[hackerspaces] question about workshop strategy

[Florencia Edwards]

thanks to everyone answering, It's great. please if you can I would love to
hear more ideas, more answers are more then welcome

Cheers!


2013/10/11 john lunger <justj1915 at yahoo.com>

> Or you how about 80/20 if not members and then 80/10 if you are member?
>
> Then you are not saying you have to be a member if you are teaching a
> bunch of workshops there but it is financially an incentive to be a member.
> Maybe a few other perks involved as well other than just finances. Maybe a
> teacher forum where the teachers can have a space to share ideas and
> teaching methods. A free hackerspace teacher t shirt. In the newsletter as
> promo. Space to keep their stuff but all this is actually perks to be a
> member anyways.
>
>
>   On Friday, October 11, 2013 9:14 AM, Ben Brown <ben at generik.ca> wrote:
>  Comments inline.
>
> On 10/11/2013 11:53 AM, Florencia Edwards wrote:
> > Hi all, I wanted to ask you how do you do it with the workshops.
> >
> > 1. How do you divide the winnings between the makerspace and the
> > teacher by percentage?
>
> We encourage members who charge fees for workshops to donate part of
> their profit from a workshop, but we don't require it. That said, we'd
> likely require sometime from an outside group who's using our space for
> their paid event.
>
> >
> > 2. Are all the teachers members? Is it a requirement?
>
> No. We've had teachers from both inside and outside our membership.
> Public events get approved on by the board, so long as they're on line,
> it can be anyone.
>
> >
> > 3. Are workshops for members only?
>
> It's not a requirement. We've had both public and members-only
> workshops, it's up to whoever puts it on.
>
> >
> > 4. If teachers are not members and workshops are not members only, how
> > do the people that go to the workshop relate to the makerspace. How
> > can they make community if they only go for some classes.
>
> (answering #5 as well) We encourage the teacher to introduce outside
> participants to the space and describe what we do, as well as inviting
> them to our Tuesday Open Night, which has happened every week since day
> one. Our workshops tend to be maker-centric, which also helps in keeping
> participant interest in the space, though that's not always the case.
>
> We find awareness to be a powerful tool - even if participants
> themselves don't have much interest in a hackerspace, they know who we
> are and will ultimately spread the word.
>
> Ben
>
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