Your answer lies in this week's episode of the Coworkers: http://thecoworkers.com/
Their topic starts out a bit more as "dealing with problem members" but there are lots of great anecdotes that I think will help you get some inspiration for a solution. Peace, Ryan Price [email protected] @liberatr FloridaCreatives.com Likemind.us#orl: December 3rd @ Urban ReThink Orlando Happy Hour: December 20th @ Crooked Bayou On Nov 18, 2010, at 12:27 PM, Bianca Rico wrote: > I do apologize for the lengthiness :-! > > Sincerely, > Bianca Rico > Client Services > MiamiShared.com > Tel: 305-929-8688, ext. 143 > Fax: 305-397-1250 > http://www.miamishared.com > > Internet Email Confidentiality > Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you > are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery > of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message to > anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the > sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer does > not consent to email or messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and > other information in this message that do not relate to the official business > of MiamiShared.com. shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. > > > On 11/18/2010 12:23 PM, Miamishared wrote: >> Its not to say we don't want to create an eccentric workspace here but >> we do want to still embody the open and leisurely environment of >> coworking. We, as a company began as an internet business and just one >> year ago decided to allow other companies or individuals rent space >> from us. We thought this would be a great and successful idea because, >> technically we already practiced the coworking culture (going on 8 >> years strong), the only difference was we all worked under one >> company. With that being said, we have been filling up our space and >> have had no trouble with that.Currently have three companies that >> embody the membership we are looking for, young,ambitious,creative and >> collaborative. Its great to see that we have been able to bring >> together individuals to share ideas, exchange advice, and even in one >> instance contract one another. This is the type of environment we are >> aiming for. >> >> That being said, these are only three out of the eight companies we >> have as members. The people that tend to visit us, to view our space, >> are mini-corporations that are more accustomed to a rigid and >> structured environment than we have going on. We really want to be >> that space were young entrepreneurials, like our selves when we >> started out, can begin to grow their business with other ambitious >> individuals like themselves. Now, we never turn members away potential >> members who are pleasant and seem to want to embrace our environment >> even if they are from more strict business backgrounds, but how can >> we target more of our potential"ideal" members ? I believe it is our >> location as well that draws so much corporate attention. We are at the >> edge of Downtown In a contemporary high rise, that would be >> intimidating to anyone starting out, but would be prime real estate >> for big corporations. Any suggestions on how to target the right >> members? >> > > -- > 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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.

