Randy, I'd agree that "place vs. space" isn't the issue, But the earlier discussion on this thread around "community vs. space" hits at the core of what coworking is about. Community is the differentiator between coworking and other office substitutes: McDonalds, Starbucks, Regus, home offices, corporate office wonderlands, whatever...
Design is incredibly important. Design can accelerate interactions, inspire lateral thinking, increase seratonin through natural sunlight, simtulate productivity, etc etc etc, but a well-designed office space does not a coworking space make. Jon On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 5:50 PM, Randall Arnold <[email protected]> wrote: > I think the conversation so far has shown that the "space vs place" > debate is largely over pointless, polarizing, counterproductive semantics. > > People are definitely attracted to places. > > Many like a place that has some (elbow) space. > > This topic could be kicked back and forth for who knows how long, but IMO > it's a distraction that takes eyes off of the prize... which is selling a > largely-uninformed public on the benefits of coworking (or co-working, if > you're not into the whole brevity thing). > > Randy > > On September 24, 2014 at 10:38 AM Alex Linsker <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Is there interest in a discussion of the branding of "place" instead of > "space"? I have a coworking place. I think it's very important to people > new to the concept and place leads to a warmer feel. > > http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/dict.aspx?rd=1&word=place > > http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/dict.aspx?word=space > > I don't sell space in a community, I sell place in a community. > > Alex > -- > Alex Linsker > Collective Agency's Community Organizer / Proprietor > (503) 517-6900 http://collectiveagency.co > Tax and Conversation's Statewide Community Organizer > (503) 517-6904 taxandconversation.com > (503) 369-9174 mobile (503) 517-6901 fax > 322 NW Sixth Ave, Suite 200, Portland, Oregon 97209 > > -- > 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. > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/coworking/Tvf2gg-WZ5w/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > 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.
