Low use of but high interest in the community is the whole reason that I added the "Fan" membership which is $25 for 2 days/month but still comes will all the regular perks like classes, social events, access to our Facebook discussion group and the collective wisdom therein. It also serves as a "tweener" membership when people travel extensively, they'll go down to that level for a month until they're back in the country etc.
On Jun 20, 12:35 pm, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> wrote: > This pattern is fairly consistant in healthy coworking communities, and > there's a reason for it. > > Communities of Practice, a form of community known for efficiency in > socially-incentivized knowledge management (the executive-speak > version of *what > we do*, for the uninitiated), is something I've been researching heavily > thanks to some tips from Matthew Wettergreen at Caroline Collective. > > Not surprisingly, the "actions to cultivate a successful community of > practice" list reads like my coworking crib > notes:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_of_practice#Actions_to_cultiva... > > Relevant to this conversation is action #3: > > Welcome and allow different levels of participation - Wenger identifies 3 > > > main levels of participation. > > 1) The core group who participate intensely in the community through > > > discussions and projects. This group typically takes on leadership roles in > > guiding the group > > 2) The active group who attend and participate regularly, but not to the > > > level of the leaders. > > 3) The peripheral group who, while they are passive participants in the > > > community, still learn from their level of involvement. Wenger notes the > > third group typically represents the majority of the community. > > Sound familiar? Full time, lite, and basic membership, perhaps? > > Our basic membership & night owls, like Angel's "explorer lite", is a large > percentage of our active membership (and always has been). The only > difference is that nearly half of our basic members almost *never* use > desks, and only attend events, workshops, etc. > > Not only is this an important community dynamic to build in support for, but > it's good for the books, too. Our last balance sheet had basic membership + > dropins accounting for between 1/3rd and 1/2 of our monthly revenue - and > since those members have the lowest impact on desk availability, we can > support even more of them. > > -Alex > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > Leena just asked me via email "I saw that blog showing your weekly > > trend, are you guys also tracking what type of members are using your > > space weekly or monthly?" and I thought I'd post my reply here too in > > case it helps... > > > Hi Leena, > > We have how many members of each type but don't go that granular with > > record keeping yet. HOWEVER, I'd say that about 30% of members never > > use the space and people with higher memberships (3, 4, 5 days/week) > > use a smaller percentage of their total time than say someone with a 1 > > day/week membership. The highest usage of membership is handsdown our > > Night Owls. Nearly 100% of them attend for their 1 evening/week every > > month. So, short story is....people with lower memberships have a > > higher percentage of use than people with 3, 4, or 5 day week > > memberships. > > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 12:13 PM, leena <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey Angel, > > > I saw that blog showing your weekly trend, are you guys also tracking > > what type of members are using your space weekly or monthly? > > > On Jun 17, 7:40 pm, Jerome Chang <[email protected]> wrote: > > > super smart stats! > > > > Jerome > > > ______________ > > > BLANKSPACES > > > "work FOR yourself, not BY yourself" > > > >www.blankspaces.com > > > ph: 323.330.9505 | 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los > > Angeles, CA 90036 > > > ph: 310.526.2255 | 1450 2nd Street (@ Broadway), Santa Monica, CA 90401 > > > > On Jun 17, 2011, at 8:11 AM, Angel Kwiatkowski wrote: > > > > > Our intern Phil just did a blog post for today that shows our data > > > > since the beginning of the year. We've had between 30-40 members since > > > > January. Check it out to see our trends by day. More blog posts are > > > > coming with even more data!~ > > > > >http://coherecommunity.com/blog/coworking-membership-trends > > > > > Agnel > > > > > On Jun 17, 5:50 am, Bianca Rico <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Yes, exactly! Our shared members who drop in at any given time, are > > > >> rarely here all at the same time. With over 50 shared members we have > > 12 > > > >> shared desks, and on a daily basis maximum 6 people come in at a time. > > > > >> On 6/16/2011 6:34 PM, Idham Abas wrote: > > > > >>> Hi guys, > > > > >>> This is a great resource for finding out more on coworking. I'm about > > > >>> to start a coworking space in Brunei. Question is, how do I calculate > > > >>> how many members I can have for my open space section that is members > > > >>> who don't have a permanent desk or private office. I'm planning to > > > >>> have about 20 tables and chairs for those monthly membership levels > > > >>> that come in 3x any day of the week. Surely I can sign up more than > > 20 > > > >>> right? Cause not will come at the same time. > > > > >> -- > > > >> Sincerely, > > > >> Bianca Rico > > > >> Client Services > > > >> MiamiShared.com > > > >> Tel: 305-929-8688, ext. 143 > > > >> Fax: 305-397-1250http://www.miamishared.com > > > > > -- > > > > 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 athttp:// > > 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. 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