By Javacia Harris Bowser, See Jane Write Magazine Founding Editor
Dirty dishes, dirty laundry, and old episodes of NCIS — all these things posed a serious threat to the launch of See Jane Write Magazine.
Back in June I had plans to spend four to eight hours each day working on my magazine project. I had to write and edit articles, design the website, and secure sponsors for the launch party. But at the end of each day I’d look at my to-do list and realize very few items had been completed.
A week into June it was clear that I could not be productive working at home. And I didn’t want to go to a coffee shop every day because all my favorite shops sell sweet treats that were going to obliterate all the hard work I’d been doing with my Jillian Michaels DVDs.
Enter Atticus Rominger.
Atticus works for REV Birmingham, an economic development organization that strives to stimulate business growth and improve quality of life in Birmingham and its neighborhood commercial centers. One of the many amazing things REV has created for the city of Birmingham is SocialVenture, a co-working space and business community for social entrepreneurs, freelancers, and small businesses. SocialVenture offers office space and meeting space to its members and gives its members access to business growth and innovation programs.
This summer Atticus gave me the opportunity to work in one of the co-working spaces at SocialVenture. The first day I worked at SocialVenture I got more done in two hours than I had in two weeks! Currently, SocialVenture serves as the workspace for programs like Teach for America.
loves her private office space at SocialVenture.
was working hard in her co-working space at SocialVenture.
SocialVenture also has great meeting spaces — including small meeting rooms and a large conference room equipped with Wi-Fi, high quality audio capabilities, large HD monitors, projectors and more. This month’s Birmingham Girls Club Conference, at which I had the honor of leading a session on writing, was held at SocialVenture.
Photo Credit: Sherri Ross Walters
was held in one of the small meeting spaces at SocialVenture.
Photo Credit: Tanya Sylvan
I’m excited to host the next See Jane Write event — I Tweet, Therefore I Am: A SocialMedia Panel Discussion — at SocialVenture. And I’m especially excited that this event will be held during the REVIVE Woodlawn Week.
REVIVE is a collaborative program of REV Birmingham that partners with community leaders, building owners, entrepreneurs and artists to activate vacant spaces and sidewalks to showcase the assets and opportunities within five target commercial districts. Oct. 28-Nov. 1 the spotlight will be on Woodlawn.
I hope you’ll join See Jane Write in Woodlawn for I Tweet, Therefore I Am and for a chance to check out the wonderful meeting and co-working spaces at SocialVenture.