Re: [Coworking] Re: A universal symbol for coworking
Will, thanks for the reference. I think that helps a lot. My opinion (I confess I have not read everything yet): I loved the idea of Starfish. I think that makes a lot of sense. But I'm not sure if it is easy to recognize. P looks like Parking. X seems prohibited. Wheelchair, seems a wheelchair. I remember the point I raised is a symbol. Not a logo. It is to be recognized. It is not to spend the concept of coworking. Technical differences over a symbol for logo: Symbol has no color. Has no slogan. Has no illustration. No more message. It is simply recognized. How Hotspot Wi-Fi. Although I love the idea of Starfish, I think that a simple coffee mug would be a better symbol for coworking. What do you think? ᐧ On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 1:14 PM, Will Bennis, Locus Workspace wmben...@locusworkspace.com wrote: Hi Folks, This seems to be in part a re-hash of a very old (2007) discussion on this same group that might be worth looking at first: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/coworking/coworking$20logo/coworking/Kx-PSRJV6P0/Adyc_cDUuW4J I think it's a very useful earlier conversation for several reasons: - It's actively constructed by some of the early and most important creators of the coworking movement - It puts forth the starfish as a central image for coworking and explains why - It puts forth a clear argument as to why some kind of symbol for a movement might be an important thing. - They created a logo page on the wiki as a workplace for people to try to create the ideal form, with many examples for people to contribute to: http://wiki.coworking.org/w/page/16583882/Logo My sense is they were pretty far along in the conversation, so we'd do well to start there. Best, Will On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 11:17:08 PM UTC+1, Fernando Aguirre wrote: Hello. I'm thinking it would be interesting to be a universal symbol for coworking. So you can easily identify coworking spaces in general. As there is with pharmacies, schools, police, etc. I believe a symbol can be useful to better spread the concept. As recently done with the Bug Heartbleed: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/ 2014-04-28/the-branding-of-a-bug-how-heartbleed-became-a- household-name.html as well as the W3C made with HTML5. The idea is a universal symbol, distributed free of copyright. In a quick study made a proposal. Is attached. Maybe some more talented designer can propose something better. What do you think? https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-A-bekElkF3s/VLRHgbDgJTI/AUU/fJeJCWj9_TI/s1600/coworking-simbol.png -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups Coworking group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/topic/coworking/kGzQmIhyQAo/unsubscribe. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Grande abraço, Fernando Aguirre www.fernandoaguirre.com.br (51) 9440.9452 -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [Coworking] Re: Member board/photos
I’m also a big fan of offline, low-tech solutions…especially within the space itself. Photos of members’ experiences - things that show off life in and outside of the coworking space - sound awesome. But we also ran into the problem with analog photos (using the Instax camera) getting dreadfully out of date…or running out of film… And really, it wasn't as useful as we’d hoped. The goal of having photos is to help people learn (or remember) names along with faces since that’s easily one of the hardest parts about joining. And for a long time, I was really really resistant to an online directory/bios, especially ones that focus on their skills. The big reason for THAT is because we want people to connect and have conversations about things other than what they do (see: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2014/08/conversation-therapy/) But our community doesn’t just “happen inside the coworking space. In fact, some of you have heard me say this year that 70% of our members use a desk less than once a month…but they’re still active in our online discussion community spaces between coworking days and events. Those members don’t get to see the analog photo wall when realistically they’re the ones who would benefit from it the most. So one of our members started this project, which has been picked up as a collaborative effort led by one of our team members: http://hello.indyhall.org/member-wall/ It’s NOT online bios…just photos and names, and really nice photos! We currently only have around 20% of our community on here and it’s a slow process to add people, but it’s been worth it because these photos can live in lots of places. Most recently, we brought the online photo wall back offline by connecting it to our Lounge TV via a Chromecast. It rotates through member photos with their names, and current events/announcements/reminders. Looks like this: http://instagram.com/p/xzg-1DOGLW/ http://instagram.com/p/xzX4OsuGN_/ Still a work in progress, but it’s been working :) -Alex -- The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself. Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com Listen to the podcast: http://listen.coworkingweekly.com On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 3:52 AM, Alex Linsker alexlins...@gmail.com wrote: I was inspired by bulletin boards at an office I used to work at, with photos of employees doing what they're passionate about: fishing trip, silly faces on a plane, hugging their kids, etc. At Collective Agency we have hallways with white walls, and as people come in, the photos are on the walls. Most photos have a series of questions and answers below that most members fill out the answers to when they join -- a mini-interview. I use double-sided tape on the pages, which makes it easy to move them around, and add new members, and provide a sense of continuity and anyone-can-do-this relaxed feel. We tried online bios years ago, but that quickly did not work -- it wasn't supporting the reasons why we exist (in the minds of the people who are willing to value us by paying), and actually detracted value. Alex Linsker, Collective Agency, Portland Oregon http://collectiveagency.co/ On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 7:53:37 AM UTC-8, Gretchen Bilbro wrote: Hi all, What have you used to create your member boards? I have a giant old metal sign that I want to use for the board itself and place photos with brief write ups on with magnets for our member board. For those that have done something similar did you print photos on your printer or buy an instant camera for this purpose? I seem to recall hearing at GCUC last year that the instant camera idea was not the best option but can't remember why or who said that. Any suggestions? Thanks! Gretchen -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [Coworking] Re: Member board/photos
I also loved the analog idea and I don't think that as coworking spaces we have to create any kind of virtual social network, but our online directory with search and easy connecting is very useful. From the beginning the idea of the online directory has been to showcase the members and help them connect and be found, and also to remove me and the rest of the staff as bottlenecks. The public directory only displays about half of the members, but it is the 3rd most visited page of our site, mostly by members trying to find others with whom to speak or a name they forgot. A lot of visits come also from companies looking for freelancers to hire. The private directory (members choose to display their profile publicly or only to other members) also has a contact form so that you can send an email directly to any member. Anything that makes it easier for members to connect is welcome :) Ramon Suarez Serendipity Accelerator, Betacowork Author: http://coworkinghandbook.com email hangouts: ra...@betacowork.com Phone: +3227376769 GSM: +32497556284 Twitter:http://twitter.com/ramonsuarez Skype: ramonsuarez Try coworking: http://betacowork.com http://betacowork.com/free-coworking-tryout/?utm_source=emailutm_medium=468x60_bannerutm_content=girl-homeutm_campaign=ramon-signature On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 6:08 PM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote: I’m also a big fan of offline, low-tech solutions…especially within the space itself. Photos of members’ experiences - things that show off life in and outside of the coworking space - sound awesome. But we also ran into the problem with analog photos (using the Instax camera) getting dreadfully out of date…or running out of film… And really, it wasn't as useful as we’d hoped. The goal of having photos is to help people learn (or remember) names along with faces since that’s easily one of the hardest parts about joining. And for a long time, I was really really resistant to an online directory/bios, especially ones that focus on their skills. The big reason for THAT is because we want people to connect and have conversations about things other than what they *do * (see: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2014/08/conversation-therapy/) But our community doesn’t just “happen inside the coworking space. In fact, some of you have heard me say this year that 70% of our members use a desk less than once a month…but they’re still active in our online discussion community spaces between coworking days and events. Those members don’t get to see the analog photo wall when realistically they’re the ones who would benefit from it the most. So one of our members started this project, which has been picked up as a collaborative effort led by one of our team members: http://hello.indyhall.org/member-wall/ It’s NOT online bios…just photos and names, and really nice photos! We currently only have around 20% of our community on here and it’s a slow process to add people, but it’s been worth it because these photos can live in *lots* of places. Most recently, we brought the online photo wall back offline by connecting it to our Lounge TV via a Chromecast. It rotates through member photos with their names, and current events/announcements/reminders. Looks like this: http://instagram.com/p/xzg-1DOGLW/ http://instagram.com/p/xzX4OsuGN_/ Still a work in progress, but it’s been working :) -Alex -- *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com Listen to the podcast: http://listen.coworkingweekly.com On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 3:52 AM, Alex Linsker alexlins...@gmail.com wrote: I was inspired by bulletin boards at an office I used to work at, with photos of employees doing what they're passionate about: fishing trip, silly faces on a plane, hugging their kids, etc. At Collective Agency we have hallways with white walls, and as people come in, the photos are on the walls. Most photos have a series of questions and answers below that most members fill out the answers to when they join -- a mini-interview. I use double-sided tape on the pages, which makes it easy to move them around, and add new members, and provide a sense of continuity and anyone-can-do-this relaxed feel. We tried online bios years ago, but that quickly did not work -- it wasn't supporting the reasons why we exist (in the minds of the people who are willing to value us by paying), and actually detracted value. Alex Linsker, Collective Agency, Portland Oregon http://collectiveagency.co/ On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 7:53:37 AM UTC-8, Gretchen Bilbro wrote: Hi all, What have you used to create your member boards? I have a giant old metal sign that I want to use for the board itself and place photos with brief write ups on with magnets for our member board. For those that have done something similar did you print photos on your printer or buy an instant camera for this
Re: [Coworking] Member board/photos
We used to print them and stick them to the Windows, but with more than 170 members it became too much work to keep it updated for very little actual value for the members. Now we just stick to online: betacowork.com/coworkers -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: Member board/photos
I was inspired by bulletin boards at an office I used to work at, with photos of employees doing what they're passionate about: fishing trip, silly faces on a plane, hugging their kids, etc. At Collective Agency we have hallways with white walls, and as people come in, the photos are on the walls. Most photos have a series of questions and answers below that most members fill out the answers to when they join -- a mini-interview. I use double-sided tape on the pages, which makes it easy to move them around, and add new members, and provide a sense of continuity and anyone-can-do-this relaxed feel. We tried online bios years ago, but that quickly did not work -- it wasn't supporting the reasons why we exist (in the minds of the people who are willing to value us by paying), and actually detracted value. Alex Linsker, Collective Agency, Portland Oregon http://collectiveagency.co/ On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 7:53:37 AM UTC-8, Gretchen Bilbro wrote: Hi all, What have you used to create your member boards? I have a giant old metal sign that I want to use for the board itself and place photos with brief write ups on with magnets for our member board. For those that have done something similar did you print photos on your printer or buy an instant camera for this purpose? I seem to recall hearing at GCUC last year that the instant camera idea was not the best option but can't remember why or who said that. Any suggestions? Thanks! Gretchen -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: A universal symbol for coworking
Hi Folks, This seems to be in part a re-hash of a very old (2007) discussion on this same group that might be worth looking at first: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/coworking/coworking$20logo/coworking/Kx-PSRJV6P0/Adyc_cDUuW4J I think it's a very useful earlier conversation for several reasons: - It's actively constructed by some of the early and most important creators of the coworking movement - It puts forth the starfish as a central image for coworking and explains why - It puts forth a clear argument as to why some kind of symbol for a movement might be an important thing. - They created a logo page on the wiki as a workplace for people to try to create the ideal form, with many examples for people to contribute to: http://wiki.coworking.org/w/page/16583882/Logo My sense is they were pretty far along in the conversation, so we'd do well to start there. Best, Will On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 11:17:08 PM UTC+1, Fernando Aguirre wrote: Hello. I'm thinking it would be interesting to be a universal symbol for coworking. So you can easily identify coworking spaces in general. As there is with pharmacies, schools, police, etc. I believe a symbol can be useful to better spread the concept. As recently done with the Bug Heartbleed: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-28/the-branding-of-a-bug-how-heartbleed-became-a-household-name.html as well as the W3C made with HTML5. The idea is a universal symbol, distributed free of copyright. In a quick study made a proposal. Is attached. Maybe some more talented designer can propose something better. What do you think? https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-A-bekElkF3s/VLRHgbDgJTI/AUU/fJeJCWj9_TI/s1600/coworking-simbol.png -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [Coworking] Re: Erasmus Plus Partner Search
Hello Will, I am an English teacher in Karaman, Turkey. However, I am not teaching these days. I only focus on Erasmus+ projects. I find this group in google groups. I would like to be your partner or project coordinator. I have an experineced project team. If you are willing to cooperate with us, or I want to coordinate the projec, write me back immediately. Because I am creating and planning the projects and project teams. Now, I am working in the department of EU Projects in Karaman Provincial directorate for National Education. Coordinating, guiding and creating projects are my official job. So, please dont worry. Everything is ok and no problem can occur. As I said, we have an exprinced team and some of my colleagues have been working in the projects for 8 years. This is OUR OFFICIAL JOB and our organization is PUBLIC BODY. If you have questions, please feel free to ask me. At Last, we are not a hosting organization or an intermediary firm. We dont earn money within organizing these projects. This is our directorate's website but not applicable in English: http://karaman.meb.gov.tr/ Kind Regards. 2015-01-05 15:41 GMT+02:00 Will Bennis, Locus Workspace wmben...@locusworkspace.com: Hello Ibrahim, It would be great if you could write a little bit about the Erasmus+ program, with an eye specifically toward how it connects to us coworking spaces and why you're reaching out to us about it. Thanks! Best, Will On Monday, January 5, 2015 7:42:51 AM UTC+1, İbrahim Taşer wrote: Hello, I would like to be a partner of your project. We are from Turkey. Is it possible to be in your project? And what kind of instutition or organization do you need in your project? If you need any information about us, please feel free to ask me. Kind Regards 2014-12-31 13:57 GMT+02:00 İbrahim Taşer ibrahi...@gmail.com: Hello, I am İbrahim from Karaman, Turkey. I am an English teacher in the ministry of education. However, last two years, I am only working in the field of creating and coordinating of the Erasmus+ projects. I have many contacts from Turkey and also Europe. I would like to create more projects this term. Besides, I can also arrange project teams, schools and NGOs or non profit organizations. Erasmus+ is my working field and I love my job.I have a small office in the directorate of national education, in my city(hometown): Karaman. We are happy to meet new friends and create potential projects. We would like to help you creating a project and developing partnerships. I would like to see more cities in Europe. :) If you are interseted, please write me back: email: ibrahi...@gmail.com 17 Nisan 2014 Perşembe 16:28:56 UTC+3 tarihinde Francesca Martinuzzi yazdı: The University of Urbino is working on a project to be submitted in the Erasmus Plus call KA” Stratgic Partnership (deadline 30th April 2013). Our project aims to enhance the coworking culture strengthening the cooperation between coworking spaces and academic institution at a European level and supporting the spreading of a collaborative and creative approach to entrepreneurship familiarizing emerging entrepreneurs with new working culture, skills and competences. The other partners already involved in the consortium are coworkings from Italy and Germany. We need at least one more partner from a 3rd European Country. -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups Coworking group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ topic/coworking/Y2hAconn-h8/unsubscribe. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to coworking+...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- *İBRAHİM TAŞER* eTwinning/Eurodesk Karaman İl Koordinatörü Karaman İl Milli Eğitim Müdürlüğü AB ve Dış İlişkiler Birimi (EU and Foriegn Affairs Department) Gsm: *+90539 293 83 26 %2B90539%20293%2083%2026* KARAMAN facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ibrahim.taser.75 skype: *itaser70* mail: ibrahi...@gmail.com -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups Coworking group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/topic/coworking/Y2hAconn-h8/unsubscribe. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- *İBRAHİM TAŞER* eTwinning/Eurodesk Karaman İl Koordinatörü Karaman İl Milli Eğitim Müdürlüğü AB ve Dış İlişkiler Birimi (EU and Foriegn Affairs Department) Gsm: *+90539 293 83 26* KARAMAN facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ibrahim.taser.75 skype: *itaser70* mail: ibrahimta...@gmail.com -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this
