Florida Creatives – Creating a Community of Innovation

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More than 2 years ago, I heard about these two marketing guys / geeks from New York who had started an event they held on Friday mornings for coffee and conversation. The first few were just the two of them, but as they invited people and the word got out, it grew until it started getting on the radar all over the world. Now Likemind happens in scores of cities on every continent, and Orlando has been on that list almost since the beginning.

Likemind is before work (8AM), it happens downtown, and everyone is welcome. Bring a few friends, get some coffee, and tell us what's on your mind.

Location

It's not a user group, it's not an unconference, it's not a geek dinner, it's not a meetup or a networking event. Yet, people who enjoy these types of events will find a home at our table.

The best way I can tie all these folks together is with the string of Innovation - that magic pixie dust that inspires us when we see it in others, rewards us when we achieve it ourselves, and pat our peers on the back when they can do it without bragging.

Indeed, whether they be engineers, entrepreneurs, artists, actors, writers, or anyone else, the spark of invention brings us all to the marketplace, and has kept us coming back for over 2 years.

Location

More than 2 years ago, I heard about these two marketing guys / geeks from New York who had started an event they held on Friday mornings for coffee and conversation. The first few were just the two of them, but as they invited people and the word got out, it grew until it started getting on the radar all over the world. Now Likemind happens in scores of cities on every continent, and Orlando has been on that list almost since the beginning.

Likemind is before work (8AM), it happens downtown, and everyone is welcome. Bring a few friends, get some coffee, and tell us what's on your mind.

Location

It's not a user group, it's not an unconference, it's not a geek dinner, it's not a meetup or a networking event. Yet, people who enjoy these types of events will find a home at our table.

The best way I can tie all these folks together is with the string of Innovation - that magic pixie dust that inspires us when we see it in others, rewards us when we achieve it ourselves, and pat our peers on the back when they can do it without bragging.

Indeed, whether they be engineers, entrepreneurs, artists, actors, writers, or anyone else, the spark of invention brings us all to the marketplace, and has kept us coming back for over 2 years.

Location

Join us at doterati's upcoming educational event!

doterati is hosting the battle of the year, with panelists duking it out for their framework of choice!

Join us for some pre-event networking at 6:30 pm. The "battle" will begin at 7 pm.

Pre-register today for this FREE event.

Battle of the Web Frameworks

Location

This month several of our regular Florida Creatives attendees will be in Austin for the South by South West Interactive conference, so our regular third-Monday Happy Hour will be going on in 2 cities simultaneously! (I expect pictures, people! This will be the first time I'll ever miss a regular happy hour) Those of us in Austin will be coordinating over twitter - @liberatr @xentek @corycollier @etanowitz @whiteafrican

Location

Each person has 20 slides that rotate automatically every 15 seconds. The presentations are on creative and interesting things that are not your everyday type of presentation.

Agenda

• 6:00 Registration Begins
• 7:00 Presentations (1st Half)
• 8:00 Make Contest
• 9:00 Presentations (2nd Half)

From a recent article in the Orlando Weekly:

...a few of the fascinating folks he introduced me to that evening.

Gregg Pollack wrote on the Coworking Orlando mailing list:

Yesterday I stopped by John Hussey's office, he wanted to talk to me
about CoLab. John Hussey, in case you're not aware, owns the Angebilt
Building where CoLab is located and helped put together CoLab. I assumed
CoLab wasn't bringing him as much income as he would have hoped, so I wasn't
sure what to expect from the meeting.

John let me know a few things. First of all that Fredda is no longer