Chad - I'll send over an invite then! I'm making everybody an admin so we can all send invites.
*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 Wednesday, September 10, 2014 9:02:33 AM UTC-7, creativespace wrote: > > we love Slack. <3 > > Chad Ballantyne > 705.812.0689 > [email protected] <javascript:> > > > > > > Barrie's Coworking Community > Perfect for small businesses, startups and entrepreneurs. > 12 Dunlop St E, Barrie Ontario, L4M 1A3 > Memberships start at $25/mth > www.thecreativespace.ca > 705-812-0689 > > On Sep 10, 2014, at 11:54 AM, Adam Teterus <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > 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] <javascript:>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- 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.
