Florida Creatives – Creating a Community of Innovation

Some might wonder what types of things would we "meet" about so I thought I'd share my thoughts here on that.

First, please join the group and subscribe to the RSS feed (or the email link). We encourage lurking and realize that you may not be able to make the first 10 meetups due to the busy life we all lead, but by keeping in touch via those resources, you will be giving yourself a chance ("Just one chance!" as Braveheart would say) to one day hookup with the rest of us.

I'm loathe to go out of my way for a meeting, which IMHO, is just a throwback to the corporate practices of days gone by. So, while I'm calling this a "meeting" or "meetup", I fully expect it to be a social event with a small element of business chatter on the side. If you want. If not, it will just be a social event.

Bring your spouse - this doesn't just have to be those of us in the business.

Ideas for "Meetups":

• Client challenges: Getting new ones, keeping them, horror stories, success stories.
• New market trends we are seeing. Old trends we see dying off.
• Carpool to O-town and crash one of their meetups
• The Central Florida tech scene: (See this post at Doterati). Do we need an official organization to represent tech/marketing workers/firms in Central Florida. Will it help you? Will it just be a benefit for the big tech companies and a boondoggle for the rest of us?
• The state of wi-fi and wi-fi cafes. Do you work remotely? Ever? Thoughts about Starbucks.
• Marketing/Branding firms getting into web design and Web Design firms morphing into Marketing/Branding firms: good, bad, or ugly?
• Business news in Brevard. What are you seeing? Are small businesses worth pursuing? How small? What's your take on getting into the big companies (Harris, Health First, etc)?

Got more ideas? Add them to the comments. Even if you can't make the meetups, it will give us fodder for discussion and growth.

A big thanks to Ryan Price for starting and managing this wiki-site to help Floridians all over more easily meet and connect.