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From YouTube: CoWorking Accelerator Roundtable - Brandon Blache Cohen
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A
My
name
is
Brandon
Blash
Cohen
and
I'm.
The
executive
director
of
a
massager
global
service
learning,
I
massage,
is
a
20
year
old,
non-profit
organization.
We've
got
a
staff
of
eight
here
in
Pittsburgh
and
a
budget
of
about
1.5
million
dollars.
We
organize
reflective,
rigorous,
responsible,
global
service
learning
programs
in
12
countries,
we're
working
in
places
like
Tanzania,
Ghana,
Bolivia,
Brazil,
and
here
in
Pittsburgh
we
work
with
around
50
universities
and
15
high
schools
each
year,
a
couple
of
religious
institutions,
community
groups
and
basically
we're
connecting
students
to
service
learning
programs
all
over
the
world.
A
We're
the
only
organization
in
this
region
with
United,
Nations
consultative
status,
and
yet
barely
anyone
in
this
room's
ever
heard
of
us
were
almost
entirely
invisible.
Here's
the
problem
we're
not
alone.
There
are
a
lot
of
organizations
just
like
I'm
as
a
G
that
are
collaborating
connecting
with
groups
all
over
the
world
and
for
too
long
we've
all
been
invisible.
A
So
this
leaves
a
lot
of
people,
thinking
that
perhaps
Pittsburgh's
not
a
global
city,
but
in
this
room
I
think
we
all
know
we
are
in
fact
a
global
city.
So
here's
what
I'm
azadi
decided
to
do
it
was
actually
kind
of
an
accident
in
February
of
2012
I
had
an
extra
desk
in
my
office
downtown
and
I'm
a
really
cheap
guy.
If
you
know
me
and
I
decided
this
desk
just
getting
dusty,
let's
see
what
we
can
do
to
fill
it
well.
A
One
of
the
interested
parties
in
filling
that
desk
is
a
group
called
elemaki.
Elemaki
is
a
Peruvian
organization.
We
work
in
Bolivia.
We
thought
that's
a
nice
marriage,
let's
try
it
out.
Well,
within
one
week
we
had
an
MoU
with
elemaki
within
one
month
we
applied
for
a
US,
State
Department
grant
together
and
a
few
weeks
after
that,
we
started
scratching
our
head
thinking.
What
would
this
look
like
if
we
collaborated
with
more
like-minded
organizations,
we
actually
shared
a
space
together
with
several
global
organizations.
A
Here
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
by
April
the
next
year
we
convened
a
large
group
of
like-minded
organizations,
and
by
October
of
last
year
we
had
a.
We
had
our
first
committed
group,
Global
Solutions
Pittsburgh.
At
that
time,
I
minaji
decided
that
we
would
just
sell
fund
the
creation
of
what
we
call
the
global
switchboard.
This
is
the
global
switchboard
right
here.
It
is
in
Doughboy
square
in
Lawrenceville
and
we're
very
proud
of
it,
and
here's
the
difference
between
our
co-working
space
and
I
think
a
lot
of
others
around
the
around
the
country.
A
We
are
a
coalition
building
co-working
space,
with
very
specific
programming
meant
to
amplify
our
members
voices.
We
have
a
member
wide
mission
and
vision
and
we're
constantly
trying
to
meet
our
goals
in
one
of
which
is
to
bring
more
resources
into
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
for
internationally
collaborative
projects.
Here's
what's
happened
just
in
the
first
three
months
since
opening
we're
still
in
our
beta
phase,
we
have
12
member
organizations
every
one
of
our
25
desks
is
already
booked
and
taken
there's
no
dust
happening
in
that
space.
A
A
We
did
it
because
it
seemed
like
the
right
thing
to
do
for
us
already
in
just
a
few
months,
we've
we've
started
to
import
some
of
the
best
ideas
that
that
we
learn
from
our
communities
around
the
world
and
I
think
we're
starting
to
export
some
of
Pittsburgh's
best
community
development
ideas
as
well
we're
honored
to
be
here,
and
we
very
much
look
forward
to
this
conversation.
Thank
so
much.