> > That app sounds awesome. Would it be shareable for other spaces to > use internally?
I can't speak for the guys who are primarily responsible for it (we're their first non-internal test case) but I think that's the plan! /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 12:32 AM, Angel Kwiatkowski <fccowork...@gmail.com>wrote: > Cohere has member profiles (a little more formal though some are > pretty hilarious and utterly fictional) on our website under the > Community tab and then we're also kicking it old school and the intern > has created a physical wall o' members with actual Polaroids, contact > info and a 1 line niche statement. I'll send a pic of the wall. It's > pretty cool and only possible because the intern takes care of it! > > That app sounds awesome. Would it be shareable for other spaces to use > internally? > > On Feb 22, 10:20 pm, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I'm working with some guys from Baltimore on an internal member directory > > app (imagine a wall of polaroids so you can easily track down faces to > > names). > > > > Rather than encourage members categorize themselves by arbitrary > industries, > > I'm heading in the direction of asking these sorts of questions for a > > one-two line profile or bio. If your intern found good questions on a > > particular site, I'd love a source! > > > > -Alex > > > > /ah > > indyhall.org > > coworking in philadelphia > > > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:59 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski > > <fccowork...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My intern found some pretty fun questions on a "would you rather" > > > site. Now, mind you, these aren't soul bearing questions about > > > coworking but I do think that people's responses really let > > > personality shine through. For example, would you rather have a pencil > > > sharpening nostril or a ketchup dispensing navel?" Why? (feel free to > > > answer this question in this discussion thread) I chose the nostril > > > sharpener--mainly because I don't eat a lot of ketchup and I think it > > > might ruin my shirts. > > > > > -Angel > > > > > On Feb 22, 9:49 pm, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I totally agree that we don't need a custom solution. We can build a > > > Wufoo > > > > form in minutes that asks a few good open ended questions and provide > > > that > > > > to coworking space owners and community leaders - and see what comes > > > back. > > > > The data will be structured and we can do just about anything we want > > > with > > > > it later when Jacob's magic system is ready :) > > > > > > That's why I was suggesting some brainstorm around the types of > questions > > > we > > > > ask to elicit good stories. > > > > > > We've been working on interviews with a number of our members as well > and > > > > they're structured in such a way to help them tell an important > coworking > > > > story on their own. > > > > > > Things I like to ask: > > > > > > - where did you first hear about coworking? > > > > - what made you decide to come in for the first time? > > > > - what were some of your preconceived notions or expectations? > > > > - what's one thing you experienced that was unexpected? > > > > - who's the first coworker you remember meeting, and what > happened? > > > > - how do you talk about coworking/indyhall to others? > > > > - what's one thing that you'd like to do but haven't yet? why? > > > > - what would you tell someone considering coworking/indyhall > > > membership? > > > > > > -Alex > > > > > > /ah > > > > indyhall.org > > > > coworking in philadelphia > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:19 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski > > > > <fccowork...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > > > I agree--we'd need some serious buy-in to get enough stories....I > > > > > imagine that stories beget stories. No one wants to be the only > person > > > > > with their story out there! To some extent, yes- "I have my mind > made > > > > > up about this project" but my mind is made up insofar as I think it > > > > > needs to happen. In order for me to summon the energy to catalyze > > > > > something like this, I need to know if other space owners can get > > > > > behind it to spread the word. "Community first, stories second :)" > I > > > > > also don't think we need a custom solution that's built from the > > > > > ground up. Can it really be as simple as a blog-like site that > accepts > > > > > contributions and is easily searchable? > > > > > > > On Feb 22, 9:07 pm, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > I don't think I was looking to introduce parameters or anything > > > > > complicated, > > > > > > I was genuinely curious what questions people ask in order to get > the > > > > > > stories worth telling. > > > > > > > > That's valuable to share here (and document together) so that the > > > goal of > > > > > > 2012 stories by 2012 isn't just a numbers game, but is tracking > > > quality > > > > > > stories from more places that have stories worth sharing. > > > > > > > > There's nothing wrong with running ahead with something and it > sounds > > > > > like > > > > > > you've got your mind made up on your this project, which is > great. My > > > > > point > > > > > > was to make this something that could inspire others so you're > not > > > the > > > > > only > > > > > > one collecting stories, and let it live on beyond your e-book > series. > > > > > > > > Of course it'll change as we go, that's how this whole thing > works, > > > but > > > > > > creating some constraints so that people know HOW to contribute > is > > > what's > > > > > > going to allow this to take off. Remember, not everyone's as > > > comfortable > > > > > at > > > > > > writing, interviewing, storytelling, etc. > > > > > > > > -Alex > > > > > > > > /ah > > > > > > indyhall.org > > > > > > coworking in philadelphia > > > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:10 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski > > > > > > <fccowork...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'm not a big fan of getting everything figured out first and > > > acting > > > > > > > later. Let's be honest, coworking is a baby. We don't know what > > > size > > > > > > > shoes she's going to need in 3 years let alone in the next 2 > > > months. I > > > > > > > don't want to get hung up in planning it to death or putting a > > > hundred > > > > > > > parameters around it. What we do need is a solution NOW where > > > > > > > coworkers can tell their stories where other coworkers can > search > > > by > > > > > > > space or city name (it doesn't even need to bolt on to a > > > database--I'd > > > > > > > just google a space I was interested in anyway)---be it a > > > facilitated > > > > > > > q&a format or multimedia (upload a video or paint a picture) I > > > don't > > > > > > > care, I just want them to be able to share! > > > > > > > > > We're going to do this with the next in the ebook series and > unveil > > > > > > > the Cohere members' stories in a book at our 1 year anniversary > > > party > > > > > > > in April. Beth and I had the planning meeting for this TODAY > and > > > we'll > > > > > > > produce the thing in less than 10 weeks. > > > > > > > > > My goal is to have 2012 coworkers' stories by 2012. Let's make > it > > > > > > > happen. > > > > > > > > > Angel > > > > > > > > > On Feb 22, 7:22 pm, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > First, our members mostly just want a great place to work > and > > > they > > > > > > > think > > > > > > > > > it's neat that there are a number of other spaces around > the > > > world, > > > > > but > > > > > > > they > > > > > > > > > are more interested in the work they are doing. > > > > > > > > > > Jacob, you know I love you, but this sounds shortsighted. > Just > > > > > because > > > > > > > they > > > > > > > > don't have an expanded worldview doesn't mean that they > shouldn't > > > be > > > > > > > given > > > > > > > > the chance to see what it could do. > > > > > > > > > > I can contrast that sentiment that most of our members, while > not > > > > > > > > necessarily aware of the big picture at first or its sheer > scale, > > > are > > > > > > > > extremely excited to be a part of it (and in many cases, > > > contribute > > > > > to > > > > > > > it), > > > > > > > > *given the opportunity*. They love the fact that in places > all > > > around > > > > > the > > > > > > > > world, people are experiencing something similar to them. We > keep > > > the > > > > > > > local > > > > > > > > focus, but think it's important to have a global perspective. > > > That's > > > > > not > > > > > > > > just an attribute of a better coworker, or business > owner/leader, > > > > > that's > > > > > > > an > > > > > > > > attribute of a better *citizen*. > > > > > > > > > > Without being presented with the possibility of being a part > of > > > the > > > > > > > bigger > > > > > > > > world just outside their doors, I don't blame them for "not > > > wanting > > > > > to". > > > > > > > > They don't even know that they "could want to" let alone that > > > they > > > > > > > "should > > > > > > > > want to". > > > > > > > > > > The trick is to give them the opportunity without also giving > > > them a > > > > > * > > > > > > > > completely* blank page to work from. > > > > > > > > > > Like any interview, the key to this is knowing how to ask > good > > > > > questions, > > > > > > > > and look for prompts for asking yet more questions. This is > hard > > > to > > > > > > > > automate, but some more in-depth interviews being conducted > by > > > the > > > > > > > members > > > > > > > > who want to know more about and be known more in the global > > > community > > > > > is > > > > > > > > something that I firmly believe that many members will do if > > > they're > > > > > > > given > > > > > > > > the opportunity. > > > > > > > > > > Personally, I'd love to see Angel's idea turn into a > brainstorm > > > of > > > > > the > > > > > > > kinds > > > > > > > > of questions and answers that members have with each other > and > > > > > coworking > > > > > > > > space catalyst, founders, leaders, etc have with them as > well. > > > > > > > > > > From there, I think we can put together some queues for > > > conversation > > > > > to > > > > > > > get > > > > > > > > over "blank page syndrome" and simply provide enough context > for > > > the > > > > > > > stories > > > > > > > > - and the broader worldview that our members deserve to be > able > > > to > > > > > have > > > > > > > for > > > > > > > > themselves - to emerge. What we do with those stories could > go in > > > a > > > > > > > million > > > > > > > > directions, let's worry about that once we have figured out a > > > good > > > > > way to > > > > > > > > capture them. > > > > > > > > > > -Alex > > > > > > > > > > /ah > > > > > > > > indyhall.org > > > > > > > > coworking in philadelphia > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 7:32 PM, Jacob Sayles < > > > > > ja...@officenomads.com > > > > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Angel, > > > > > > > > > > > Yes yes yes! This has been the direction I've been working > > > towards > > > > > all > > > > > > > > > along and there are some significant challenges to > incorporate. > > > > > > > > > > > First, our members mostly just want a great place to work > and > > > they > > > > > > > think > > > > > > > > > it's neat that there are a number of other spaces around > the > > > world, > > > > > but > > > > > > > they > > > > > > > > > are more interested in the work they are doing. It's the > space > > > > > owners > > > > > > > that > > > > > > > > > are more invested in the larger coworking movement so they > are > > > the > > > > > > > people > > > > > > > > > who are putting in the work. They want to talk about their > > > space > > > > > > > mostly, > > > > > > > > > what they build, etc. I talk up our members and their > > > incredible > > > > ... > > > > read more ยป > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 coworking@googlegroups.com. 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