[Coworking] Hello from Prescott, Arizona

[WingSpace - Melanie Banayat]

In the process of opening the first coworking space in Prescott, AZ.  We're 
a struggling rural city with a population of 40,000 (80,000 if we include 
the adjoining city). I looks like we will be getting a 10,000 sq ft space 
donated to the project, which will be shared with a business incubator.  We 
are partnering with our local chapter of SCORE to apply for a $500,000 
grant for seed money. I have a lot of questions so I will be spending 
plenty of time checking out the posts.  Glad to be here!

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Re: [Coworking] Re: Let's Tell Better Coworking Stories

[Susan Dorsch]

Ehrmegerd Angel thank you for being your incredible self and for reviving
this conversation. I love it!

<3
Susan

(PS - hi everyone!! So sorry I've been pretty much MIA on the group of
late. Two kids later I'm still here and loving life, I'm just a little less
awesome at participating in our amazing global coworking scene. Office
Nomads turns 10 this year and I couldn't be more excited about the next 10
years to come. Xoxo!)

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On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski 
wrote:

> And now I'm reviving this one. 5 years ago we had a good idea in LA but we
> forgot to teach people how to tell their stories, specifically the story
> that becomes the bedrock of every new community. http://
> coherecommunity.com/blog/the-coworking-secret-weapon-ive-
> told-everyone-and-no-one.
>
> Angel
>
>
> On Friday, January 20, 2012 at 12:28:02 PM UTC-7, Susan Evans wrote:
>>
>> Greetings fellow coworkers,
>>
>> As a result of the coworking space owners meetup in LA in October, a
>> small group of folks volunteered to work on efforts surrounding the topic
>> of "Awareness." The small group grew bigger thanks to many of you who
>> stepped up to volunteer as a part of the Coworking Awareness Team
>> .
>>
>> In LA, we determined that our first task as a group would be to work on
>> building a great contact database that can help tell the best stories about
>> coworking. So often the attention of the media is drawn to the boring
>> aspects of what we do: the stuff, the physical space, or the number of
>> spaces around the world. We want to help the press tell the awesome stories
>> about coworking: how members interact, how coworking improves quality of
>> life, and the cultural impacts of coworking communities. We want to help
>> talk about how coworking makes an impact, not how awesome it is that we
>> share a WiFi connection.
>>
>> In order to do this, we need all coworking spaces to start sharing their
>> best stories! We've created a very basic form
>> 
>> to get started sharing. You'll be asked to categorize your story, give us a
>> very brief synopsis, and let us know who to contact for more information.
>> Your stories will then be shared in two helpful ways:
>>
>> 1. Passing your stories along to inquiries that come through a press
>> contact form, which we're getting up on coworking.com pronto. The idea
>> is simple: someone wants to write a story about coworking, drops us a
>> message, and we direct them to talk to the storytellers. We don't tell your
>> story for you, we just connect the storytellers to YOU.
>> 2. Posting the "freshest" synopses publicly as an organized PDF on the
>> front of coworking.com for anyone to see and follow-up on. As long as
>> the stories keep coming in, we'll keep rotating the stories shared with you
>> all. So if you're looking to post a great story on the coworking blog, you
>> immediately have a few folks you can follow-up with to enhance what you're
>> writing about. We hope it will be inspiration for all of us to keep telling
>> our stories with the world (such as via the global coworking blog
>> !!)
>>
>> To clarify, the goal of this form is not to collect FULL stories, it's to
>> give a quick synopsis so that someone will be inspired to follow-up with
>> you and hear the full story. We do not want to be the keepers of the
>> stories - we want to help connect the writers with the best stories out
>> there. Please know that the Awareness Team will be sure to keep fairness,
>> fun, and thoughtfulness in mind when handling all of the info shared.
>>
>> Ready to share something awesome that happened in your coworking space? Head
>> HERE to the form.
>> 
>>
>>
>> If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact
>> me personally. We're just getting started and I'm sure we'll be learning a
>> ton along the way. If you want to help out at all, please head to the 
>> Coworking
>> Awareness Team
>>  google
>> group and join in the conversation. Our next exciting steps are going to be
>> to work on keeping this great databased organized, as well as to create a
>> "tips sheet" for how to talk with the press. It's not always as easy as it
>> sounds (speaking from a LOT of experiences I wish I could have prevented!).
>>
>> Thanks, everyone!
>>
>> Susan
>>
>> PS - Awareness team, if I missed anything, please chime in!
>>
>> __
>> Office Nomads
>> officenomads.com
>> 206-484-5859
>>
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[Coworking] Re: Let's Tell Better Coworking Stories

[Angel Kwiatkowski]

And now I'm reviving this one. 5 years ago we had a good idea in LA but we 
forgot to teach people how to tell their stories, specifically the story 
that becomes the bedrock of every new 
community. 
http://coherecommunity.com/blog/the-coworking-secret-weapon-ive-told-everyone-and-no-one.
 

Angel

On Friday, January 20, 2012 at 12:28:02 PM UTC-7, Susan Evans wrote:
>
> Greetings fellow coworkers,
>
> As a result of the coworking space owners meetup in LA in October, a small 
> group of folks volunteered to work on efforts surrounding the topic of 
> "Awareness." The small group grew bigger thanks to many of you who stepped 
> up to volunteer as a part of the Coworking Awareness Team 
> . 
>
> In LA, we determined that our first task as a group would be to work on 
> building a great contact database that can help tell the best stories about 
> coworking. So often the attention of the media is drawn to the boring 
> aspects of what we do: the stuff, the physical space, or the number of 
> spaces around the world. We want to help the press tell the awesome stories 
> about coworking: how members interact, how coworking improves quality of 
> life, and the cultural impacts of coworking communities. We want to help 
> talk about how coworking makes an impact, not how awesome it is that we 
> share a WiFi connection. 
>
> In order to do this, we need all coworking spaces to start sharing their 
> best stories! We've created a very basic form 
> 
>  
> to get started sharing. You'll be asked to categorize your story, give us a 
> very brief synopsis, and let us know who to contact for more information. 
> Your stories will then be shared in two helpful ways: 
>
> 1. Passing your stories along to inquiries that come through a press 
> contact form, which we're getting up on coworking.com pronto. The idea is 
> simple: someone wants to write a story about coworking, drops us a message, 
> and we direct them to talk to the storytellers. We don't tell your story 
> for you, we just connect the storytellers to YOU.
> 2. Posting the "freshest" synopses publicly as an organized PDF on the 
> front of coworking.com for anyone to see and follow-up on. As long as the 
> stories keep coming in, we'll keep rotating the stories shared with you 
> all. So if you're looking to post a great story on the coworking blog, you 
> immediately have a few folks you can follow-up with to enhance what you're 
> writing about. We hope it will be inspiration for all of us to keep telling 
> our stories with the world (such as via the global coworking blog 
> !!)
>
> To clarify, the goal of this form is not to collect FULL stories, it's to 
> give a quick synopsis so that someone will be inspired to follow-up with 
> you and hear the full story. We do not want to be the keepers of the 
> stories - we want to help connect the writers with the best stories out 
> there. Please know that the Awareness Team will be sure to keep fairness, 
> fun, and thoughtfulness in mind when handling all of the info shared. 
>
> Ready to share something awesome that happened in your coworking space? Head 
> HERE to the form. 
> 
>  
>
> If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact 
> me personally. We're just getting started and I'm sure we'll be learning a 
> ton along the way. If you want to help out at all, please head to the 
> Coworking 
> Awareness Team 
>  google 
> group and join in the conversation. Our next exciting steps are going to be 
> to work on keeping this great databased organized, as well as to create a 
> "tips sheet" for how to talk with the press. It's not always as easy as it 
> sounds (speaking from a LOT of experiences I wish I could have prevented!). 
>
> Thanks, everyone!
>
> Susan
>
> PS - Awareness team, if I missed anything, please chime in! 
>
> __
> Office Nomads 
> officenomads.com  
> 206-484-5859
>
>

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[Coworking] Re: Checklist for opening a space

[Angel Kwiatkowski]

Hi Cecilia!
I see your name on the list so whatever happened, it worked! 

Angel

On Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 6:46:19 AM UTC-6, Cecilia Neher wrote:
>
> Angel,
> I'm trying to subscribe, but nothing happens when I click the subscribe 
> button actually, the button doesn't activate at all...
> Cecilia
>
> On Monday, June 12, 2017 at 4:43:27 PM UTC-4, Angel Kwiatkowski wrote:
>>
>> I'm reviving this thread! I'm so thankful to Eli for putting up this 
>> checklist all those years ago. 2011! 
>>
>> I've recently discovered that most of the coworking resources available 
>> for helping you launch don't actually help you launch. They are checklists 
>> but there is no meat on the bones. I've just completed the first of 6 
>> sections in my new Ultimate Coworking Launch Sequence. I'm so excited to 
>> share it with the world. It'll be ready in about 10 weeks. If you are 
>> interested, you can get on my list and I'll release a portion of each new 
>> section as they are complete. A small part of it will be a checklist but 
>> more importantly, it'll give you thought provoking questions to answer, 
>> space to process your thoughts and action items that I consider essential 
>> to a successful launch. As with all my resources, it'll be about the people 
>> first!
>> Link to sign up 
>> http://coherecommunity.com/launch-checklist-for-a-coworking-space
>>
>> On Thursday, February 24, 2011 at 12:38:09 PM UTC-7, Eli Malinsky wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey all, 
>>>
>>> CSI is on the cusp of opening its next space and our team gathered to 
>>> assemble a checklist of 'things to do' based on past experience. We 
>>> have a good list but I wonder if there are any existing examples. I'd 
>>> be happy to combine them with our own thoughts and circulate a more 
>>> comprehensive document (unless someone out there really nailed it). 
>>>
>>> I'm thinking of steps from business planning and site selection down 
>>> to nitty gritty details like lease agreements, cabling/internet 
>>> infrastructure, insurance etc. 
>>>
>>> Let me knowthanks all! 
>>>
>>> Eli Malinsky 
>>> Centre for Social Innovation 
>>> Toronto, Canada
>>
>>

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