Thanks for the suggestion and support, Caner. On Monday, June 25, 2018 at 5:56:55 PM UTC-4, Caner Onoglu wrote: > > Hi Mike, > I think this is a great idea. I have been thinking and working on business > processes, information management for many years and I came to a > realization that especially creative people are very poorly organized, very > bad at document and information management. Our brains are not good at > multitasking. When people concentrate on doing something they are quite bad > at planning, recording, tracking, storing information. How many times you > noticed you didn't record a very important contact, or can't find an email? > Myself many times. So I would love to have coworking staff managing my > files, data, contacts, plans and act as my personal assistant. I imagine a > 5-10 minute session face to face or on phone with my coworking assistant > and we go through what I have done that day. Whom I met. Which files I > created and if I saved them in appropriate folder. Recording new contacts > to my CRM. Bookmarking web pages I visited. Creating a reminder about > meetings. Knowing what I have been busy with my assistant will assist me > for finding help when I may need, introduce me to other members of the > coworking, if notices I am idle may recommend me to participate in other's > projects, tasks.. > > Caner > > On Mon, Jun 25, 2018, 22:16 Mike Timpani <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Lets put the two together: an IC and Coworking space. >> >> >> >> What is an IC? >> >> >> >> Wait, let me start from the beginning. I’m getting ahead of myself. >> >> >> >> Ever been helped by a librarian in your life, in a public library or >> through your academic career in college or high school? Maybe you are in a >> profession that uses librarians. They can be found in law firms and >> hospitals helping doctors and attorneys and even in the government helping >> everyone find the information they need. Yes, even in this “Google era” >> Librarians are more needed than ever before, to help find the RIGHT >> information and not a lot of it. >> >> >> >> My new concept would be to add a live person to the co-working amenities >> available to the tenants. I call it an “information concierge”. Someone >> with a library degree, like an MLS, would be on site at one of the >> properties of a co-worker company. The “IC” would be exclusive on-site in >> person to the tenants of that specific office space and virtual to all the >> other tenants in the same companies spaces around the area. >> >> >> >> For example: Hire a librarian and set that person up in a permanent >> office at your co working space. The “IC” would be there on a regular >> workday schedule, 9-5 for the physical tenants. The “IC” would also be >> available virtually by phone or computer to all the other tenants in the >> same co-worker company spaces around that one office they are set up in. >> >> >> >> The “IC” would help all the tenants with their projects or research that >> they would need to be doing to complete their work in the city they are >> visiting. It could be a day, a week or a regular renter on a monthly basis. >> The “IC” could help the clients with any of the traditional library duties, >> borrow books, buy articles or research reports, assist them with whatever >> their needs would be. >> >> >> >> So, let’s make this happen. Hire a librarian or an “IC”!!! >> >> >> >> Since my idea is a new one it can be tweaked to fit several different >> situations. >> >> >> >> The basic Librarian model that I see this working as is the "public >> librarian" model. When you go into a public library, you don't give the >> librarian money to find a book or information for you, the salary of the >> librarian is paid by the state or county where the library is located and >> the librarian's knowledge and services are free to the patrons. >> >> >> >> So in my model, the IC services would be free to the clients or tenants >> who rent out your space. That person's services would be part of the >> buildings or space amenities. >> >> >> >> But, I would have the services be free up to a point. if the tenant is >> using the IC services and knowledge heavily like 2-3 hours, then the IC >> could start charging the person and their company maybe 10 dollars an hour, >> and if the IC ordered anything for them, like a book or reports or >> articles, they would also have to pay those prices. >> >> >> >> This would all be upfront in a document the tenants sign when they rent >> your spaces, whether they use the IC or not, they sign it as an >> understanding, and if they have any questions, they can ask the IC about >> the guidelines. >> >> >> >> So, I challenge you in your personal Co working "sandbox" to talk to an >> information specialist in your area. Most cities or regions in the U.S., >> have library associations you can reach out to. Be the first realty group >> to make this happen and start a trend. >> >> >> >> In my case, I am trying to make this model work in the DC area, with, I >> imagine, a more diverse cross section of people looking for information, >> although my years of experience is mostly in legal research and working >> with and for attorneys. >> >> >> >> Michael Timpani, MLS >> [email protected] <javascript:> >> Feel free to reach out to me about this article and my idea. >> >> >> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >
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