Codding served as command central
and headquarters for the volunteers and
staff running the OKC Pride Parade.
Oklahoma City's Chamber of Commerce
held a monthly Sunset Reception
networking event on site recently.
OHM Space a "hackerspace," a
pre-incubator setting where tinkerers/
creators can use manufacturing
equipment that would otherwise be too
costly to use also holds its planning
and board meetings at Dunlap Codding.
Other recent events sponsored or
hosted by the firm include:
benefit to raise money for an
apartment and school complex for
the homeless
after-party
Gallery's Red Dot Recharged VIP
Party, an upcoming event to benefit
the Gallery
forum and community website)
and other family oriented events
that require a space to gather and
strengthen commitments and ties
and have fun as they collaborate to host
and participate in these varied events.
Networking opportunities abound. Of
and kitchen/lounge as an impromptu
neighborhood networking space. The
firm is also a sponsor of "Premiere on
Film Row," a monthly Art Walk/Street
Festival, and provides its community
space to local artists and musicians.
As part of Premiere, Dunlap Codding
partners with a community organization
to orchestrate family-friendly events,
such as bounce houses in August, an
innovative science instruction "parklet"
in September, and a haunted house in
October. All of these occasions are not
simply a way of drawing the community
together, but also serve as opportunities
for members of the firm to rally together
and work as a team. The recent haunted
house was a particular team effort as
attorneys and staff carved pumpkins,
turned the interior of the firm into a
frightening haunted Asylum, dressed
as zombies, and created a terrifying
experience for the children and parents
of the community.
IgniteOKC, a fast paced speaking
event originally started and sponsored
by Dunlap Codding in Oklahoma
City, was one of the first community
creative groups to make use of the
firm's hospitality, holding its board
and planning meetings on site over
the course of several weeks leading up
to IgniteOKC 5. The firm also hosted
a leadership and training meeting
and party for the students during the
to its profession and the community
in more traditional ways, such as by
volunteering time and donating money
to causes and initiatives. The firm has
found, however, that providing a place
for the community for everyone in the
community to gather is oftentimes
greater than the sum of both money and
time.
Dunlap Codding, like the Hawaiian
missionaries of old who "came to do good
of its neighbors, the creative community
and the community at large. For a firm
in the business of helping clients protect
their reputations, inventions and brands,
the small step of opening its doors and
inviting people into its space has been a
way to give (and receive the blessings of
giving) organically.