Couldn't agree more. Having some people in the room to lead by example helps a lot too. It wasn't until we had a couple of successful collaborations that other people saw that they became more comfortable letting down their guards.
-Alex /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 10:41 AM, rachel young <[email protected]>wrote: > > Welcome Shane, > > We have some text in our membership agreement (that I think we lifted from > some other space's membership agreements) that covers members for > confidentiality, and that if invited to work on a project or flesh out an > idea then participants are encouraged to start with an understanding of > rights to intellectual property. > > As for how it happens, that's the magical part: if you put talented, > creative, and inspiring people in the same room, without walls and doors to > separate them, they will likely be curious about each others projects and > want to help and contribute. It can't be forced. It will just happen > naturally when the right two people sit next to each other. > r. > > > > > On 27 February 2010 13:25, Shane <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Happy New Year, as many as you may have had in the last 2 months! >> The coworking idea suits a lifestyle of mobility, as well as providing >> opportunities to find communities wherever one might travel. I am >> interested in the process of opening one, as well as the actual >> dynamics of mixing and working with people around you. I've read on >> several sites that new ideas from mixing and working with people >> around is a big benefit of coworking: how does this happen, and in >> such a way that ideas end up belonging to who needs them? >> I'm from Canada, have lived and worked overseas a long time, and in an >> arts capacity at least, the idea of a fertile public meeting space is >> inspiring. >> >> >> -- > 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]<coworking%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > -- 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.
