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#1. Xindanwei Property
Xindanwei grows, so do our members. That’s why we have developed a plan to apply our people-powered approach among various of imaginative and extraordinary spaces and buildings around the city, in order to accommodate the growth of our members, allow more community participation and increase the the intensification of social and financial values for our community members.
The first release of Xindanwei Property is the Tai Kang Terrace, aka TK Terrace, at Taikang rd. area. It is a retail conversion of restored factories strung together. The spaces have been completely transformed to allow the customers and tenants to exist in a unique mix of indoor and outdoor space among many different levels of both indoor and outdoor spaces.
With TK Terrace as part of Xindanwei property, Xindanwei now is able to host and provide service to larger scale events as well as providing pro-level working space for “started-ups”. Please contact xindanwei@gmail.com for more information.
#2. Community Post
If you have anything interesting to share with Xindanwei community, please post it on xindanwei.com or email us Xindanwei@gmail.com
1). Xindanwei Past Events:
- Jinchao Chang – Solo Exhibition “When I am Facing You”
- Northern European Delegation visit to Xindanwei:
On Nov 11, Kaospilot Business School from Denmark hosted a workshop for executives and financial staff from five Northern European countries, featuring speakers Steve Koon and Liu Yan, CEO of Xindanwei. Their topics are “Future Facing the Chinese Middle Class” and “How to Transform Made in China to Created in China through Coworking”.
- Xindanwei CEO Liu Yan’s visit to Europe:
From Oct 24 to Nov 1, accompanied by Spanish angel investor Jim Roldan, Liu Yan visited almost ten institutes and organizations in Barcelona, including Barcelona Activa, Elisava School of Design and Engineering , Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona，Esade Creapolis, University of Barcelona, Sitges Co-creation Center and 021studio. She introduced Xindanwei and the development of coworking communities via speeches and roundtable workshops. On Oct 31, Liu Yan gave a lecture to the full-time MBA students in Esade Business School, one of the world’s most reputable business schools and was highly spoken by the audience. Liu Yan accepted the invitation of the student organization to participate as their partner in Elbulli “Idea for Transformation” international competition initiated by world famous chef Ferran Adria. She also accepted the invitation to come back to Esade Business School as a guest lecturer next year.
On Nov 3, Liu Yan gave a speech at Coworking Europe Conference in Berlin titled as ”Creating Global Coworksphere”. She initiated the idea of “enhancing the international cooperation between coworking communities and creating coworking platform for community members with social currency as the tool”, setting a new milestone for coworking communites development. Her speech can be downloaded from slideshare and youku.#1 #2
After this visit, Xindanwei received invitations from several European coworking communities to be their strategic partner. We will introduce these partners in our next Buzz.
2).Xindanwei forthcoming events:
1.) Barcelona Activa visit:
On Nov 28 and 29, the largest governmental incubator organization in Barcelona – Barcelona Activa and Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona will visit Xindanwei, bringing more than ten internet technology entrepreneurs. Xindanwei members are invited to join dinner with them at 8pm, Nov 27. If you are interested in attending this dinner please contact xindanwei@gmail.com.
2.)” Coworking Manual” finalized :
Written and edited by Xindanwei CEO Liu Yan, “Coworking Manual” can be downloaded from App Store from next week. You can also read this manual on Xindanwei website. this manual is written from Xindanwei’s 2-year experience. It will be under “Creative Commons” to encourage and support more passionate and motivated people like us, to work together and create a better “coworking community”.
#3. Xindanwei events
- mlhsie :
Only 12 days left, please support He Qichen’s Quadcopter project on DemoHour
Quadcopter Workshop now open for registration
Final 100YSS proposal delivered to DARPA
#4. PAE Job Descriptions
- Our client is an independent communications agency based in Shanghai. They provide the strategic ability and proven expertise of a networked agency, with the personal commitment and nimbleness of a boutique consultancy. Their mission is to provide great strategic thinking and creative solutions, consistently. They believe that research, planning and insights should be the foundation of every project, regardless of scale, and they want to help change the way the industry is viewed and valued.
They are looking for an Account Manager to join their growing, young and energetic team. The Account Manager should be an outgoing person that is interested in life in Shanghai, into trying new things and engaged in trends. He / she should be eager to learn, committed and should have strong media contacts in the news, lifestyle and luxury sector. The client offers an exciting position with the chance to work on various luxury and lifestyle accounts.
If you have 5+ years experience, are fluent in Chinese and English and have management experience or potential, please check out the full JD via
http://www.pae-designtalent.com/eng/jobsearch/Vacancy.aspx?jobID=372569
#5. ITT Job Descriptions
- International Top Talent organizes together with the Dutch Consulate, DSM and the Innovation Platform of the Bencham the first Shanghai screening of the documentary and a debate about Innovation & Talent on December 6 in Shanghai.If you are interested to join, please see: http://www.bencham.org/web/
S20121206.aspx - In the past months Dutch investigative TV-programme Tegenlicht has followed International Top Talent with a film crew. The result, a 50-minute documentary entitled‘Holland gets talent’ will be broadcast by Dutch national television Nederland 2 on Monday 14 November at 8.55pm. See the documentary.
In the run-up to today’s broadcast, our managing director Rina Joosten-Rabou gave an interview at Business News Radio (BNR) about the importance of selection and recruitment of engineers and researchers from China for the Dutch labour market. Listen to the interview on BNR radio.
http://www.internationaltoptalent.com/itt-in-tegenlicht-14-nov-2055-ned-2/
#6. C’est La Chine
C’est La Chine Launched in The Venice Biennale:
With the support of Dutch Global Art Affair Foundation, Xindanwei’s long term coworker C’est La Chine held an exhibition as part of The Venice Biennale, 2011 in the historical building Palazzo Bembo in the center of Venice. Over 200 artists, curators, designers and activists from European art scene attended this event.
C’est La Chine is a young Chinese brand aiming at creating a platform to promote new generation of creativity to the world, spread the Chinese traditional culture, and demonstrate the Chinese new generation’s courage to innovate. This time C’est La Chine is presenting its JIA Suo Collection designed by young sculptor Zhuang Bin from China Central Academy of Fine Arts. JIA SUO is a collection of sculptures made if high quality wool and cashmere. In this collection, “Jia Suo” wich means cangue and lock are transformed into fashion items representing the shackles of modernity. Through this collection, C’est La Chine hopes to inspire people to think and reflect on their lives, as well as to draw young generation’s attention back to the traditional culture.
“We appreciate C’est La Chine’s vision to promote new generation of Chinese Creativity to the world, and we are very happy to get involved in this process. I hope we will see C’est La Chine bringing more Chinese artists to the world.” Says Rene from Global Art Affair Foundation.
After the success in Venice, C’est La Chine moved on to Barcelona and Cologne to introduce the idea of bringing new generation of Chinese Creativity to the world. In the near future, C’est La Chine will work with more artists with the same vision and culture responsibility, and introduce them to the world in various means.
