Florida Creatives – Creating a Community of Innovation

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From a recent New York Times article on Likemind:
a monthly kaffeeklatsch for creative professionals, held in 55 cities around the world, including Mumbai, São Paulo, Shanghai, and Malmo, Sweden.

Likemind gatherings have no formal structure, no fees and typically no agenda. But participants exchange ideas, job tips and useful contacts, while also batting around ideas about technology, art, business and culture.

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2009 is going to be a big year for Florida Creatives, and this month's happy hour is going to be the kick-off to a lot of that activity. We are starting a monthly conference call for a steering committee, so look at floridacreatives.com for more details.

In just a few days, Florida Creatives will have been a regular event in Orlando for 2 years. This is a cause for celebration. I hope you can all make it out to the festivities.

2009 is going to be a big year for Florida Creatives, and this month's happy hour is going to be the kick-off to a lot of that activity. We are starting a monthly conference call for a steering committee, so look at floridacreatives.com for more details.

The Doterati are also having a holiday party the following night at Monkey Bar (which is across the street from Crooked Bayou.

I've spent several days in November at CoLab, Orlando's first coworking space, mostly because of the $49 deal announced for November, and because of the fact that desk fees are temporarily waived for Tuesdays. Personally, I can walk there from my house, and there's lots of good coffee and food on the way, so it's all pretty nice.

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Come celebrate and network with doterati as 2008 comes to a close and the holiday season gets rolling. doterati is hosting a Holiday Networking Bash at Monkey Bar in Downtown Orlando Wall Street.

Friends, family, colleagues and clients of doterati are all invited to join in the fun at this free event. There will be a cash bar and doterati will raffle off prizes. Raffle tickets will be on sale throughout the evening.

Greetings Coworkers!

CoLab Orlando is our first Coworking space in Central Florida, and I believe the second one in Florida, after Brikolodge in Miami. I am sitting in the space right now as I write this post.

CoLab is laid out with a general admission area as well as some private suites for rent. I believe the anchor rate will be $250 once this gets swinging, but for November, they have announced a monthly rate of $49, which I was happy to pay.

A full list of rates and amenities should be available over at CoLabOrlando.com

Every single 3rd Monday for the past 23 3rd Mondays, a group of geeks, artists, writers and other creative types have been gathering in Orlando for a networking event otherwise unheard of in this part of the country.

Come and meet some likeminded folks - people who are always learning, working to change the world, looking to create something new, or people who just like being social.

From a recent New York Times article on Likemind:
a monthly kaffeeklatsch for creative professionals, held in 55 cities around the world, including Mumbai, São Paulo, Shanghai, and Malmo, Sweden.

Likemind gatherings have no formal structure, no fees and typically no agenda. But participants exchange ideas, job tips and useful contacts, while also batting around ideas about technology, art, business and culture.

Likemind.us started over 2 years ago in New York when two guys decided having a good conversation over coffee and talking to a likeminded person would be better than doing it virtually. Now they are in 50+ cities on 6 continents, including: Ankara (Turkey), Shanghai, Bucharest and Frankfurt. On the same day, people in these cities and 40 other places around the globe, other likeminded individuals will be getting together for some good coffee and conversation.

Coffee sponsorship ($25 is plenty) could be kindly paid for by your employer.

Every single 3rd Monday for the past 22 3rd Mondays, a group of geeks, artists, writers and other creative types have been gathering in Orlando for a networking event otherwise unheard of in this part of the country.

Come and meet some likeminded folks - people who are always learning, working to change the world, looking to create something new, or people who just like being social.