OpenCoffee Derry Gets a Mention

Ex-BBC producer turned new media consultant, Davy Sims recently penned a piece on ’social business’ in Northern Ireland and OpenCoffee Derry got a sizeable mention.

Here’s an extract from the article:

“There are Open Coffee events in Newry and Lisburn. They can all be found through Twitter or a blog or web site.  Mark Nagurski of iddictive.com is one of the founders of Open Coffee Derry. “We started [OpenCoffee]as an informal, relaxed environment where people with an interest in business, technology and social media could get together and share ideas.  It’s been surprising just how positive the response from ‘traditional’ businesses has been.” Their events are held monthly attracting designers, developers, entrepreneurs and business owners from more traditional industries, keen to learn more about social media and emerging business models.  “The feedback we get is that the informal style of Open Coffee – no name tags, no speeches and no dress code – makes it easy for the group to connect with people they might never have met otherwise.”

Real business is getting done both at the events and as a result of the connections made.  “Business is, and always has been, about the people involved. The growing popularity of more relaxed, social business events is simply a reflection of that.”

You can read the rest of the article here.