Hey Susan, The form you created looks really great.
One suggestion if it's still open for a small change: In our space, I think, the best stories have been about unexpected collaboration between members and the value that comes from that. Even though you have a lot of story categories and I'd hate to see more, I don't see an obvious category for that (collaborations between members). I worry that without the category you'll either lose those potential stories because people won't think that's really what you're looking for, or you'll have a bloated "other" category (I suspect that's more than 50% of the good stories my members have to tell fall into that category). Best, Will On Apr 10, 6:59 pm, Susan Evans <[email protected]> wrote: > Good morning everyone! > > I'm sure by this point everyone is a-buzz with the fact that coworking got > a big mention this morning on > NPR<http://www.npr.org/2012/04/10/150286116/for-freelancers-landing-a-wor...>. > Well, I am a-buzz this morning, but a-buzz with frustration. > > NPR took the opportunity to spend a big amount of time on coworking this > morning and the *best story they could share* was that the Grind has an > application process. Headline reads "For freelancers, landing a workspace > gets harder." > > If this is the best that NPR can do with what we give them, you all, I > think we're not doing the right thing. We're not giving the press the best > stories about coworking. And because of that they're telling the boring > stories. STILL. And I want to change that. > > After the coworking gathering in LA this past fall, a small group of folks > assembled under the banner the Coworking Awareness > Team<http://groups.google.com/group/coworking-awareness-team/>. > Our first and solo goal was to help coworking spaces get better stories > told about them and about all the awesomeness that coworking is. Clearly, > we have work to do! So far, we have published one single-page doc of sample > stories, created a press@coworking email address to point the press (and > those interested in telling stories) to, and even recently created a > single-page doc on tips and tricks of talking to the press (attached here). > > I was planning to share all this exciting news with you today to continue > the movement of this Awareness Team project. I am writing you this morning > to *implore* *you to share your own stories and encourage your members to > post their stories*. I know how many incredible things happen within the > Office Nomads community each year and go unnoticed. I know you have the > same at your space. I promise you I will do everything I can to help the > Awareness Team get those stories to the people interested in telling them, > and will shout out your stories loud and clear as much as I can. > > Because seriously - amongst all of the awesome things that happen in a > coworking space, the application process (if it exists, and I don't want to > have that argument here) is the LEAST interesting thing I can think of to > talk about. Other than maybe the printer. Y'all know I hate it when the > press talks about our printers. > > Here are the links, y'all. Let's get some better stories out there: > > Tell Your Coworking Story > Form<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEluZWdWM0Y4QUs5...> > - > the place you send folks to to tell their story > Coworking.com - where the story summaries land (and will be updated from > time to time to show fresh stories!), and soon where the Talking to the > Press points will go > The Coworking Awareness Team Google > Group<http://groups.google.com/group/coworking-awareness-team/>- > please help us get better stories told about coworking. > > Thanks everyone, > Susan > > PS - to the folks at the Grind: I hope this doesn't rub you the wrong way. > This has nothing to do with your space (which I don't know much about), or > how you rock coworking in your own way. I respect that greatly and that has > nothing to do with this response. Truly - I just want your space to get > great stories told about it - I doubt NPR did you justice. > > __ > Office Nomads > officenomads.com206-484-5859begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 206-484-5859 > > Talking to the Press.pdf > 196KViewDownload -- 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.
