Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: National Open House Day Announcement

[mira Danyel brisk (mirabepeace]

Great questions and comments, Tom and Chris.

Chris - Yes and Yes.  This purpose is multi-fold.

It is definitely meant to be a big marketing push - nationally and locally
for each group, as a part of the whole.  After all, that's how we formed
our groups in the first place, right?  Weather we call it 'marketing' or
'outreach' or simple 'meeting new people', it is needed to create and
sustain our communities.  If we don't have 'opening' in your community now,
we all will at some point. Isn't it ideal to have a ready waiting list of
people practically knocking down your doors to be a part of your community
who understand the cohousing model and dynamics already.

Having people visit, learn about, see and talk to people there first hand
will certainly help with that!

What are we marketing?   Its a combination of at least 2 levels.  One is
certainly the individual communities, as stated above, to help each one
grow in whatever way they want and build a supportive network around them.
Also, just as important, as Tom says it, to let more people at large know
about cohousing as a viable option. This will grow the 'national market'
and increase awareness around this option and way of living and working
together.

Wouldn't it be great if we didn't have to start conversations by always
explaining WHAT it is - if people know about it and are looking for who's
doing it in their area!  That's where we'd all like to get to.


Social - Yes, definitely!  I envision this event being as much fun for the
members themselves as it is for the public to come to. I really believe
that's what will make it successful.  When we have fun together, this will
also draw other people.  Let's aim to get as many of "ourselves" actively a
part of the day as possible!


Also, both of these things will go hand and hand, right?  Being social and
bringing people together is also a form of 'marketing', if you will.


Tom - Definitely!  Yes, we will work on getting great national press around
this!  In fact, if you want to help with that effort, please let me know.
I would love to work with you and anyone else interested in making and
implementing a plan.  Thanks for your enthusiasm.
Which community as you a part of?




On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 6:22 PM, Tom Smyth <tom [at] sassafras.coop> wrote:

>
> I love this idea! Seems like a great marketing move. Might be able to get
> some national press out of it. More people need to learn about cohousing!
>
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 6:15 PM, Chris ScottHanson <cscotthanson [at] mac.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Mira,
> >
> > This is an interesting idea, but I don’t understand the purpose.  If it
> is
> > for marketing purposes, what is it that we are marketing?  Or is it
> simply
> > intended as a social event, which could be great fun to do “nationally"?
> >
> > Chris ScottHanson
> > (206) 601-7802
> >
> > > On Oct 13, 2015, at 5:30 PM, mira Danyel brisk <mirabepeace [at] 
> > > gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > Coho/US is creating a national platform for each individual community
> to
> > > plan and hold their own event on April 30, 2016.  Please take a look at
> > the
> > > blog post about it for more details - http://cohousing.org/node/3387.
> > > <http://cohousing.org/node/3387>
> > >
> > > Its a day for us all to hold a public event simultaneously.  The shared
> > > energy of us all creating an event at the same time will help connect
> our
> > > communities across the country.  We hope to have a big social media and
> > > marketing push around this event.  There will be more details on that
> as
> > we
> > > move forward.
> > >
> > > For now, put this event on your community's agenda in the next month or
> > so
> > > to discuss and start planning for it.  Have a representative from your
> > > community 'sign up'  (link on the blog post and website page), so we
> can
> > > begin working with and supporting you on a national level.  We will
> > > officially launch public marketing efforts at the beginning of the
> year.
> > > Let's use the time from now until then and this coho-L platform to
> > > brainstorm ideas for the event and ways we can all support each other
> in
> > > making it as fruitful as we can.  Look forward to hearing from you and
> > > connecting.
> > >
> > > Peace,
> > > *Mira Danyel Brisk*
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> > >
> > > *Coho/US Outreach Associate*
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