp. of Bainbridge Island to co-locate with OfficeXpats
In May of 2013, we welcome Kombi Corp. of Bainbridge Island as it moves its headquarters to co-locate with OfficeXpats. Kombi is a scaled-services company bringing a fresh approach to mobile business called Adaptive Point of Service (APoS)*. Kombi’s founder, John Eisenhauer, a board chair emeritus of the Bainbridge Graduate Institute (BGI), has been growing hi-tech and green businesses on Bainbridge Island for many years. Coworking is becoming the new “garage” for startups. In a growing trend, small and start-up companies...
read moreThe Global Coworking Conference/Unconference (GCUC 2013) in Austin
“I’m all JUICED up from GCUC!” After returning from her first global coworking conference, co-founder of OfficeXpats, Leslie Schneider is overflowing with ideas and appreciation for the unique time we are in, to create the future of work with a rich dose of community. The coworking conference in Austin last week (March 5-6, 2013) was a good balance of best business practices blended with strategies for how to create a real community of independent workers. This niche industry is mature enough now after 7+ years that...
read moreKombi Corp to co-locate at OfficeXpats
In a growing trend, small and start-up companies often co-locate with coworking spaces to share resources and offer a dynamic, diverse environment for their employees. In fact, coworking has been called the new “garage” for startups. We quietly announced at the member meeting last week that Kombi Corp will be moving in to OfficeXpats. It is now official. Kombi is an island software company bringing a fresh approach to mobile business called Adaptive Point of Service (APoS), and its founder, John Eisenhauer, has been growing...
read moreSpeaking and presenting to build business
Thanks to all the presenters for this month of workshops! For a limited time you can access full videos of the presentations below. The fear of public speaking is legendary. Overcoming or dealing with the fear, and honing your presentation skills to a level that allows you to promote your business or your career, can open doors and build your professional credibility. The Tuesdays@noon in March explore this powerful skillset, including how visuals and technology support your message. March 5: “Using professional speaking skills to...
read more16 Northwest coworking and collaboration spaces!
Susan Evans Dorsch, of Office Nomads (remember her visit to OfficeXpats?), has taken the lead on a website to share the coworking and collaboration spaces in the Northwest. Called the Seattle Collaborative Space Alliance (SCSA), it lists 16 different spaces! So when you venture out to the mainland, you may want to explore some of these. Let us know, and we’ll write up your experiences to share with our community. How many of these have you heard of? (Click here for the SCSA members page with links) Agnes Underground (Capitol...
read moreBuild WordPress Sites in a Hands-on Workshop Series
A HUGE thank you to Annette Walker for preparing this detailed how-to series, and to Jeff Logan for his SEO session added at the end. For a limited time you can view recordings of these sessions by clicking on the links below. Learn how to build a fresh, attractive website or blog using WordPress with free or custom themes! Four Tuesday@noon business skills workshops in February will take you step-by-step through the basics of building and updating your site. WordPress is friendly and you don’t have to be a techie or designer to use...
read moreCreate Art at the Office
A number of years ago, when I lived in Seattle, I would have a monthly art date with my art mentor and best friend Linda. Together we went through a number of phases and crafts, including scrapbooking, jewelry making, and collage. I love collage: the meditative quality of finding images that call to me, then carefully cutting them out of magazines and juxtapositioning them with other images for a surreal effect. Rarely do I have an intended meaning, but later on they can take on significance. My collage here is of layered magazine...
read moreNew in 2013
A NEW LAYOUT! At member requests, we’ve moved all the desks around to create a little more personal space, and some choices for a little more visual privacy. MEMBERSHIP SPECIALS through January 31: All memberships: Pay for 4 months of membership upfront, get your 5th month free! Any daily membership: When start or upgrade a membership in January, you will get “Xtra” days to use throughout the year. For instance, if you sign up or upgrade to Flextime (8 days/month), you get 8 full-day gift cards to use anytime throughout the...
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