Opportunity for Community

The following are ideas for new ways to create a communities around different topics while staying focused on the field of HVAC.  I am willing to put in the time to flush out any or all of these ideas as long as there is enough interest in doing so. Status updates and new ideas are being shared through the newsletter so don't forget to do that first.

On-Demand Webinars - The way I want them.

If you are like me you receive tons of webinar requests on a daily basis, but even if the topic is one that interests you there are usually three problems.  First, does it fit into my calendar? What time zone is it in? This is more often then not a no. Second, maybe there is an on-demand version? 50-50 on this, but if there is then it becomes a hassle to sign-up for that and  sit down and watch it.  Last is the quality.  If you are lucky enough to not have to sit through one that is more or less a glorified sales pitch, then the quality is poor and the meat of the presentation could be condensed into a 5-minute executive summary.  I want to try to do this better, but I want to start with a topic that you want, not what I think you want. Let me show that I can do this better, give me a topic.

Detail or Sequence Workshops

This is an idea that I have borrowed from the architecture side (aka the dark side) and want to see if it could work online for us.  We know that the devil is in the details, but even knowing this, many of us may not produce (or copy) details that won't burn you in the end.  This will be a small group endeavor of five or less people.  The result of which would be turned into a mini-webinar posted for others to view. In the groups we would discuss things like: "Is there anything wrong with the detail?" or "How should it be modified in certain situations?" or "What happens when it is actually built?".  If this sounds like funs, let's give it a try.  Why should the architects be the ones to have all the fun.