As the workforce continues to evolve away from traditional employment and towards increasingly diverse, independent ways of work, our support systems are going to have to change accordingly.
At this meeting, we'll be convening leaders from around the islands to discuss the core components that go into the development of a healthy ecosystem that supports the new economy, from freelancers to telecommuters to statups and more.
KEY TOPICS
- The state of the innovation, creative, and coworking communities in Hawaii
- What we can learn from other urban initiatives happening elsewhere in the world
- Brainstorming around how to better raise awareness of the existing communities and resources
- Sharing of best practices in building effective coworking communities
- Meeting fellow leaders and getting feedback on current initiatives
YOUR ORGANIZERS
Tony Bacigalupo is a director at Open Coworking, a nonprofit that advocates for coworking worldwide. An avid organizer, Tony has been working on the development of coworking communities and support ecosystems for the new workforce since 2007. He was cofounder and Mayor of NYC's first dedicated coworking space, New Work City, from 2008 to 2015. He's a founding organizer of IndieCon, an unconference for independent workers and serves on the board of the NY Tech Meetup, a 506(c)(6) organization in NYC and the world's largest Meetup group, as well as the organizer of the Coworking Community NYC Meetup and co-organizer of the Dynamic Coworking Meetup.
Tony has experience consulting urban-level community development projects, including the Tony Hsieh's Downtown Project in Las Vegas, Bell Works in Holmdel, NJ, the 312 Main project in Vancouver, and the Hive at 55 (now LMHQ) in Lower Manhattan (the first coworking space run by a Business Improvement District).
Tony also has authored one book and co-authored another (No More Sink Full of Mugs: Lighten your workload, increase participation, and build better culture in your coworking space and I'm Outta Here: How coworking is making the office obsolete), and has spoken at various events around the world including SXSW, GCUC, and Maker Faire.
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Amy Segreti is the founder of Live All of You, the Activated Man Program, and an anonymous project she'll tell you about in person if you ask nicely. She specializes in heping people honor their inner compass, craft their day from the inside out, connect with fellow world-loopers, and weave their unique selves into their daily rhythm through personal consulting, workshops and holistic productivity worksheets. She is co-organizer of the Dynamic Coworking Meetup, hosts Holistic Day Design workshops, and co-organizes IndieCon unconferences.
Amy is also an editor and writer, having published hundreds of pieces internationally in print and online publications such as The Huffington Post, New Worker Magazine, The Baltimore Sun, elephant Journal,Thought Catalog, The Globe (NC), InMadrid (Spain), The Daily Camera (CO), Yellow Scene Magazine (CO), Maryland Life, Rooster Magazine (CO), Fortnight Journal (NYC) and The Washingtonian (DC). Previously, Amy was founder and editor of Twine Magazine, a print magazine focused on the areas of place, palate, and pleasure.