For those of you who are not familiar with doterati, doterati is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advance the Central Florida interactive marketing, media and technology community by serving as an association for professional development, education, community networking and overall inspiration for our digital society.

For more information, please visit www.doterati.com

The idea of this partnership is to provide the members of doterati and CoLab with special benefits and discounts while helping the tech/creative community of Central Florida grow stronger.

Some of the benefits and discounts we are offering are the following:

doterati Founding Members:
• Receive $25 off CoLab Orlando part-time and full-time membership!
• When taking out your CoLab Membership, denote your doterati membership on the application that will later be validated.

CoLab Orlando Members:
• Receive a 25% discount off any doterati Founding Membership!
• Please note that this does not apply to CoLab memberships that are available for $25 per month.

Do you want to learn more? please contact us at Staff@CoLabOrlando.com

Tisse encountered many individuals who were artistic in nature but not quite sure where they belonged in the art world and she believes art empowers us through its use as a vehicle of expression, collaboration, and self-discovery.

No Arts Experience Necessary!

Direct Art classes include:

Painting
Drawing
Mixed Media
Photography
Film
Acting
And more…

In addition, every Saturday night from 10 am to 2 am you are welcome to visit The Lounge…artists get together to hang out…have drinks and meet each other- it is free!

For more information visit DirectArtOrlando.com

Ignite Orlando is a community event and all our welcome.

This planning meeting will be held here at CoLab from 6: 30 pm to 7:30 pm-, everybody is invited.

Topics include:

• What is Ignite Orlando
• The Event Coordinator role
• The role of the Talk Coordinator
• The role of the Space Liaison
• The role of the Make Project Coordinator
• The role of the Volunteer Coordinator
• The need for a Videographer
• The need for a Photographer
• Event Promotion
• Future Meetings
• Projected Costs to run the event
• The event date

If you would like to get involved or just show your support, please come by!

To learn more about this event and Ignite Nights, please visit:

http://www.igniteorlando.com/about/

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Here are the details:

Time: December 10, 2008 at 6pm
Location: Orlando Public Libraray
Street: 101 E Central Blvd
City/Town: Orlando, FL 32801
Contact Info: (407) 835-7323
Event Type: education, web, analytics, keynote
Organized By: doterati programming team

Do not miss it!

For more information go to:

www.doterati.com

But wait…the good news does not end there…

CoLab now offers free coffee all day long, everyday!

And remember… Tuesdays are free…

Could this get any better?

It was an exciting day!

Let’s spread the word about the first coworking space in Central Florida: CoLab Orlando.

We would like to hold all types of events, seminars, group meetings and anything else the community would like here at CoLab. So, please just let us know. Ideas are welcome.

Now, the tech/creative community has its very own place here in Orlando. Let’s make it happen J

$49 for the month of November!

doterati is organizing some interactive fun for this Tweet-Up
Time: November 7, 2008 at 5:30pm

Location: Urban Flats @ Waterford Lakes
Street: 504 N Alafaya Trail, Suite 101
City/Town: Orlando
Website or Map: http://www.urbanflats.net
Event Type: tweetup

We are so thrilled with the support of the local community that we just want to give you the chance to try CoLab for a very affordable price:

We are offering a super promotion $49 for all memberships for the month of November…

Interested? Please email us at  Staff@CoLabOrlando.com

In the coming weeks and months we will be launching new website features and improvements along with updating news and events, so keep coming back or subscribe to the CoLab RSS feed for a better way to keep up to date with Orlando’s co-working space. You can follow us on Twitter too!

Big thanks to Derek Bender for the design and buildout of the site and Danny Jones for the great branding! Also thanks to everyone else that helped out too!

The CoLab open house was held on August 27 to unveil and introduce the new co-working space to the Orlando community. The event was a success with over 40 people in attendance. Drinks, appetizers, foosball and a good time was had by all. The food, which was provided by Finnhenrys, was excellent and the alcohol didn’t hurt either. Take a look back at photos from the open house by visiting CoLab on Flickr. Thanks to all who came out for a good time!