Ehrmegerd Angel thank you for being your incredible self and for reviving this conversation. I love it!
<3 Susan (PS - hi everyone!! So sorry I've been pretty much MIA on the group of late. Two kids later I'm still here and loving life, I'm just a little less awesome at participating in our amazing global coworking scene. Office Nomads turns 10 this year and I couldn't be more excited about the next 10 years to come. Xoxo!) __ Office Nomads officenomads.com On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski <[email protected]> wrote: > And now I'm reviving this one. 5 years ago we had a good idea in LA but we > forgot to teach people how to tell their stories, specifically the story > that becomes the bedrock of every new community. http:// > coherecommunity.com/blog/the-coworking-secret-weapon-ive- > told-everyone-and-no-one. > > Angel > > > On Friday, January 20, 2012 at 12:28:02 PM UTC-7, Susan Evans wrote: >> >> Greetings fellow coworkers, >> >> As a result of the coworking space owners meetup in LA in October, a >> small group of folks volunteered to work on efforts surrounding the topic >> of "Awareness." The small group grew bigger thanks to many of you who >> stepped up to volunteer as a part of the Coworking Awareness Team >> <http://groups.google.com/group/coworking-awareness-team?hl=en>. >> >> In LA, we determined that our first task as a group would be to work on >> building a great contact database that can help tell the best stories about >> coworking. So often the attention of the media is drawn to the boring >> aspects of what we do: the stuff, the physical space, or the number of >> spaces around the world. We want to help the press tell the awesome stories >> about coworking: how members interact, how coworking improves quality of >> life, and the cultural impacts of coworking communities. We want to help >> talk about how coworking makes an impact, not how awesome it is that we >> share a WiFi connection. >> >> In order to do this, we need all coworking spaces to start sharing their >> best stories! We've created a very basic form >> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dEluZWdWM0Y4QUs5X0pEOVVrQlN4QkE6MQ#gid=0> >> to get started sharing. You'll be asked to categorize your story, give us a >> very brief synopsis, and let us know who to contact for more information. >> Your stories will then be shared in two helpful ways: >> >> 1. Passing your stories along to inquiries that come through a press >> contact form, which we're getting up on coworking.com pronto. The idea >> is simple: someone wants to write a story about coworking, drops us a >> message, and we direct them to talk to the storytellers. We don't tell your >> story for you, we just connect the storytellers to YOU. >> 2. Posting the "freshest" synopses publicly as an organized PDF on the >> front of coworking.com for anyone to see and follow-up on. As long as >> the stories keep coming in, we'll keep rotating the stories shared with you >> all. So if you're looking to post a great story on the coworking blog, you >> immediately have a few folks you can follow-up with to enhance what you're >> writing about. We hope it will be inspiration for all of us to keep telling >> our stories with the world (such as via the global coworking blog >> <http://blog.coworking.com/>!!) >> >> To clarify, the goal of this form is not to collect FULL stories, it's to >> give a quick synopsis so that someone will be inspired to follow-up with >> you and hear the full story. We do not want to be the keepers of the >> stories - we want to help connect the writers with the best stories out >> there. Please know that the Awareness Team will be sure to keep fairness, >> fun, and thoughtfulness in mind when handling all of the info shared. >> >> Ready to share something awesome that happened in your coworking space? Head >> HERE to the form. >> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dEluZWdWM0Y4QUs5X0pEOVVrQlN4QkE6MQ#gid=0> >> >> >> If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact >> me personally. We're just getting started and I'm sure we'll be learning a >> ton along the way. If you want to help out at all, please head to the >> Coworking >> Awareness Team >> <http://groups.google.com/group/coworking-awareness-team?hl=en> google >> group and join in the conversation. Our next exciting steps are going to be >> to work on keeping this great databased organized, as well as to create a >> "tips sheet" for how to talk with the press. It's not always as easy as it >> sounds (speaking from a LOT of experiences I wish I could have prevented!). >> >> Thanks, everyone! >> >> Susan >> >> PS - Awareness team, if I missed anything, please chime in! >> >> __ >> Office Nomads >> officenomads.com >> 206-484-5859 >> >> -- > 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. > -- 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.
