Venture Café Events at Wexford Are Cancelled — Will Offer Virtual Events in Wake of Coronavirus

Venture Café Events at Wexford Are Cancelled — Will Offer Virtual Events in Wake of Coronavirus

The Venture Café at the Wexford Innovation Center is canceling events until further notice over concerns about community spread of the coronavirus.

In an announcement on Monday morning, the organizations announced, “It is our plan to replace our in-person programming that occurs each Thursday, with virtual Venture Café gatherings beginning March 12, 2020. It is our intention to host virtual events temporarily.  Please stay tuned for additional details on how you may participate in Virtual Venture Cafés.”         

“We are working on a digital, online approach to include as part of our event format over the next few weeks. This will be another experiment for Venture Café. Many of our fellow Venture Cafés around the world are also taking this step so we have lots of learning to build from. We look forward to working with you on this approach and refining it,” said the announcement.         

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“We will return to our classic in-person Thursday Gatherings, conferences, and special events at an appropriate time and will continue to post updates on social media,” said the announcement.

 

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To the members of our community,

 

Due to ongoing concerns over COVID-19, we have decided to postpone our special screening of The Craft tonight out of an abundance of caution. We are working diligently to finalize a new date and will reach out to you promptly with updates. Below is the official statement from Venture Café New England on COVID-19.

     Venture Café New England

For Visitors to Venture Café New England Spaces and Programs

Mitigating Risks of COVID-19 Virus Spread

Effective March 4, 2020, 7 PM EST         As one of the largest and most frequent gatherings of the entrepreneurial/ innovation community in Rhode Island, Venture Café takes maintaining the health of the community we serve seriously. We have been closely watching the spread of the COVID-19 virus and the guidance from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Because of the global nature of our community, we have deemed it necessary to act with an abundance of caution as we host gatherings of the community.  In order to help prevent the spread of the virus to our startups and small businesses and the people that support them, the Venture Café Providence Thursday Gathering did not take place on Thursday, March 5, 2020. Suspending our programming activity allowed our team to properly plan our response to the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

It is our plan to replace our in-person programming that occurs each Thursday, with virtual Venture Café gatherings beginning March 12, 2020. It is our intention to host virtual events temporarily. Please stay tuned for additional details on how you may participate in Virtual Venture Cafés. We are working on a digital, online approach to include as part of our event format over the next few weeks.  This will be another experiment for Venture Café. Many of our fellow Venture Cafés around the world are also taking this step so we have lots of learning to build from. We look forward to working with you on this approach and refining it. We will return to our classic in-person Thursday Gatherings, conferences, and special events at an appropriate time and will continue to post updates on social media. 

Thank you for your patience as we launch this virtual approach.   

The Venture Café Team