we've been trying to think of a better public and private member directory too - or possibly just one version, but we want to be respectful of everyone's desire to share information. i guess there is a way to use Twitter data (avatar, description, maybe URL) for your own site/app, and i may just default to that, as 99% of our members have an account.
calendars - WP plugin for external and google cal for internal. not optimal, sigh. rena makeshiftsociety.com On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Jerome Chang <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd agree with the calendar issue. We've 'resorted' to communicating via > our newsletters as we have much more control over the content than some > automated calendar system. So, for example, our reservation system allows > us to sync w/ a Google calendar which is easy to publish on a website. The > problem is that it's an all-or-nothing feature: all events or no events. > Meanwhile, we have some bookings that don't want to be publicized. > Additionally, how we enter information into a booking for internal staff > coordination is not typically what we would like published: different > content for different audiences, right? > > As for the member info, we tried so hard to do that way back and it was > nearly impossible. For every 10 members who would want to post their info, > some said, > "we're working on a new logo so ask us in a month;" OR > "we're want to change our info next quarter so ask us then;" OR > simply procrastination, forgetfulness OR > nah, I'm not interested. > > So here we were filling out email address and name for one entry, logo and > address for another, tagline and company for another, but never all 5 for > consistency. > My general assessment is that EVERYONE wants info, but people rarely > provide info so the effort to get that info becomes so not worth it. > It's just so easy to say, "oh, I'd love [X]" and you're left with, "how > much [eXponential] work is that?? > > > Jerome > ______________ > BLANKSPACES > "work FOR yourself, not BY yourself" > > www.blankspaces.com > 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 > 323.330.9505 (office) > > On Dec 7, 2012, at 9:33 AM, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > We had member sessions as well to plan the re-launch of the new Mojo > site, and found that many of our members were looking to have a bit more > information about their businesses on the site. Our "members" page became > that solution. Curious if that was not of importance to your members? > > > It comes up once in a while, and follow up by asking what they want to > accomplish by having their businesses listed on the site. Then we show > examples of the value of putting more focus on stories, people, and > interactions than transactions and companies, and people are quick to agree > that they don't want Indy Hall to be a race car covered in logos but > instead keep things focused on the human interactions that have made their > experience at Indy Hall valuable. > > Another important element we wanted to highlight on our new site was our > community events > > > This has *always* been one of our hardest problems to tackle, and not > just because of technology (though we've been unhappy with most of the > tools we've tried) but moreso the way events evolve and morph over time. > Calendars undercommunicate. Meanwhile, we know that people often miss > things because they didn't hear about them through their preferred > channels.. > > In the short term, we've addressed our lack of a public calendar with a > weekly itinerary of events that we send to our members list every monday. > Our next-steps for the site include re-launching the blog and finding a > rhythm for our public newsletter, between which we'll use as the primary > sources for highlighting events. > > -Alex > > -- > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > pre-order my new eBook, " <http://book.businessofcommunity.com/?email>the > business of community <http://book.businessofcommunity.com/?ref=email>" > > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
