Turns out Slack multi-team options just got a lot better, too. A new beta build is out right now that let's you swap between teams much faster, and with full notifications for all teams in one window. Download it here <https://rink.hockeyapp.net/apps/06bd6493684f65a3b8f47aca92c9006e> if you want to join in for the Coworking Leadership Slack that Melissa started!
On Tuesday, September 9, 2014 1:05:41 PM UTC-4, Melissa Geissinger wrote: > > It's actually really easy to swap between teams I've found. It's even easy > on the mobile app! Send me your email and we can experiment. > > And hell yes to Google Hangouts. Let's do it! Pick a time. > > > *Melissa Geissinger* > President & COO | WIMP LLC <http://www.beawimp.org> > WIMPspace: Cowork * Colearn * Coexist <http://www.wimpspace.com> > p 707 827 1334 x1 > c 707 888 0225 > > On Tuesday, September 9, 2014 10:01:10 AM UTC-7, Adam Teterus wrote: >> >> Hey, Melissa! Congrats on opening the clubhouse! it's especially >> refreshing to read that you've been so cohesive for such a long time prior >> to moving into a space. That's really fantastic, and I'm thrilled for you. >> >> I'm absolutely sure that we could talk and learn lots from one another, >> and I'd love to do that. We use Slack here at Indy Hall, in fact. My >> understanding of Slack is that it's a little difficult to swap between >> teams right now (Indy Hall log-in v. Coworking Group log-in), though I may >> be building that up into something more difficult than it really is. I'll >> hop inside and we can pick-up from here. >> >> I was also thinking that it'd be phenomenal to have a Google Hangout at >> the end of every week, some forum for connecting with other tummlers and >> managers and leaders in real time. Realistically, we have an astounding >> amount of potential tools and platforms, we just have to execute and meet >> up! >> >> On Tuesday, September 9, 2014 12:17:34 PM UTC-4, Melissa Geissinger wrote: >>> >>> Hi Adam and everyone! >>> >>> We just opened up our coworking space last week, so I'm wearing all the >>> hats for now. Honestly, I can't imagine it any other way for the time >>> being. I love getting to know every single person in the community and >>> making sure I do my best to serve them and meet their needs and >>> expectations. Even though we just opened our space, we've had a throwing >>> and thriving community for nearly 3 and a half years already. >>> >>> I run the group with 3 other individuals, and we've been using a chat >>> service called Slack for a few months now. We used to have our regular >>> conversations in Facebook but that just got messy and disorganized. Now we >>> just opened up a "team" for the greater group and it's been awesome. Other >>> companies around us are even starting to adopt the platform for >>> inter-company communication. What if we created a Slack team for Coworking >>> Space management - we can create different channels (basically chat rooms) >>> for all kinds of topics and that can be where we go when we need real-time >>> answers or real-time like-minded company to keep. What do you think? >>> >>> It's an invite-only service and it's free. Check it out at >>> https://slack.com/. I can start up a team if you guys are interested? >>> >>> *Melissa Geissinger* >>> President & COO | WIMP LLC <http://www.beawimp.org> >>> WIMPspace: Cowork * Colearn * Coexist <http://www.wimpspace.com> >>> p 707 827 1334 x1 >>> c 707 888 0225 >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, September 9, 2014 8:46:12 AM UTC-7, Adam Teterus wrote: >>>> >>>> Thanks, Will! >>>> >>>> >>>>> how to engender that sense of commitment and passion to go above and >>>>> beyond the formal job requirements and to want to be involved in the >>>>> Google >>>>> Group (as an example of going above and beyond the strict job definition >>>>> more generally), given that the external motivators (income potential, >>>>> career development) are not overwhelming? >>>>> >>>> >>>> This. Exactly this. I think you hit the nail on the head, and to your >>>> point, there very much is a critical practice of learning to *make >>>> your employees care as much as you do*. Makes total sense, too, >>>> because that's precisely what we ought to be doing for our members: making >>>> them care for this community as strongly as possible, as though they >>>> themselves own it. In many ways, your members do own it. In just as many >>>> ways, the space manager does own it - *I* own it, and I do my best job >>>> possible when I feel that way. I just don't have my name on any legal >>>> documents. :) >>>> >>>> I have to ask, and this goes to every coworking space owner: if you >>>> have a hired gun running the place or helping you run the place, do you >>>> explicitly invite that person to participate on the Google Group? What do >>>> you offer your hire in terms of training or job help? >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, September 9, 2014 5:57:16 AM UTC-4, Will Bennis, Locus >>>> Workspace wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Adam, >>>>> >>>>> Great post and great question! >>>>> >>>>> As a space owner and space manager, I could certainly learn as much or >>>>> more from space managers as from space owners. And I would hope that the >>>>> space managers would find a happy home in this Google Group, sharing >>>>> their >>>>> own knowledge and requesting help/insight from others. We'd all certainly >>>>> gain a lot, just as we'd gain a lot if there were more coworking space >>>>> members on this list. Which I suppose begs the question, "Where are all >>>>> the >>>>> coworking space members?" >>>>> >>>>> I guess one answer--the less interesting answer--is that most space >>>>> owners are or once were space managers. Margins are low for most >>>>> coworking >>>>> spaces and many of us run one-person or few-person operations. So we >>>>> managers are here, but we may use the "owner" tag since that sort of >>>>> trumps >>>>> the "manager" tag on our business cards :). >>>>> >>>>> But of course most coworking spaces also have non-owner employees &/or >>>>> managers, so why aren't they more active on this list? Here's a potential >>>>> answer, and in this case it's the same answer as why there aren't more >>>>> coworking-space members on this list. It's also an answer I'm a little >>>>> ashamed to give, because it speaks to how far my own coworking space >>>>> needs >>>>> to grow as a *community* and not just as a business providing shared >>>>> office >>>>> space and events: most non-owner space-managers, as with most members, >>>>> are >>>>> not passionately involved in the world of coworking and in learning about >>>>> and contributing to that world. >>>>> >>>>> The material incentives/external motivation (large potential salaries, >>>>> career advancement up a high ladder) are not there except in the very >>>>> rare >>>>> cases of some of the most successful coworking spaces that can really >>>>> attract people ready to do their very best at the job for the financial >>>>> benefits, and the internal motivations that have to do with love of the >>>>> job, commitment to the community and doing one's best are just rare, I >>>>> think, for often part-time, low-paid work. I would guess non-profit >>>>> coworking spaces and for-profit coworking spaces that do an incredible >>>>> job >>>>> developing a strong sense of commitment to the space and its community >>>>> can >>>>> find space managers ready to give the job their all without the external >>>>> motivators (the money or career trajectory), but I think that's a rare >>>>> achievement. I think once that's achieved, those are the places also >>>>> where >>>>> you find space *members* and not just managers getting involved, posting >>>>> answers and questions to this list, trying to build the movement more >>>>> generally. >>>>> >>>>> So the challenge for me, who runs a for-profit coworking space--but >>>>> does it in large part because he's passionate about the importance of >>>>> coworking spaces as a kind of human/social capital for freelancers & >>>>> independent workers--is how to engender that sense of commitment and >>>>> passion to go above and beyond the formal job requirements and to want to >>>>> be involved in the Google Group (as an example of going above and beyond >>>>> the strict job definition more generally), given that the external >>>>> motivators (income potential, career development) are not overwhelming? >>>>> >>>>> I'd guess this is a challenge for many of us (space owners) and the >>>>> main reason you don't see more non-owner space managers actively involved >>>>> here. >>>>> >>>>> Will >>>>> >>>>> ---- >>>>> Will Bennis >>>>> http://en.locusworkspace.cz <http://www.locusworkspace.cz/> >>>>> >>>>> On Sunday, September 7, 2014 3:47:49 AM UTC+2, Adam Teterus wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hey, all. I'm Adam. >>>>>> >>>>>> So I've been running Indy Hall as the Point Man for just shy of 3 >>>>>> years, looking over this place and these people on a daily basis from >>>>>> January of 2011 to right now (and well beyond right now, I should hope). >>>>>> 3 >>>>>> years of facilitating relationships between new and old members, >>>>>> introducing newcomers to our community, saying goodbye to longstanding >>>>>> members who came before me, bumping into very *human* obstacles and >>>>>> guiding members through sometimes tough social situations, always toward >>>>>> a >>>>>> place in which we're much tighter and stronger and better than where we >>>>>> came from. >>>>>> >>>>>> I recently had a really great conversation with a friend about what >>>>>> it is that I do here at Indy Hall. Given that coworking is relatively >>>>>> "new" >>>>>> in the scheme of things, and given that it's a burgeoning meta-community >>>>>> and industry in its own rite, she asked me who I turn to when I have >>>>>> questions, when I encounter something new. >>>>>> >>>>>> That's a long, winding answer. My reference points are ALL OVER the >>>>>> place, there's not really anyone one, particular role model. Not really >>>>>> a >>>>>> coworking space manager that I look to for parallels or direct >>>>>> reference. >>>>>> Many of you on this forum are among reference points, but there's a >>>>>> contingent missing from the Google Group: the person that most >>>>>> closely reflects me and what I do here at Indy Hall. I know that person >>>>>> and >>>>>> those people exist, but...where are they? >>>>>> >>>>>> My friend, she's a researcher type, and she points out that I've got >>>>>> this wealth of domain knowledge >>>>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_knowledge>, this set of skills >>>>>> and attributes that I reflexively understand and act on every day to >>>>>> keep >>>>>> this community up and running. Things that I often take for granted, >>>>>> admittedly. Things I rarely think about because I'm not talking about >>>>>> them >>>>>> out loud with other people who do it, too. >>>>>> >>>>>> She goes on to say that it sounds like I'm lacking a field >>>>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discipline_(academia)>, a network of >>>>>> people who share the same domain knowledge. A group of people like >>>>>> me. Where are those people? >>>>>> >>>>>> I know the Google Group is primarily for/frequented by owners and >>>>>> prospective space owners, but where do the space managers go to talk to >>>>>> one >>>>>> another? The daily, boots on the ground, hired to be here community >>>>>> leader - where does she go for answers? Where do they go to learn and >>>>>> talk >>>>>> and share? Hell, where do they go to debrief and unwind after a long >>>>>> week >>>>>> of weird social situations? Who teaches them how to do what they're >>>>>> doing? >>>>>> >>>>>> Further, for owners and prospective owners: when you're hiring for a >>>>>> coworking space manager, who are you looking toward and thinking, "yeah, >>>>>> I >>>>>> need *that* person"? When you do hire someone, who do you refer that >>>>>> person to in terms of a role model for the gig? >>>>>> >>>>>> Where are the people like me? Who are they? I want to meet 'em. >>>>>> >>>>> -- 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
