One more thing to toss into this thread - the latest episode of my podcast talks not just about the technique we use to secure our coworking space, but the messy incident that helped us create it: http://listen.coworkingweekly.com/episodes/60913-ep54-a-better-security-system-for-your-coworking-space
Believe it or not, I recorded this over a month ago but it just went live today! :) -Alex ------------------ *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* Better Coworkers: http://indyhall.org Weekly Coworking Tips: http://coworkingweekly.com My Audiobook: https://theindyhallway.com/ten On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 9:23 AM, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> wrote: > Yup - I'm not anti-camera (our new building has them throughout, though we > still don't have them in our own space). But I also know that cameras only > really help in hindsight. The neighborhood watch message is much more > proactive, and encourages members to be engaged citizens on more levels > than basic safety...e.g. the story at the end of my post linked above. > > At the end of the day, this comes down to the venn diagram of *your* tolerance > and *your members* tolerance for risk. My guiding philosophy has always > been that bad things can happen no matter what you do, so instead of > pretending you can totally prevent them it's best to mitigate where > possible in a way that doesn't stifle the most valuable parts of the > experience. > > *Said another way: there's a finite possible bad, and a nearly infinite > possible good. Know the former and manage it, but put your max energy and > resources into the latter. * > > -Alex > > > > -Alex > > > ------------------ > *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* > Better Coworkers: http://indyhall.org > Weekly Coworking Tips: http://coworkingweekly.com > My Audiobook: https://theindyhallway.com/ten > > On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 3:50 AM, Matt G <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I bloody love this style of managing the issue at hand Alex, spot on! >> >> I think as a semi manned space with few fixed desks and a large cohort of >> "part time" members it necessitated one camera on the front door. An >> affordable solution to simply understand who is present in the environment >> at the time of an unfortunate event. >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at 5:12:30 PM UTC, Alex Hillman wrote: >>> >>> Sure do :) >>> >>> https://dangerouslyawesome.com/2014/07/the-neighborhood-watc >>> h-method-for-coworking-space-security/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------ >>> *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* >>> Better Coworkers: http://indyhall.org >>> Weekly Coworking Tips: http://coworkingweekly.com >>> My Audiobook: https://theindyhallway.com/ten >>> >>> On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 12:06 AM, Bernie J Mitchell < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Alex Hillman has a legend story about theft :-) >>>> >>>> On Wed, 22 Feb 2017 at 13:34, Rohat <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hey All, >>>>> >>>>> Starting a coworking space and wondering.... >>>>> >>>>> What safeguards do people implement to prevent stolen passes or idiots >>>>> tenants coming in and vandalizing or theft? >>>>> >>>>> Cameras obviously but anything else? >>>>> >>>>> Have people had problems? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> Have a remarkable day >>>> >>>> Bernie J Mitchell >>>> 0777 204 2012 >>>> >>>> Do you use Trello? >>>> www.berniejmitchell.com >>>> >>>> Sent from my mobile device >>>> >>>> *Unless we agree otherwise, this email conversation is confidential. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 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 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.
