C⁴ Workspace and a bunch of others are hosting a Pink Slip Mixer on Thursday, September 17 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm to help connect under employed professionals with the companies and agencies who may have opportunities for them.

What’s a Pink Slip Mixer?

Pink Slip Mixers had their start when Wall Street got clobbered in the fall of 2008. Frankly, their soirees were more about drwoning their sorrows than connecting with the right people.

The Pink Slip Mixer is a non-threatening, social event. It is not a job fair. It is not for entry level people. The event is for for mid level, experienced professionals who have gotten the short end of the economy’s stick. And it’s for people in a position to hire the aforementioned professionals to meet and mingle with them outside a sterile interview or [shudder] The Job Fair.

We currently have 2 search firms lined up and are talking with two others as well as a few corporate HR departments.

The evening will start at 6 pm with sign in, name tag affixing, wrist banding and door prize ticket acquisition. It will run through 8 pm with breaks to give out door prizes. In between it’s all about talking with people. People looking for work and people looking for good employees and contractors. There will be snacks and refreshments throughout the evening. And attendees will have a chance to get a professional profile picture taken to flesh out their online profiles on sites like LinkedIn.

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This Pink Slip event is right in line with our mission here at C⁴ Workspace. We’re all about a sustainable professional community. Sustainability starts at home with bringing home the bacon (or soy substitute). We know not everyone is cut out for running a solo business and not all solo’s are cut out to work in traditional office environment. But we all gotta cowork in some fashion. So Pink Slip brings together San Antonio’s professional community to work together and network.  And that’s what C⁴ Workspace is all about.

The Pink Slip Mixer is brought to you by:

• C⁴ Workspace
• Madhatter’s Teahouse
• MyLabelNet

I found this summary repost, “Measuring the Success of a Coworking Community”, at WebWorker Daily but I think that going to the original, “Measuring success“, at the Urban Workspace site would be a better use of your time.

The author, Mark Harrison, from Melbourne, Australia, is in the start up phase of a coworking location. (His site hasn’t been updated since April soooo…either he’s DEEP in the start up phase or is on hold.)

Either way, I was struck by the notes Marc hit with his post. If you’ve heard me talk about C⁴ Workspace (or read some of our press) you’ll definitely hear me singing harmony with Marc.

Here are Marc’s key vision statements. (And that’s me singing baritone.)

• [Members] They would rather come into the space than stay at home.
• Every year I would like to see at least a couple of businesses outgrow our space
• [Members] want to leave their job and start the small business they’ve been dreaming about…
• Every business can confidently say that they are getting 10%, 20%, even 30% or more of their revenue from clients that they have met through our community
• Every year at least one completely new business is formed based upon relationships that have started within the space.
• Businesses that invite their clients in for a meeting in the space will see a higher conversion rate
• [Members take] great pleasure in telling people about things they have learned and ways they have improved their business just by being surrounded by great people every day.
• Many social groups start up within the space
• Corporate employees start asking their bosses if they can work from our space for a day or two each month
• Members don’t rush to get home every afternoon
• We attract people from a wide range of industries
• Members are regularly telling our investors that they are getting great value from being a member

Thanks Marc! Couldn’t have said it better myself!