Just when you think you know someone, they go and rebrand themselves. You can’t trust anyone these days!
Yes, Unemployed Marketers Group is now The Collaboratory. Branding is being finalized, you may eventually know us slightly tweaked as The Marketing Collaboratory, but either way we have a new name. It wouldn’t be right to say that a new name gives us a new start; this group is already quite new! But it does inject a little nitro into these roaring engines, and it tightens down that compass. We’ve got a solid direction and we’re on overdrive. Stay tuned to see our new paint job (an overly extended metaphor for logo).
Projects Announced
So here is what has us all fired up. Depending on how you count it, we have 5-10 projects underway. The major projects are Mentor TennisSee (read about them in today’s Tennessean), Military Transition Institute, Hearing Bridges, Samaritans Offering Support, and Matthew 25. Then we have a couple small projects running for the Jewish Federation of Nashville and Nashville OIC. We have two internal projects running for Branding and PR, and we have one unofficial pet project that some group members are consulting on for Fields of Boaz. All of this and we’ve existed for about 2 months! I’m about out of breath, are you?
Whys and Wherefores
Why and How is The Collaboratory different from other volunteer organizations, networking/support groups, and freelancing? Because we are about action, we’re about teamwork and collaboration, and we’re about learning. Where else can you take on professional projects in a team environment while being out of full-time employment? We don’t keep just your creativity sharp, we keep you socially sharp and give leaders the opportunity to emerge.
Come Alive Again
If you’re a current team member, keep getting the word out. If you’re just stumbling across us, you’re out of full time work, and you have a passion for marketing, join us and get back in action during this time of transition. We can’t wait to hear from you, and this will not be the last you hear from us!
I’m not unemployed, I’m self employed. The work that seemed so easy to get a year ago, is not so easy now. How to I get involved w/your group?!