For point 1, I think existing space owner would have to have a pretty large stake in whatever was being "seeded" from their space. I don't really view other spaces as competition and really believe that more spaces opening only helps everyone, but even I would get pretty nervous about helping another space open from within my own office. Now, if I had ownership in it and it was branded as a part of my own "network" of coworking spaces or something along those lines, I think that could be an exciting opportunity.
As for #2, I think that's a brilliant idea, and I'm kind of surprised that nobody's tried it yet. On Monday, July 27, 2015 at 3:46:38 PM UTC-5, Jennifer Kready wrote: > > Thanks Tabari! I remember meeting you at GCUC during an intermission at > Salvage. I now have to find a progressive? church who might be interested > in a partnership. > > On Monday, July 27, 2015 at 3:28:43 PM UTC-5, Tabari Brannon wrote: >> >> Hi Jennifer, >> >> I am a chaplain / and coworking space owner, so I am familiar with but >> areas! >> >> >> - I am not familiar with you first point, I have read about groups of >> people leaving a coworking space and starting their own thing either >> because the space closed or because a disagreement with the management. I >> am not sure this is the type of seeding you are looking for. Some of the >> other veteran space owners may be able to speak to thos. >> - As to your second point, I was looking at the costs associated with >> the church that I attend, and you are correct most of the space goes >> unused >> throughout the week. I don't see why a pastor would not let an >> organization >> use their facilities if they are respectful of others that are in the >> space >> >> >> This is a coworking space / chuurc in New York. - http://stlydias.org/ >> >> Hope that helps! >> >> >> >> On Monday, July 27, 2015 at 1:04:46 PM UTC-7, Jennifer Kready wrote: >>> >>> As I don't have a space yet, so I host cowork mornings at coffee shops >>> my community. This morning we were talking about coworking and two of us >>> were pastors. The pastors were seeding a church and coworking offers them >>> a place to meet, but they were also interested in hosting coworking for >>> their parishoners and general public within the church. The pastors helped >>> us understand how a church seeds future churches, from within the >>> sponsorship church walls. So I wonder... >>> >>> - Can an established cowork space 'seed' a future cowork space? >>> >>> - Can a cowork be seeded from a faith based entity? >>> - As most of us know, church space is pretty empty during the day >>> and the church knows they're spending a lot to maintain these unused >>> spaces, too. Without the typical fear of 'our coworkers will be >>> evangelized', is it possible to partner with a church (rental >>> contract >>> perhaps) to use their space to grow a community (outside the coffee >>> shop) >>> and move them to a cowork space? >>> >>> Jen >>> >> -- 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.
