Linda, I may be wrong but I fear this thread may have gotten a little off the topic of your original question. I speak to coworking operators about this question everyday in my work at LiquidSpace and the vast vast majority allow drop-ins pending capacity. However, many also allow members and non-members to book a day pass on a given date or even book a couple of hours at a specific date and time. Allowing people to book in advance allows you to gauge the demand versus your capacity for a future date and time, as well as track the usage of your space historically. I see spaces that both allow people to reserve a given desk and others that simply allow someone to buy a day pass to enter the space and find an open desk. Either way, reservations do give you the ability to plan and track usage.
As you may know, LiquidSpace was built specifically to help you manage the live availability of your workspaces and share that availability exclusively with your members or also with the LiquidSpace public. Once an individual has permission, she can then book time in your workspaces in real-time and your calendars can largely manage themselves. People can then check in online or from their smartphones upon arrival at the space. The platform is totally free to use with your existing members and we only take a sip off a paid transaction when LiquidSpace delivers a new customer to your door. If you use the platform exclusively with your internal members, it's absolutely free. If I can be of further help, don't hesitate to shout. I'm always happy to chat. Jonathan On Jun 9, 8:44 am, John Wilker <[email protected]> wrote: > We will likely add some type of booking to conference rooms as we're > starting to see those used more and more. As for desks I agree it's be > hard. Getting people to use it then keeping then adhering to it. Plus > it strikes me as possibly a deterrent to someone coming to check it > out. > > Sent from my iPhone, plese excuse the type-o's > > Twitter: jwilker > johnwilker.com | 360conferences.com |ignitedenver.org > > On Jun 9, 2012, at 8:31 AM, Chad Ballantyne <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > We don't do reservations. We try and make sure there's always extra space > > and use a sign in day-timer at the front to keep track. Low tech all the > > way! > > > Chad > > > On 2012-06-09, at 10:26 AM, Adrienne N <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> I have a lot of experience using this product personally and have > >> found it difficult in general to get ALL users to adhere to the rules > >> of just using it period. But it does make sense for meeting rooms if > >> you can train all your members. The idea of putting one on a desk is > >> iffy. As you said, it goes against the concept of hot desking, but if > >> you had offices or more private desks or more long-term desks, I could > >> see this as an application. > >> I agree, not evil....but each coworking space would have to figure out > >> how technology like this would fit within their culture and how. > > >> Adrienne > > >> On Jun 8, 3:55 pm, Jerome Chang <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Hotdesking by definition doesn't have reservations. > >>> Office Hotelling has reservations. > > >>> I think that reservations can only help, if nothing else but to track > >>> usage. One would "reserve" a space as they begin to use the space, or > >>> "checking in" a la 4Square/Gowalla. > >>> As a "space operator", I think some kind of reservation/check-in system > >>> helps prevent any chaos that could ensue if too many people come in than > >>> there are desks. > > >>> Anyway, this kind of stuff isn't evil folks. > > >>> 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 > > >>> On Jun 8, 2012, at 7:00 AM, Chris Johnson wrote: > > >>>> While it isn't a cheap solution I think it would actually increase > >>>> community for the reason that it shows who has the room booked and who > >>>> has it booked after you do. It is really about visual identification > >>>> for booking a shared resource. There are less expensive ways of doing > >>>> this, "EventBoard" for the iPad works similarly and there are other > >>>> solutions out there. I don't see that this would be a tool/technology > >>>> to handle hot desking. > > >>>> On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Adrienne N <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> I agree with Craig as well! > >>>> But FYI. I saw this the other day. > >>>>http://my.neocon.com/exhibitor/1766/product/1655 > > >>>> Hmmm...food for thought as to why they would go that direction? > >>>> Adrienne > > >>>> On Jun 7, 12:22 pm, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> +1 to everything Craig said. > > >>>>> -- > >>>>> /ah > >>>>> indyhall.org > >>>>> coworking in philadelphia > > >>>>> On Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Craig Baute - Creative Density > >>>>> Coworking wrote: > > >>>>>> I can safely say most of us don't have a reservation system for hot > >>>>>> desking and it works well for us. In my opionon, a reservation system > >>>>>> creates a barrier between you and the community that reminds people > >>>>>> that this is a commercial transaction. I like to elminate the barriers > >>>>>> for the coworker so it feels like it is their place and a community > >>>>>> versus reminding them this is a business and they are the customer. > >>>>>> The less friction the better. > > >>>>>> Craig > >>>>>> Creative Density > > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>>>>> Groups "Coworking" group. > >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > >>>>>> (mailto:[email protected]). > >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>>>>> [email protected] > >>>>>> (mailto:[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 > >>>> 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 > >>>> 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 > >> 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 > > athttp://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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