May 13th, 2012 | by dball | Category: Minneapolis
The Gateway Ramp (red marker) is now the official parking ramp of CoCo (green marker).
The Gateway Ramp, just one block away (map) and connected via skyway, has offered CoCo a deal that’s hard to refuse:
Contact Teke, your host, for more information on parking validation or monthly contracts.
May 13th, 2012 | by dball | Category: d.school @ CoCo, Events
This class is a quick and powerful introduction to the design thinking methods and mindsets – ideal for anyone who is curious about design thinking.
In this fast-paced session, we will take a common experience and redesign it completely. Get ready to get your hands dirty!
May 1st, 2012 | by dball | Category: daycamps, Events, St. Paul
Spatial Hotdish is a friendly, team-based map mashup ‘competition’ combining people from the web development and “traditional GIS“ communities in the Twin Cities. Think Iron Chef with a geospatial (and Minnesota) twist! Work on a team to create a browser-based spatial data visualization using data that you find and a few last-minute secret ingredients.
We’re intentionally bringing together folks who may otherwise not work together. “I don’t have any experience with GIS data/programming”, you say? No problem! We’ll provide a ready-made list of tools and data sources for you to use. Or, bring some of your own data to map and show. It’s a short event and no fancy or polished results are expected.
A social gathering at a nearby establishment will follow the event.
The size and number of teams are limited, so register quickly if you are interested! (Spaces will be allocated based on time of registration, but there will be some moderation to ensure participation from both communities and a balance within teams.)
April 11th, 2012 | by dball | Category: Collaboration, d.school @ CoCo, Education, Innovation, Minneapolis
CoCo is bringing the design-thinking movement to the Midwest with the launch of d.school @ CoCo, an innovation school based on the world-renowned d.school at Stanford University. d.school @ CoCowill offer classes and workshops on design thinking to individuals and larger organizations. The school will be led by Anna Love-Mickelson who is a former Fortune-500 innovation leader and currently teaches design thinking at Stanford University’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school). Classes will be taught by Love-Mickelson as well as other coaches certified by the d.school at Stanford. “We’ll be using the same great curriculum that is used on campus in California. However, because we are in Minnesota and operating within the CoCo community, we will also looking to prototype new ways of solving local problems by enabling radical collaboration at the community level,” Love-Mickelson said. Classes and workshops will include:
Anna Love-Mickelson, director of d.school @ CoCo
“One of the most exciting things for us at the d.school is hearing how past d.schoolers are spreading design thinking. We are excited to see how this new venture impacts the Minnesota community,” said Evelyn Huang, Lecturer, Executive Education at the d.school at Stanford. The opening of the d.school @ CoCo represents a big step for CoCo and coworking movement in general. “We are building a community of members who are naturally inquisitive and creative.” said CoCo founder Kyle Coolbroth. “the d.school @ CoCo makes our collaborative environment available for leaders in the area to learn design thinking methods and fully experience a collaborative community.” More information about d.school @ CoCo is available at http://dschool.cocomsp.com.
April 9th, 2012 | by dball | Category: daycamps, Education, Minneapolis, Past event
April 21Come learn more about SaaS and network with fellow SaaSers. Ideal for practitioners building SaaS application, entrepreneurs running SaaS businesses, vendors & educators of SaaS.
Your instructor, Leif Larson, is CEO of Workface, a MN-based SaaS company with more than 110,000 users, and is arguably the most knowledgeable person in Minnesota on SaaS models.
Instructor’s statement:
“I think I can save SaaS-based businesses here in Minnesota a lot of time, energy, blow-ups, and money by sharing what I’ve learned growing my venture backed company and rubbing elbows with executives at some of the largest SaaS companies out there.
This is a serious class with a tuition cost of $199, which will help defray space, lunch and printing costs.
Instructor’s guarantee:
“If you are not satisfied that you have gained incredible knowledge, and your day was not worthwhile, we will issue a complete refund.”
