When one of our playlists end, the silence is deafening. It's a mad scramble to turn the music back on.
Even if people don't like the music on, a little ambient noise has a huge impact on people's willingness to converse. They don't feel like they are "breaking the silence. BONUS POINTS: take member-submitted playlists or stations and rotate them. When people enjoy what's on, they often say so out loud and you can commend the member author and make sure they know each other :) -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Monday, August 13, 2012 at 6:34 PM, RedRokk wrote: > Hey everyone, I have a quick question I would like to get your perspective > on. > > We just started offering co-working space here in Bellingham, Washington. Our > space fits up to 20 people comfortably, but often times we only have 2 or 3. > We have been playing with the idea of adding light background music to the > space that would play throughout the day. The target customer is developers, > graphic designers, copywriters, and startups. We are wanting to make the > space feel a little more active during slower points in the day or week. > > This is a very interesting research study done on noise levels. It suggests a > specific level of noise actually encourages more collaboration and > creativity: > http://news.illinois.edu/news/12/0514NoiseCreativity_RaviMehta.html > > What are your thoughts on playing music in the background? > > Sincerely, > > Tyler Byrd | President > Red Rokk Interactive, Inc > > > C: (360) 920-2462 | O: (360) 747-7401 | F: (954) 867-1177 > [email protected] | www.RedRokk.com > > Video Introduction to Red Rokk: http://youtu.be/5XRSUn__jow > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/coworking/-/rRsepfh4iJQJ. > 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.
