Recognition should be given as accurately as possible. This is very interesting reading. We can all learn from the past, picking the best stuff to move forward and leave the bad stuff behind. Can't wait to see where the future takes coworking. I'm a recovering cube farm participant. I have seen the best and worst of working in a shared environment in my previous work life.
I was an employee of The Concierge Level and bought the business in 2006. We have been looking at ways we can better serve the business community to propel it forward in Chattanooga, TN. We, now - The Concierge Office Suites, are glad to be a part of the future. Our full- service office business center is reaching out to further develop a more active collaborative coworking community. Even though we are a for-profit model, we understand and absolutely agree that the collaboration of workers creates progress-and-improvement synergy for those that positively participate. Our private office clients are coworkers, they just have their own "boxes with doors." We screen new clients to make sure we don't have direct competitors positioning their firms with us as one way to promote collaboration. Many people are shocked by this idea. We personally introduce our clients to each other and promote their firms in all kinds of ways. We host Jelly! Chattanooga events so the general public can have a free place to work, Wi-Fi and coffee on a regular basis. We are intentionally connecting our clients with each other and the greater community at large. It's an exciting thing to hear our clients and Jelly! Chattanooga participants say, "This is great! You've been a huge help. Your connection with ...did..., thanks." Can't wait to see the changes! At your service, Denise Reed On Nov 28, 1:47 pm, Tara Hunt <[email protected]> wrote: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coworking > > Usually I wouldn't point this out, but wikipedia is supposed to be the > authority. In the history, it says Brad Neuberg set up the Hat Factory, but > he set up Coworking in the Spiral Muse house in the mission (2005) and a > group of five (stakeholders): > > Tara Hunt/Chris Messina > Ryanne Hodson/Jay Dedman > Brad Neuberg > Neil Drumm > Ted Tagami (I think he was the fifth) > > Set up The Hat Factory in 2006 (Chris and I went and signed the deal with > Schlomo on our way out to Wine Camp in May of 2006 - the location was > suggested by Jay & Ryanne who were friends with Schlomo). > > I also think Coworking should be described as a 'movement', not just a way > of working. The way of working is not new. The movement is. > > Either way, it needs a great deal of work and I'm not a 'wikipedian' (and > have a personal stake in it), so I'd probably be chopped. Any volunteers? > Maybe we could craft the text/references here as a group, then have a > trusted editor enter it? > > Tara > > -- > tara 'missrogue' hunt > > Book: The Whuffie Factor (http://www.thewhuffiefactor.com) > Blog: HorsePigCow: Marketing Uncommon (http://horsepigcow.com) > Twitter:http://www.twitter.com/missrogue > phone: 514-679-2951 -- 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.
