Oh, and congrats on getting the mention, of course! That is a significant first step - you should be stoked! :)
S On Aug 31, 10:57 am, Susan Evans <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Paul, > > Great post! We have made a couple of attempts to get our local > transportation agencies to pay attention to coworking, but have not > had a ton of luck thus far. In fact, I got to a point in a > conversation with one of my local transportation contacts where she > simply said that the best way for us to move forward would be for ON > to reach out to all Seattle businesses individually...meh. Not the > most productive way to share resources, methinks. I blogged about it > briefly here > -http://www.officenomads.com/2009/05/still-commuting-across-lake-washi... > > Your post is inspiring me to refresh my efforts and get back in touch > with those agencies and continue the conversation. Not to make a > broad judgement, but sometimes, particularly with government agencies, > the key is to be persistent over a long period of time - these things > take a while to catch on. ;) Additionally, we have a few > organizations locally in Seattle that could be great to tap into, > particularly this one:http://www.commuteseattle.com/. > > Another cool opportunity is if you have any commute trip reduction > laws in your area - folks who are subject to these laws are usually > looking to post cool alternatives for their employees, and coworking > would likely be a great resource to put on the table. > > So sorry, no great success at pulling government folks into our space, > but we are definitely looking into it. My best recommendation would > be to continue conversations with your local transportation agencies > and to build relationships with them so they don't think you're just > trying to sell to them (from our perspective, we're simply trying to > recommend coworking as a model, not sell ON to them specifically). It > is important for these connections to be made over a long period of > time, and for you as a coworking space to make yourself available to > be of help. > > Typically energy and urgency around these conversations are heightened > anytime there is big construction that impedes commuters -that was my > best round of conversations thus far, but again, hasn't proved to be > very productive thus far. > > Best of luck to you! > Susan > > __ > Office Nomadshttp://www.officenomads.com > > On Aug 26, 8:26 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Here's a link to a recent newsletter that gives coworking a "shout- > > out". > > > In the Washington DC area traffic is horrible and Commuter Connections > > is designed to promote car pooling and alternative working > > arrangements. All branches of the Federal Government are supposed to > > have a person that coordinates teleworking and actually promotes it. > > We have been reaching out to these DC based contacts to raise > > awareness of our space. The government operated "Teleworking" centers > > in our area are sterile, government type offices. They charge $1200 > > per month for a desk! > > > Hopefully this is a pool of people that we can tap into! Has anyone > > else had an success or experience with pulling government people into > > their space? > > >http://www.mwcog.org/commuter2/pdf/Summer%202009%20pages1-6.pdf > > > Paul > > >www.businessplayce.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
