I'm a big fan of encouraging bi-directional community messaging, something like a Google group or Yammer. Our members have some important things to say and ask and post and encourage and celebrate, so it's not just the owners that post. We use Yammer, and it serves it's purpose well enough. It's pretty much like facebook, so people can post events, messages, links, photos, tag with topics, etc. Members can also choose if they want desktop notifications, e-mails, text messages, etc for how to read posts and how to use the service from their obile, via desktop app, web, etc and if they want instant notification or a daily summary, etc. Some people don't care to hear about the treat in the kitchen. Some people want to know about it as soon as it happens. It's also a great way to inform those who aren't here that day of what happened so that they still feel somewhat connected.
I have no affiliation with Yammer. I just think it works well for us. And when something really important needs to be announced, no one complains about a regular ol' e-mail that gets sent out (in addition to posting it on Yammer) just to be sure that everyone can read the important stuff. r. *____________________ rachel young *[email protected] *Find us in person:* Camaraderie 102 Adelaide St E 2nd Floor Toronto, ON M5C 1K9 (647) 861-4350 *Find us online:* Website/blog <http://camaraderie.ca> and Newsletter<http://bit.ly/camaraderienewsletter> Google+ <http://bit.ly/CamaraderiePlus>, Twitter<http://twitter.com/camaraderie> , Facebook <http://bit.ly/9zv3Fx>, and LinkedIn<http://bit.ly/CamaraderieGroup> *Be in business for yourself, not by yourself! * *Continue the conversations you started on May 27* *at FLCTO2 by joining the LinkedIn group <http://linkd.in/FLCTO>.* * * *Are you a coworking commitmentphobe? * *Try the Coworking Toronto Passport Program <http://bit.ly/CTOPassport2012>* *for a day pass to seven spaces for one price.* * * On 20 August 2012 13:24, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> wrote: > Unless email is integrated, people miss announcements. As much as people > like to complain about email overload, it's 10000000x more effective than > anything else. > > If it's just one-way announcements, use an email marketing tool like > Mailchimp or CampaignMonitor. > > For discussion lists, a private google group is handy (and free!) EXCEPT > that people can easily remove themselves and you won't know about it. > > I've looked at just about every private email list tool out there and am > pretty sure will be building our own this fall. If anyone is interested in > contributing to building this tool (I've got a spec written already), drop > me a line off-list. > > -Alex > > > -- > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > On Monday, August 20, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Tom Hudzina wrote: > > Hey gang, might I ask what are you all are using for community message > boards? Wiki? Google Apps? Third Party? Website Blog? What's been working > the best for posting announcements to the community and the community > posting their thoughts and events? > > Tom > > -- > 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/-/ZYjlP-AgMV4J. > 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. > -- 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.
