Hey Michael, My coworking space is completely virtual, so we're almost *entirely* community.
What's worked: - Personal introductions and taking the time to get to know everyone in the space - Exclusivity: stressing this is for "people like us" and having some common thread that connects your members. In my case, it's solopreneurs with online businesses. For other coworking spaces, it could be that you all live in XYZ city or are trying to raise venture capital. - Having a forum for members to meet each other What hasn't worked: - Oversharing articles or business opportunities - There is NOTHING that will kill community quicker than interactions like, "Hey Guys! Will you share this post I wrote! Thanks!!!" You want to push for substantive conversations that build relationships instead of creating transactional ones. That's not to say our members don't do business with one another, they do. But it comes up organically. And it's sprinkled in between adding genuine value to each other. We use slack for most of this. And Zoom. Hope this helps! - M On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 12:14 PM Angel Kwiatkowski <[email protected]> wrote: > I wrote a step by step book on how to do this. Find it at > https://diycoworking.com. > > Angel > > On Thursday, September 27, 2018 at 2:17:47 PM UTC-6, Michael Jon wrote: >> >> Hello, all! I've recently begun the journey to open up a coworking space >> in my city. After reading through various postings, books, websites >> etc...it seems that many owners stress the importance of building a >> coworking community BEFORE opening a space. What are some key >> recommendations on how to build this community. Very curious to hear what >> worked/didn't work. >> >> Thank you! >> > -- > 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. > -- Margo Aaron That Seems Important <http://www.thatseemsimportant.com/> Want smart people to bounce ideas off of? I have some. <https://www.arenavirtualcoworking.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.
