[Coworking] Re: Coworking Community Building
Anmol, we work hard to create a balance -- enabling people who want to "just work" to do so, and to provide opportunities for organic community for those who will appreciate that. It's a delicate balance, but the unifying factor for us is that most people live in the area, so they have chosen a connection here. That said, we ensure that we can provide appropriate space for lots of different uses to support community: in the little town of Felton, CA where we started (we now have 7 sites) there is a Monday night meditation group, Wednesday morning local business meetup, Sunday, kids are babysat in our event space while a local church meets in the bar next door (!) and we're the storefront for the local chamber of commerce. (And did I mention that yesterday we had a big rollout with one of our somewhat famous members releasing a long awaited game for which he raised $650K in a Kickstarter -- from our little town and cowork center.) The main thing that is important (at least to us) is that the members are at the front, not us. We don't "curate", we simply help to remove obstacles for them and foster connections. On Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at 9:02:15 AM UTC-7, Anmol Gakhar wrote: > > Hi Everyone , i am Anmol from Delhi . I am operating through Coworking in > Delhi so can anybody tell me what role does community building plays in a > Co- working > > 2 What steps can be taken to make the Community more effective and > productive ? > -- 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: What does everyone use for checking users in?
Hi Mark, We have a very simple automated wifi checkin system through Deskworks. We provide the one piece of hardware, a firewall/router, that's pretty inexpensive. Then the cloud-based radius server sees and knows your members through the MAC address of their connected devices. The automatic checkin does a few things: 1) you can see them on your dashboard (from anywhere! While you're in the Bahamas!); 2) if they have day passes, it checks them in and deducts the passes from their plan, then can charge them for any extra time outside their plan; 3) gives you an access number for the day on your dashboard for free passes; 4) sends people with reservations an access number that's active for 1/2 hour before til 1/2 hour after reservations for their guests. Oh, and the splash page lets walkins buy day passes online, so you don't have to sign them in. You don't have to reinvent the wheel or do a 3rd party integration on your own. Let me know if you want more info on it! Barbara On Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at 10:13:11 AM UTC-8, Mark Gordon wrote: > > Our property managers arent keen on Kisi (or anything that taps into base > building security) so just curious what others have done, short of having > someone physically sit there and check people in. This is more of a concern > for the day pass users as opposed to full monthly, as it would be great to > have an automated system. > > Thanks! > > > Mark > -- 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: What does everyone use for checking users in?
Eric - do you have an automated system for having your members check in on Nexudus, or do you do it manually? On Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at 10:51:07 PM UTC-4, Eric Datanagan wrote: > > Nexudus > > On Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at 10:13:11 AM UTC-8, Mark Gordon wrote: >> >> Our property managers arent keen on Kisi (or anything that taps into base >> building security) so just curious what others have done, short of having >> someone physically sit there and check people in. This is more of a concern >> for the day pass users as opposed to full monthly, as it would be great to >> have an automated system. >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> Mark >> > -- 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.
