I agree....great article. Thanks Tara for the advice. :-) Mike
On 12/22/2009 11:18 AM, Tara Hunt wrote: > Great article...only thing I would push back on is: "Give people what > they ask for" > > As many spaces have experienced, what people ask for and what the > actually want are two different things. CubeSpace in Portland suffered > because of this. People wanted offices and cubes and photocopiers and > their dedicated phonelines, etc. They worked with the local community > to determine that these things were in high demand. But when they > opened, they struggled to keep people in the space...most of them > headed over to Souk, which is mostly open space, has no dedicated > phonelines, limited copying/printing resources and very different from > what ppl filled out on the survey. > > At the end of the day, it isn't "Give people what they ask for" nor is > it "Force something you want on people" - it's something different. > Community. Understanding what people really need. Creating an > atmosphere. An experience. A reason for people to want to get out of > their PJ's and trudge over to a space to work with others. Hell, if > that is offices blended with open space, so be it. But the blend > doesn't always work - even when people have asked for it. > > T > > On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Clark Covington > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi, > > Cowork space owner, and active reader of this Google Group here. Let > me preface this note by explaining that I absolutely love this group. > It is a wonderfully rich well of knowledge that I dip into often as > the owner of a new coworking space. Many people in this group have > personally helped me including Mike from Ignition Alley, Tara via her > book Whuffie Factor from Citizen Space, and the folks at CoLab Orlando > to name just a few. So by no means am I trying to argue with those > that know far more about this concept than I. However, from what I’ve > seen the genuine need in what people are at least telling me they want > out of a workspace is the hybrid model of having both private offices > and common space. > > I’ve written a blog post fleshing out my feelings about what people > really want in a coworking space here. After talking with dozens of > building owners, leasing agents, possible tenants, current tenants, > and other facility owners this post was my conclusion of where the > demand truly exists. If you have time over the holidays I’d be > thrilled if you’d give it a look. > > > http://clarkcovington.blogspot.com/2009/12/give-them-what-they-want-or-go-home.html > > Thanks and Happy Holidays, > Clark Covington > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > <mailto:coworking%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > 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. -- Mike Pihlman TracyVirtualOffice "A Coworking Community" 95 W. 11th Street, Suite 203 Tracy, CA 95376 Mobile: 209-608-4340 Web: TracyVirtualOffice.com Twitter: @TracyVirtOffice Skype: tracyvirtualoffice1 -- 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.
