Thanks Mike, Alex & Jerome - fantastic thoughts. You guys are spectacular. ;)
Great advice, and great stuff I hadn't even thought of yet, particularly around the ramifications of publicizing availability. At ON (for all of you who've been here), you know we tend to be the land of exceptions. We'll just keep rolling with that. It's worked for us so far. Many, many thanks, as always. Susan __ Office Nomads officenomads.com 206-484-5859 On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Jerome Chang <[email protected]>wrote: > Exactly. I completely concur. I also try to offer an alternative space. > Say, they want an office, then I offer a desk. Or if they only really need > part-time usage, then we can usually accommodate that. > > Also, in the past, when we made waiting lists for our private offices, once > we tried to convert those waiting to signing up, they almost always end up > not signing up, even though they still don't have an office elsewhere. > > Talk is big, so don't count someone as official until the "check clears the > bank." > > > Jerome > ______________ > BLANKSPACES > "work wide open" > > www.blankspaces.com > 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) > Los Angeles, CA 90036 > 323.330.9505 (office) > > On Apr 21, 2010, at 11:34 AM, Alex Hillman wrote: > > We keep that information available on a word of mouth/by requests basis, > for a couple of reasons. > > One, "unavailable" doesn't communicate what you really want to, whereas in > person, you can be more expressive with how sorry you are that there isn't > room at a given level just yet. > > Two, at the stage of business we're all in, there are ALWAYS exceptions to > the rule. Printing and publicizing availability puts people into a mindset > that there's a wall, whereas in person, you can make game-time decisions. > > Also, consider this: publishing unavailability is likely to keep people > from coming in at all. Is that what you really want? Much better to have > them come in and meet you and your members, and be SO HOOKED just on that > experience that they're willing to wait until a spot opens up. > > And lets be realistic, if they're going to be a huge contributor to the > community or a perfect fit, you can always find a way to make it work, > right? > > -Alex > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Susan Evans <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hey fellow coworkers, >> >> I know several spaces keep waiting lists for memberships when they're >> full. If you do, how/where do you keep your list? Do you publicize how >> many folks are on it? We're trying to figure out the best way to implement >> a waiting list for one of our membership levels (woo hoo!!) and want to do >> it well. Any recommendations would be appreciated! >> >> Happy Wednesday, >> Susan >> __ >> Office Nomads >> officenomads.com >> 206-484-5859 >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > -- > 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.
