September 1st, 2010 by abiandersen
This month at the Hub Islington we would like to learn more about you and your projects. So do join us for the Fancy Photo Booth, the Pitch Your Project Breakfast or for a cup of tea at Sew & Tell. There are also some exciting social events going on to say goodbye to old friends, celebrate the autumn and stave off those end of summer blues.
There have been a number of requests for a Hub Workshop on WordPress blogging. I’ll keep you updated on this, but it looks likely to be in October.
If you would like to run an event for members at Hub Islington next month and beyond or you have suggestions/requests for events that would be useful to you and others, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
The sun is out for September!
Hub wishes,
Abi
Thurs 2nd & Fri 3rd: Hub Activity | Fancy photo booth | Hub Islington, 10.30am – 5pm
Mon 6th: Hub Networking | Social Media Monday | Hub Kings Cross 7-10.30pm
Weds 8th: Hub Clinic | From Apps to Zen | Hub Islington | 1-4pm
Fri 10th: Hub Social | Five years and Maria! | Hub Islington, 6-10pm
Tues 14th: Hub Breakfast | Pitch Your Project | Hub Islington, 9.30-10.30am
Tues 21st: Hub Activity | Sew & Tell Take 2 | Hub Islington, 4-6pm
Thurs 30th: Autumn Fete! Hub Islington, 7-11pm
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August 3rd, 2010 by abiandersen
August is well underway and kicking off to a racy start with a Poker Night at Hub Kings Cross tomorrow, followed by pin-cushion and poetry fun in Islington later this month.
On a more serious and tech-savvy note, Chris Smith shows us how to master the art of social media, while Hub Plus and dotActivist workshops also keep us up-to-date online.
There are also a few surprises to come, so stay tuned…
Tues 3rd: Hub Event | Poker Night | Hub Kings Cross, 7-10pm
Thurs 5th: Hub Lunch | Hub Plus Part 2 | Hub Kings Cross, 1.30-2.30pm
Sat 7th: Hub Workshop | dotActivist day for online activism | Hub Kings Cross, 10am-4pm
Weds 11th: Hub Clinic | ‘What is Social Media & How to Master It’ | Hub Islington, 1pm-4pm
Tues 24th: Hub Activity | Sew & Tell | Hub Islington, all day
Thurs 26th: Hub Breakfast | Poetry & Granola with poet Michelle Madsen | Hub Islington, 9.30am
Tags: Chris Smith, dotActivist, granola, Hub Islington, Hub Plus, Michelle Madsen, poetry, social media
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July 27th, 2010 by admin
Just wanted to share this webpage about succesful home working with everyone!
http://www.workfromhomewisdom.com/
Tags: freelance, home, work
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July 15th, 2010 by admin
On Saturday 10th July, a Great Celebration took place in the heart of the East side of London. SAN FERMIN! A festivity that is well known by some english speakers for the works Hemingway wrote about it.
This year the actual celebration has been characterized by the reclaims for the freedom of speech, after some incidents between organizers and the Town Hall of Pamplona, who banned the use of the Basque flag. for that reason every single Peña (organizing group) has made their banners in black with a reclaims for the Freedom of speech, and so has it been in London.
However, leaving the Political essence that anything seem to have in the Basque Lands it was a day of party for the basque community and friends who approached London Fields. There were musicians, and loads (more than 60 litres) of sangria, and basque games (see buzzes at naiara´s arm for reference of the effect the mixture had) such as SOKATIRA, sack races and others.
Started with the entzierro in Estafeta Kalea (provisionally located oppositte the Oxford House in Bethnal Green), and went in a pub crawl (pint per pub) from Bethnal Green to London Fields, accompanied by the bull and the muscians playing in the street.
Once in London Fields, many people joined and got involved in the games and dancing bit. A good day that will certainly soon be rpeated!
Tags: food, fun, London, outdoors, participatory video, social action, think
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July 14th, 2010 by abiandersen
Last week Anna Springbett, Economic Regeneration Manager at Business in the Community came in to persuade us of the benefits to be gained by pairing up mentors from the corporate world with individuals running social enterprises. She brought one of the many successful pairings with her to describe their experience.
The Mentor: Julia Proud was the Head of Process Improvements at Ascent Media but now runs her own consultancy. Rather surprisingly, she was pleasantly surprised by the amount of useful advice she was able to give her mentee.
The Mentee: Christoph Warrack is the CEO of the inspiring Open Cinema and told us how useful Julia had been in helping him with the direction of his enterprise, including the expansion of his organisation.
Here is a taster of the numerous useful and interesting nuggets of advice, ideas and revelations…
- It might take mentors a while to get into their stride and understand what skills they can really provide – skills that are so second nature to them they don’t realise they have them!
- Mentors can help mentees work out where their organisation is going and provide them with the tools to guide them through this process in an organic way.
- If you want a lot of input, how about positioning your organisation into a case study for a business school and get some cutting-edge bright minds brainstorming for you?
- Mentoring should be a two-way process, with both sides getting value and satisfaction from the relationship.
The next round of mentor and mentee match-ups will be held on 20th August. So if you’re interested in getting involved, please contact Anna.Springbett@bitc.org.uk for details as soon as possible.
A big thank you from The Hub Islington to Anna, Christophe and Julia for coming in!
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July 13th, 2010 by holly.lambert
Tour of Hub Madrid
Just sharing the job Josef has done by recording Hub Madrid, ENJOY IT!
Tour of Hub Madrid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUzlBFsbM3g
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July 13th, 2010 by admin
We´ve had a very special visitor on this pizza Tuesday @Hub Islington. Nynke, who was hosting Hub Rotterdam for three months last year and is now part of the team setting up Hub Melbourne has come to expent the day with us.
After graduating, and volunteering as a host in Hub Rotterdam, she went travelling to New Zealand and Australia and met Bred through the Hub Network; Bred, is the contact from the network for people who want to set up Hubs in Oceania, so she got involved in the set up of the Hub in Melbourne.
They have already found the space in and they wrote the business plan. Nynke is now travelling around some of the Hubs in Europe in order to understand the hosting role better, as she believes that is what makes the real difference with other co-working spaces- Also, by speaking to the founders of other hubs she is willing to learn from their previous experiences, as they went through the same processes before. She is interested in all the resources, the way IT is set, programmings, and at the end, everything that is needed in order to run a Hub.
When we ask her, how she feels in this Hub after her day in King´s Cross yesterday, and her previous experience in Rotterdam, she tells us that she can feel the essence of the Hub here and the similarities she finds between this and the one in Rotterdam .
She will also be visitng the Hubs in Brussels, Berlin, Amsterdam and hosting for a couple of days in Rotterdam in the next couple of weeks before going back to keep on with the Melbourne Hub.
BEST OF LUCKS!
Tags: coworking space, hosting, hosts, hub, international, melbourne, space
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July 9th, 2010 by admin
(Drum playing with expectancy sound) Tintirinti titi tititin….. drrrrummm
Today, we are starting a series of weekly TOP FIVE STORIES picked from the media in the outside (of The Hub) world.
1.- WORLDTV.COM
If bloging gave us the opportunity to spread our words all around, now this new resource makes possible to create our very own on-line TV.
2. – The Bonnington Squat in London.
Could this be the key to solve the housing problems in the city? An experience worth watching…
3.-The paradoxes of Degrowth
Are democracy and individual rights compatible with the ‘managed contraction’ of the economy? wonders Duncan Green.
4.- An encouraging one to cheer us up!
And last but not least… a bit of a weird one to make you all laugh:
5.- LOST LONDON
Happy fridays!!
San Fermin @ London Fields all day tomorrow!
Tags: coworking, degrowth, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, environment, friday, fun, hub, hub action, international, London, online, project, social action, sustainability, sustainable, think
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July 8th, 2010 by holly.lambert
The 25th June something amazing happened everyone in the hub came in with theirs pyjamas. This idea was managed by Wallace and Gromit foundation for a good cause. The reason of these amazing day was to raise money for the children. The people who didn´t came in pyjama had to pay two pounds as a fine.
Furthermore the people of The fun fed also wanted to contribute to the cause and prepared some games to make the fun in the work. The games consisted on try to put a peg in tha clothes of hub members.
This day reminded me of my time in the nursery school, when all the class mates were playing in the park. It was a really funny day and I would like to sugest why don´t do that all the days, the pijamas are very confortable and plays games with the work mates is really funny. And it, s very useful to create a great atmosphere in the hub.
Nestor
Tags: charity, funny, hub
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July 1st, 2010 by abiandersen
It’s quality not quantity for July’s events. We have business mentoring and Hub plussing at Hub Islington, as well as an exploration of conservation expeditions by Biosphere Expeditions including a talk from the company set up by extreme survivalist Ray Mears.There’s also a chance to get out of the office & into the world of ancient Egypt at the British Museum with the Hub Day Out.
I’m taking suggestions for the programme over the coming months, so if you have any ideas, suggestions or want to hold your own event in partnership with the Hub, please write to me on islington.hosts@the-hub.net
Bring on July’s globe artichokes (with simple vinaigrette for a sharing caring summer starter)
& raspberries (in a meringue pavlova – recipe to follow…)
In July:
Wed 7: Hub Clinic | Business Mentoring for Entrepreneurs | Hub Islington, 1-4pm
Sat 10: Hub Day Out | Ancient Egypt from the inside | British Museum, 4-5.30pm
Wed 14: Hub Lunch | Your Hub Plus Pen Pal | Hub Islington, 1-2pm
Sat 31: Hub Event | Outreach Reception | Biosphere Expeditions | Hub Islington, 6.15-8pm
Tags: ancient Egypt, Biosphere Expeditions, BITC, British Museum, business mentoring for entrepreneurs, globe artichokes, Hub Day Out, Hub Islington, Hub Plus, raspberries, Ray Mears
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