This event is free and open to the public. If you are an artist (musician, painter, poet, arts & crafts, designer, photographer, etc.), a healthcare professional (or in any way affiliated with healthcare) or an instructor (i.e. yoga, tai chi, personal trainer, nutritionist, dietitian, better/healthy living, etc.) we ask that you come and take part in this event and share your personal and professional insight.

Leaders from SHANDS and the University of Florida Medicine Program (AIM) will be attending. These leaders will lead the conversation about way we can improve our community wellness and how HAWC will help in that movement.

If you are interested in being a part of this event and sharing your knowledge about your specialty, for no cost, you can set up a table to do so.

Refreshments will be available.

Please RSVP for this event or for additional information contact 850-926-3526 or email healingwakulla.com

Visit: www.healingartswakulla.org

I’ve been enjoying the benefits of coworking for a while now and can see how such an arrangement can benefit Free Agents. If you’re like me, you work out of a home office.If you have a spouse, kids and/or a dog or cat, that home office is a double-edged sword.Yes, it’s great to walk down the hall and be in my office. I can start and end work in seconds – and that means any one of the people or pets mentioned above, can do the same.As someone who has researched and followed co-working for some time, I’ve seen a lot more benefits than drawback.

via Seven Benefits of Coworking.

e2e Connect has been organized for the charitable and educational purposes of recognizing the spirit of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial leadership, and to provide educational, networking and recognition opportunities for entrepreneurs, business owners and community collaborators who support their endeavors—YOU!

Our objective is to provide a hands-on approach to helping each other become successful business owners. Our strength lies in our ability to facilitate and coordinate collaboration among the individuals who are working to grow their businesses, partner with someone else in his/her business, or find a job with a budding new business. We’re here to help. Whether it’s connecting people for collaborations, refining business ideas or simply supporting each other, e2e Connect is a dynamic resource for any entrepreneur.

via About e2e Connect | E2EConnect.

e2e Connect is looking for nominations for its 2011 Dandi Awards to be held at Hotel Duval in Tallahassee on Thursday October 6th. Tickets are available now through Eventbrite.

The great thing about coworking is that you can choose how much or how little you want to participate, and slot it into your routine where it fits best.

via Work Shifting – How to Shift from Solo Working to Coworking.

Most articles about coworking have been from the eyes of the owner, manager or coworkers. What about the employees? The people who essentially keep the coworking space ticking along. What do they think about coworking? Well, that’s me, an employee of a coworking space. I started working at The Works Coworking Cafe when it opened in December 2010. In all honesty, I had no idea what “coworking” was. My boss explained the concept to me but my eyes were on the job, it’s local, good pay and the owner seemed like an easy enough person to get along with. My boss explaining coworking to me was like trying to explain to an artist how to balance his checkbook…knock knock, is anyone in there? Soon after starting, I threw myself into learning as much as I could about coworking as possible. Sure I wanted to educate myself on coworking so when potential coworkers were to come in I would be able to properly answer and explain all things coworking but more than that, I was interested in what coworking was really about. No, it’s not JUST about office space.

Given my background in marketing, sales and management, I was thrown for a loop once I learned the entire concept of coworking. At first look, you can conclude that we’re a coffee shop with office space. But once you get to know what we are really about you will find that we have an overall sense of creating a base at which we allow the citizens of our community to come in and help in building an even better community. I think that’s what meant the most to me. Not only are we providing a place for people to come, work and drink coffee but more importantly we are providing an opportunity for people to branch out of their homes and cubicles and network with other in the same community. I’m sure you have gathered that I am not the owner or manager, I’m just a standard employee but I get so excited when two people are brought together because of our establishment. Isn’t that what it’s all about?

Over the past 8 months, I have developed a passion for The Works. I treat it like it is my own. The success of The Works is not necessarily what we want to see first but the connections that are made because we are here, because we believe in connecting a community that so badly needed that connection. There is no doubt that you can search for an article that gives you all the reasons why coworking makes sense. It’s funny when you think about the responses that you would get from an employee of a large company instead of from the CEO, COO, etc. I think you’d be surprised at the answers, more honesty I would think! It’s kind of like interviewing a parent’s child to find out what kind of person that parent is (could you imagine!). So take this opportunity to listen to me when I tell you those people are crazy! No, i’m kidding! But seriously, what’s so great is that we have so much fun and get more work done than if we were sitting at some desk in a routine job. One of the greatest things, is having so many different people around to bounce ideas off of. For example, before this articles gets published, it will, inevitably, go through someone here, maybe a coworker, my boss or even just one of our regular coffee drinkers.

Whether you are in need of a coworking space or not, I urge you all to take time out and visit your local working space. Within those walls, undoubtedly, you will find people just like us, people that want they same things for their community. Take a step out of your ordinary and into the world of coworking, be part of the change that’s happening in your community.

We all want to get our work done, but sometimes it seems that there are so many distractions that it is almost impossible to be productive.

via How to minimize the impact of 5 common distractions — Online Collaboration.

Vacation hangover. I need a vacation from my vacation. Whatever you call it, it’s an issue for every freelancer on the planet.

via How to get motivated after a time off ::: Deskmag – The Coworking Magazine.

When you become a freelancer and run your own business, you’ll learn more about yourself, other people and the business world than ever before.

via 80 great ways to become a better freelancer | Creative Boom Magazine.

When I was a corporate lackey, cubicle-bound and oppressed to the gills, I coveted the idea of working from home. Over time, as I began to work from home more and more and went into the office less and less, I realized that my human contact quotient had significantly decreased.

via How Coworking Saved My Marriage.

Summer’s here. Undoubtably. If the heat hasn’t reminded you then surely the deafening buzz of the cicadas should. The days are longer. The kids are out of school. Everything seems to slow down.

Are you slowing down? We’d like to hear about your summer plans, whether business or pleasure.

“A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken.”