ANOTHER NSoW PARTY
IS A BIG HIT
Seventy No Shortage of Work subscribers converged on the offices of New Work City on Wednesday, April 7, 2010, for what can only be described as our best networking party yet.
Unlike our prior party there was no music, which was a welcome relief; our crowd was loud enough. By 8:00 p.m. it got so crowded that some people moved into the hall for one-on-one discussions. New Work City is moving soon to a bigger space, and we are all hoping we will be invited to hold a party there soon.
(Note: The next party will be on May 10 – look for an announcement on this site.)
Humor was provided by someone identifying himself as Kotow Shergar, an editor at Humongous Shortage of Work. Mr. Shergar handed out a flier recommending attendees go home, and if they chose to stay they avoid talking to strangers and be very suspicious of offers to help. Ironically, Mr Shergar stayed until the very end, and his handout made the claim that he wrote for the Onion and was offering to help people with their writing.
Elissa Desani, of Glass Ceiling Films, collected stories and suggestions from attendees. She even caught on tape a heated argument between Kotow Shergar and Brooke Allen, regarding the reasonableness of people helping people without money changing hands.
Below are more photos from the meeting:
NSoW Volunteers meet for dinner before the party.
NSoW Party attendees brought their own beer, wine, soft drinks, and munchies.
Left to Right: Kotow Shurgar and Brooke Allen argue while NSoW subscriber, David Brett, looks on in disbelief.
Attendees wore color coded tags identifying them as willing to be mentors, looking for work, or looking for help.
There was more than enough to drink and eat.
Elissa Desani of Glass Ceiling Films
Tony Bacigalupo, Founder of New Work City.
About Our Hosts: NEW WORK CITY
New Work City is a co-working site where membership gets you access to their workspace, their mailing list, an excellent community of NYC independents, and much more.
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I attended this event last night and was very pleased to see a great turnout of people. The room was buzzing with people actively networking. I’m a member of New Work City and hosting an event like this is a clear example of how we can optimize our existing resources to create more value.
Optimizing human resources is what this event was about. There is a tremendous amount of untapped talent out there and events like this are one way to build connections between people. We all need to become more creative and look to new ways of helping each other to create new business models for a new economy.
I’ve personally been interested in facilitating better networking opportunities for decades and I’m looking for others with an interest in collaborating on building mobile phone apps that would leverage location based services to enhance the networking experience.
[...] Our last party was a huge success, and we’re ready to do it again! [...]
This event was a great success! I met a number of interesting people–many with similar interests to mine (aside from the standard job-searching). I can’t wait for the next event so I can meet even more people–and perhaps see some familiar faces as well.