Coming to Innotech San Antonio? Look us up in the Expo area - we'll be there Thursday afternoon, March 4, 2010 to preside over a BrainJam in the Social Media Lounge.
Catch Susan's Social Media Session
Thursday, March 4, at 2:30 pm, Firecat CEO Susan Price will present on Social Media for Business, along with the lovely and talented Luis Sandoval of TechinTwenty. Check the schedule; looks like we'll be in the Elm Room. If you're there at 9:30, see Colleen Pence and Shaine Mata conducting a similar Brain Jam type session.
We'll all be hanging out on the Expo floor in the new Social Media Lounge - so drop by to put your Twitter handle on the wall and meet other cool social media folks. Jennifer Navarrete (aka @epodcaster) will be interviewing attendees, presenters and exhibitors, and streaming the interviews. We'll be collecting Twitter handles in the lab - so stop by and get more networking done faster.
About Innotech San Antonio
Innotech San Antonio is the region's largest B2B IT event. You'll meet hundreds of IT execs and professionals from all sizes of companies. Check the agenda. Online registration closes Tuesday, March 2 - but you can walk-up, and you should. See you there!
Smart phones, iPhone apps, text messaging, iPad - worlds of possibility for marketing. Join us at noon on Friday, March 5, for the coworking & brownbag session. It's free, so reserve your spot on Eventbrite today.
Firecat CEO Susan Price is headed to Austin Saturday, Feb. 22 to attend TEDxAustin at the KLRU studios. If you see her there, please introduce yourself.
As one of the organizers of TEDxSan Antonio, Susan is keen to develop TED community in Central Texas. She and the other event organizers are fanatic about the value of TED.com's Ideas Worth Sharing and looking forward to gathering ideas for the Alamo City's TEDx event.
There's also a party at Conjunctured, a Coworking space, for the folks who either refused to apply for this curated event, as well as the ones who applied and weren't selected.
It's people gathering to do their usual work, just in a new location. It's a growing, worldwide movement, especially relevant for those of us whose jobs involve the phone and computer, allowing us to work from just about anywhere.
Am I supposed to stay all day?
Entirely up to you, any part of the day, or the whole shebang. Many folks drop in for just a quick coffee, or the lunch discussion, others for the happy hour.
Do I need to be a web geek to participate?
No, we welcome all kinds of folks -- accountants, lawyers, artists, architects, journalists, printers, farmers, designers, massage health workers, historians. It helps if you can get stuff accomplished with cell phone and computer, but most people find a few hours spent networking and thinking with a pen and paper can be quite productive.
Is it a big networking fest?
It's pretty relaxed, and if you want to meet others, you can -- but it's not required ;) We maintain a "no pitch zone" but we have seen people find talent, projects, jobs, vendors, and a few enterpreneurs have found investors.
Why do people cowork?
A change of scenery stimulates new ideas and ways of thinking, so coworking tends to breathe life into the way you think and feel about your work. Independents, and telecommuters enjoy a break from the home office. Entrepreneurs, and others thinking about going independent, find lots of advice and warm support. We almost always learn something new at coworking, through what has been called "accelerated serendipity." The right people, with the right information or connections, have a way of coming together when they need to.
Is there a cost?
Not at these sessions at Firecat. We sponsor coworking sessions on the first Friday of each month for the benefits mentioned above. Our team offices at home except for meetings, so we need the contact. Some spaces are "collectives" with a subscription or rental model. This one's free.
Is there coworking at other places?
There sure is, coworking is an emerging trend all over the world. See the coworking wiki for locations and specifics. There are other coworking sessions in San Antonio, dedicated coworking spaces have sprung up in Texas in Austin, Bryan/College Station, and Houston, and more are coming. San Francisco, New York City, Philadelphia, London, Paris, Milan, even Beirut have coworking spaces. In San Antonio, Todd O'Neill of DoingMedia and others gather every Tuesday at La Taza Coffeehouse.
Where's Firecat Studio again?
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