I'm in an especially awkward situation when it comes to local or regional collaborations. There are now 4-ish shared spaces in Fort Collins. One of the spaces is owned by our former landlord operating out of Cohere's former space. He and I parted on TERRIBLE terms. I wouldn't be able to sit in the same room with him let alone collaborate on a project. I desperately want to "get over it" and just take the high road and move forward with unifying the spaces around a cause but I. JUST. CAN'T. Anyone have any therapy to offer me?
Angel On Monday, June 30, 2014 3:42:38 PM UTC-6, Tony Bacigalupo wrote: > > Hi coworkers! > > I was thinking recently about an issue I've noticed locally and in other > regions, where friendly neighboring coworking spaces sometimes struggle to > develop good ways to collaborate. I believe the issue stems from a lack of > a well-articulated higher purpose that people from multiple spaces could > rally behind. > > I think about this phenomenon also in the context of how we communicate > with prospective members. The majority of people who express interest in > New Work City are, at first, looking for workspace, and think we're in the > business of renting workspace. While we can use that as a starting point > for educating prospective members about the deeper values behind and > benefits of coworking, I'm thinking about how we can do a better job of > connecting with prospective members in a way that's about something more > meaningful. > > Have any of you experienced something similar? Have you witnessed or > participated in the development of an ambition in your space or region that > gives coworking space managers something higher to shoot for than simply > getting enough members to pay the bills? > > Cheers, > Tony > --- > Blog <http://happymonster.co> // New Work City <http://nwc.co> // Coworking > Community NYC Meetup <http://meetup.com/coworking-nyc> > > -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
