Melissa, can you please add me to the slack group? Ramon Suarez Serendipity Accelerator http://www.betacowork.com Phone: +3227376769 Mobile: +32497556284 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ramonsuarez New book: http://coworkinghandbook.com
On Sep 10, 2014 6:09 PM, "Melissa Geissinger" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] >> >> >> >> >> >> 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]> 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? 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