Hear Hear!
Starting a new group on a website should be just as hard as starting a
second coworking space in the same city - it requires a gardener (or
two) to really bring things to life, get people talking to each other.
Broadcast is different from discussion, and this list is one of the
best I know for discussion - on any subject.
My experience with FB and LinkedIn have been very similar to what Tara
is describing. They require lots of attention, and weeding. This
community noticed the same thing with the Wiki over the summer, and
now there are people paying more attention there, the world is a
better place for it.
Peace,
Ryan Price
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On Oct 13, 2010, at 12:29 PM, Tara Hunt wrote:
Thank you for saying this Ryan.
We've had a gabillion suggestions over the years to 'move' from this
Google Group to something else. And each time, the action
cannibalizes our discussions somewhat. LinkedIN group, Facebook
page, Blogs, new networks, chat spaces, etc.
This group and all of our discussions are public, indexed on Google
and incredibly valuable. Look at the history of growth! The
maturation of discussion!
I'm not against promoting coworking in whatever way we can, but the
issue we've faced with scattering groups here and there is that it
becomes yet another place to manage. For instance...the LinkedIN
group. Loads of people request to join and post questions there, but
I miss them and there are so many self-promoters in there that have
nothing to do with Coworking that it turns those people off.
Thinking that the LinkedIN group IS THE coworking discussion group,
they go away thinking this movement is dead or a waste of time. Not
a great way to promote coworking at all.
So we can start groups and someone can take the helm of each of them
and there can be discussions over hither and yon that replicate the
discussions here. Or, we can continue to try to get people to gather
here. In a really great useful space. Personally, I'm glad that
there isn't very much activity on that Facebook group. I'm thinking
of sending a message out to everyone that is on it to come here and
introduce themselves then shutting it down (or at least putting the
link to this group up there).
T
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Ryan Price <[email protected]>
wrote:
Really? More email from Facebook?
Anne,
I would say the Facebook pages are not too active because this list
is SO active. I'd hate to splinter this discussion, and have to
follow in 5 places.
Peace,
Ryan Price
[email protected]
@liberatr
407-484-8528
FloridaCreatives.com
Next Likemind: October 15th @ Drunken Monkey
Orlando Happy Hour: October 18th @ Crooked Bayou
On Oct 13, 2010, at 12:09 PM, Anne Kirby wrote:
Thanks!
On Oct 13, 12:06 pm, Alex Hillman <[email protected]>
wrote:
John Erik from Conjunctured set this up last night, using Facebook's
new
groups feature.
I'm hesitant to put tons of energy into this because, frankly,
Facebook
changes their mind all the time.
But if you're looking to settle on one, I think the latest
incarnation is
probably the most ideal.
Join here:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_145309628847622&ap=1
-Alex
/ah
indyhall.org
coworking in philadelphia
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Anne Kirby <
[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks Ryan,
I'm actually on both of those pages. They just don't seem very active,
it would be great to bring all of us together in a more public setting
(i.e. facebook, focused website) the Wiki, google group and even the
blog is great but it's not very public friendly. Could we create
something or enhance something so as to bring us all together and to
educate the public?
Whenever we get any press we're always giving props to other coworking
spaces in the country, i.e. CoinLoft, indyhall, citizen space or
Workbar. How do we share the love better on the current FB pages,
network better and promote the idea of coworking? That kind of thing.
Cheers,
Anne
P.S. The twitter hashtag is great and is a perfect way to bring us all
together on twitter!
On Oct 13, 11:48 am, Ryan Price <[email protected]> wrote:
Both of these look pretty "official":
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Coworking/77381078825
Alex Hillman likes it.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2281332482
Started by Chris Messina, Tara Hunt is an officer.
The "page" is favored by Facebook, since you can feed posts in there,
and add "boxes". They both have about 400+ people.
Peace,
Ryan Price
[email protected]
@liberatr
407-484-8528
FloridaCreatives.com
Next Likemind: October 15th @ Drunken Monkey
Orlando Happy Hour: October 18th @ Crooked Bayou
On Oct 13, 2010, at 11:38 AM, Anne Kirby wrote:
Hey Everyone,
I know there are a lot of facebook pages on coworking I was just
wondering if there was one specific FB page for this google group or
the wiki page?
If not, would it be beneficial to have one page setup to represent
this community better? I'd be happy to start one and add people as
admins if you're interested in being an admin. We could post our info,
press, discussions, actively promote coworking as a network. If a page
like this already exists could someone post the link?
I think we could take this group further and even create a website
with everyones info listed, really connect this network in the public
eye.
Thoughts, ideas, suggestions?
Cheers,
Anne
The Candy Factory
Where working together is sweet!
www.facebook.com/candyissweet
Coworking in Lancaster, PA
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