On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 1:22 PM, rachael spiewak<
rachael@sopobikes.org> wrote:
> Hi, everyone. After attending a handful of Bike!Bike! conferences and
> putting on a regional one, it seems to me that folks are looking for
> opportunities to:
> 1. tell their own bike shop stories,
> 2. have those stories be heard, and
> 3. get to know other shops with stories that resonate with them.
>
> I think facilitating some of that up front will make workshops move along
> faster and go deeper, and it would help us find that magical person we
> needed to talk to about whatever nagging issue's been bothering us.
>
> At BBSE we did a conference-wide go-around of introductions and then we
> broke out into pairs to share bike shop stories, which seemed to go really
> well. I think we could take it a few steps farther if folks are into it:
> 1. It might be nice to have info booths or tables for all of the shops if
> there's a big common area available at the conference. Then you could move
> about, see photos or slide shows, put faces to names, and show off what
> you're proud of at your shop. We did this at an community arts gathering in
> Atlanta a few weeks ago, and it was pretty great. It might lend to
> developing a few ad hoc workshops or post-conference partnerships.
> 2. And it might be nice to have a big map and push pins to get a visual
> geographic depiction of who's present.
>
> Anyway, just putting some ideas out there so we can get the most out of
> sharing a short period of with each other.
>
> Looking forward to it!
>
> Rachael
>
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