Hear hear! Carsten is doing a great service for the movement by conducting this survey.
Help him make it as great as it can be by adding your voice! Tony On Sun, Feb 24, 2019 at 11:40 PM Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey friends, > > In case you're not familiar, each year Carsten from Deskmag spends a > couple of months collecting thousands of submissions to the Global > Coworking Survey <http://coworkingsurvey.com>. I've personally endorsed > this survey and am one of a small number of distribution partners. > > The thing is, 2019's window to be counted in the survey is almost over - > THURSDAY Feb 28th is the last day! > > After the survey closes, Carsten pores over the data and pulls out the > most relevant and valuable insights. He shares them at conferences around > the world, and you can read/buy the historical reports (often HUNDREDS of > beautiful information packed slides). Here's some of the ones from the > past: > http://www.deskmag.com/en/coworking-statistics-all-results-of-the-global-coworking-survey-research-studies-948 > > So, I have two requests for this group, which is one of the largest > coworking related groups in the whole world. I want to help Carsten > *smash* his previous survey record of ~2000 responses. > > *First: take the survey yourself before Thursday. *GO HERE > > > http://coworkingsurvey.com > > There is a version for people who haven't opened the doors yet, a version > for people who have one or more locations, and a version for members too! > > *It only takes 10-15 mins to complete, and really makes a difference for > our industry. * > > *Second: ask your members to take the survey. * This is the biggest > challenge, so hear me out. > > The global perspective on coworking is WILDLY skewed by who is talking > about it, and frankly, that's the people running coworking spaces. > > What's *really* valuable is knowing more about the people who choose > coworking spaces. Who thrive in them, and why. But also the people who are > frustrated by their options (or lack thereof). People who leave coworking > spaces, too. > > Asking our members for their time is *so difficult* and I generally don't > ask our members to participate in most of the coworking surveys that we get > sent. *This one is the exception. * > > To help you out, I'm sharing the exact message that I sent to OUR members > to ask them to participate (and many eagerly did!). You can tweak it, use > it, remix it, whatever you like. Anything in the name of the survey! > > Thanks for contributing, and inviting your members to do the same. > > -Alex > > > >> Hey friends! > > > > You probably know this isn't the only coworking space in the world - in >> fact, there's a GLOBAL community of people doing the kind of thing we do. > > > > What you might *not *know is that by being connected to that bigger >> world, we can often learn more about other communities and even share >> information and lessons about *our* community. > > > > This is a pretty special thing (most industries aren't this open to >> sharing!) and I would like to share more of with all of you. > > > > One way we can share is the Global Coworking Survey, run by an independent >> researcher named Carsten. This is actually the *largest* survey to >> collect information about the state of coworking on a GLOBAL scale, and >> it's been running since 2011! >> > > > At recent conferences, and in Carsten's survey results, there are a lot of >> coworking operators talking about what it's like to operate a coworking >> space. But there are *not a whole lot of members talking about their >> experience.* > > > > I'd like your help fixing that! >> > > > This Coworking Survey <http://coworkingsurvey.com/> includes a path of >> questions for members like you. Our community is unique, our coworking >> experience is unique, and I think it'd be valuable to have our community's >> voice represented in the data. >> > > > If you're willing to take 10-15 minutes to participate in the survey, your >> data could help shape a coworking space in another part of the world, which >> I think is pretty amazing. *But * >> *the deadline to participate is the end of February, so there's only a >> couple of days left.* > > > > Also, if you know other people (coworkers, friends, etc) who might want to >> participate, please feel free to share the link! >> http://coworkingsurvey.com >> > > > I know this is kinda insider-y, but I really appreciate you considering >> the bigger context of coworking spaces around the world that we are a part >> of. <3 >> > > > -Alex > > > > > -- > 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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