Ever wondered what Jelly was all about?

Shropshire Jelly Avatar by www.anilamrit.co.ukAnyone who knows me knows I could talk about the joy and benefit of Jelly co-working til I was blue in the face – but here it is from an entirely different angle – and as you’ll see it’s not just homeworkers who can benefit….

Eve from Virgin Balloon Flights came to her first Jelly event at Enterprise HQ in Coalport, Shropshire – and it’s safe to say she liked it! You can read her fabulous write-up from the day here, it’s a must read!

Jelly has changed the way thousands of homeworkers, business owners and office based workers in the UK work, order real adderall online interact and build relationships with other businesses – to be a part of it just go and find your nearest Jelly on the ‘Find a Jelly’ page. If there isn’t one near to you, why not think about starting one – find a venue with free wifi & space and you’re off! There is a plethora of brilliant advice on starting your own Jelly on Judy Heminsley’s website.

If you have written a blog about your Jelly experiences, please do add them to the comments below and I’ll build up a blog roll 🙂

TTFN

Are you challenging or changing the way you work?

big society, jelly, coworking, changing workAs a small business owner & homeworker, I’ve been amazed at watching and being involved in the sea change in the way people work. From working in a traditional office structure with all your staff around you to now virtual agencies and businesses popping up all over the place – why employ when you can sub-contract out to the plethora of homeworkers/micro businesses taking full advantage of the digital/mobile age in which we now live.

Personally I’m seeing very powerful business relationships coming out of Jelly co-working events (and no, I don’t mean the wobbly stuff) – it’s unnetworking in that you’re not there to sell, you’re there to do your own work for a day, just surrounded by like minded business owners. There is a growing buy generic adderall online support network between the Jelly attendees (locally, nationally and internationally) and is invaluable for signposting business owners to support and advice they may need. It’s also very cheap (no charge for wifi or the venue, usually small cost for drinks/food) and gets you out of your normal work environment into something much more dynamic and motivating.

Could Jelly be the new business support framework small businesses really need in the time-starved world we now live in (very Big Society me thinks)? It’s these kind of issues I’m looking forward to discussing at The BIG Jelly this month in Shropshire.

How do you think they way we work will continue to evolve over the next decade, I’d love to know??

First Shropshire Jelly ‘Social’ announced, in collaboration with Shropgeek

Shropshire JellyAs a result of the growing community spirit and friendships that have developed and are developing through the Shropshire Jelly co-working events, we’ve decided to hold a Shropshire Jelly ‘social’ – just a relaxed meet-up at The Boathouse, Shrewsbury, on Fri 28th January 2011, from 7.30pm (til late).

We’re kicking it off by joining forces with ShropGeek run by Kirsty Burgoine and Zach Beauvais. ShropGeek is a group of like-minded Shropshire people , some of whom are regular Jelly attendees, who meet once a month to chat and share ideas.

This is very buy adderall australia online much a social event; turn up, have a drink, have a chat, meet friends and meet new people – it is not a networking event. Anyone is welcome, whether you’ve been to a Jelly or ShropGeek event before or not.

So if you fancy a chilled night out meeting some like-minded people, then do come along, we’d love to see you – please contact Jan Minihane or Kirsty Burgoine just to let us know if you are interested in coming so we have a feel for numbers.

See you there!
Jan

The BIG Jelly – a national event to bring home workers and micro businesses together – 25th March 2011

Today sees the release of tickets for ‘The BIG Jelly on Friday 25th March 2011. It will be a very special day bringing home workers, freelancers, entrepreneurs, micro business owners and business leaders together from all over the UK.

It will be a powerful day full of keynote buy adderall philadelphia speakers, an expo of tailored products and services for the home workers/micro business sector, breakout advisory sessions, Q&A Panels and some very useful business gifts to take away.

For more information visit ‘The BIG Jelly’ page.

The UK Jelly website is launched!

Today sees the launch of an exciting new website for home workers, freelancers and micro/small business owners. The ‘UK Jelly’ website is the brainchild of Jan Minihane, founder of Shropshire Jelly.

Jan said, “Today is a proud day; since I started running Shropshire Jelly co-working events in April 2010, bringing home workers and freelancers and micro business owners together, I had a dream to see Jelly events all around the UK so anyone who wanted a change of work scenery could find or start a Jelly near them. So much good has come out of running Jelly events; from new relationships being developed to new business partners found.”

“There are more home workers and freelancers than ever before, partly due to the effect of the recession and partly due to the mobile age we now work in. To ensure adderall xr uk buy these workers beat that sense of isolation that can arise and find like-minded people to discuss business ideas and issues, Jelly has been the perfect solution.”

“I hope this website will allow the profile of Jelly to continue to grow and bring more and more isolated workers together. Hopefully the website will allow anyone to find their nearest Jelly easily or learn how to set up their own event. I would love there to be a Jelly every week that any homeworker and freelancer could get to.”

If you organise a Jelly event, please add it to the ‘Find a Jelly’ page, or contact us with your Jelly related news story.