[Coworking] Re: Collecting Coworker Stories
Hi, Just did the poll. Best from Dresden, Ralf || http://about.me/RalfLippold -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
[Coworking] Press coverage of German CoWorking Spaces
The relevance of CoWorking is now increasingly seen also by press and academic research in Germany. See: http://delicious.com/search?p=lockschuppen+coworking+artikel+deutschchk=context=main%7Cfr=del_icio_uslc= http://delicious.com/search?p=lockschuppen+coworking+tudresdenchk=fr=del_icio_uslc=1atags=rtags=context=all%7C%7C (in German) If you know of more not yet included press articles please let us know at http://twitter.com/LockSchuppen Best regards and a Happy New Year Ralf -- Ralf Lippold ChancenWandler LockSchuppen - CoWorking more http://twitter.com/RalfLippold http://twitter.com/LockSchuppen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
[Coworking] Re: Coworking in Frankfurt/Main, Germany
If you happen to be in Frankfurt - even when just coming in via train and leaving a few hours later - www.kaiser79.de is a great choice to cowork and meet interested people. Check it out:-) Cheers, and a great year 2010 Ralf -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
[Coworking] CoWorking now on de.Wikipedia
Hi all, Just a short message that now there is also an entry on the Germany Wikipedia on CoWorking http://de.wikipedia.org/CoWorking Best regards, Ralf PS.: ...follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/LockSchuppen - CoWorking and more in Dresden --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: coworking with childcare
Hi there, Daycare for kids while their parents are coworking - that the future of work, isn't it? We plan to do this in the LockSchuppen - CoWorking in Dresden, as we see great benefit and especially less stress and lower impact with carbon footprint as bringing kids zu kindergarden is not necessary (or at least not as much). We have not yet set up the LockSchuppen (an old unused building of the German Railway is our favorite location, http://twitter.com/LockSchuppen). In the meanwhile we work virtually and are looking for easier and leaner ways to get the project going. Cheers, Ralf PS.: Follow us on http://twitter.com/LockSchuppen --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Benefit of a CoWorking Space for a city region
Hi, Due to constant closing of plants and complete companies here in the area, we have brainstormed this morning a bit about what could be the benefit out of providing CoWorking as a new and unthought way of working. What are the -not directly seen- benefits for the city region? - clearly some folks of the closed down factories (if they are open minded and intrapreneurially orientated) could be interested - people are not forced to leave for another workplace - CoWorking as a living lab to experiment with new forms of work - an incubator for innovative projects fueled by creative and region connected people - things could be tried out that are not possible in a normal organization - a city thinktank - a hub for extending business of entrepreneurs - intercultural hub - what do you think? What would convince a mayor to go with you and support your CoWorking space? Thanks for sharing and yes we are working on it as well Ralf follow us on Twitter @LockSchuppen ;-) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Aaron Schaap - Introducing myself
Hi Aaron, Thanks a lot for your introduction and offer to help. We also try to start a CoWorking Space over here in Dresden, Germany. And you believe it or not the mere idea of setting up something like a CoWorking Space is uncommon and a bit unwelcomed. We are working on combining virtual work through web-2.0 and even go beyond it (dealing with the technological singularity). An introduction to LockSchuppen you'll find on http://mindbroker.de/wiki/LockPresentation What is your advice for people in an area where ig- norance of people, entrepreneurs and city officials towards CoWorking is the common? Best regards Ralf LockSchuppen in Dresden ... follow us on http://twitter.com/LockSchuppen On Oct 24, 8:48 pm, Aaron Schaap scha...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone, I'm a West Michigan (Holland/Grand Rapids) entrepreneur that has been doing a lot of work in the area of coworking in our next of the woods. Our company has also been a large promoter of this (www.elevatorup.com/ coworking). We've all been using coworking facilities around the country (from Office Nomads over to Workantile Exchange) for the past few years. I'm hoping I can help others get started and share our knowledge to the group. We've opened 2 locations and having a blast with it. -- Aaron Schaap Elevator Up - Smart. Simple. Solutions. web: www.elevatorup.com office: 616.931.4636 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] What kind of people are attracted to CoWorking and what are his/her motives?
Hello, We are currently working on building the LockSchuppen, a CoWorking space in Dresden.We will focus on making Web-2.0 technologies to be used in order to make the time constraining daily work of entrepreneurs, freelancers and like-minded people easier. What is the ingredient of the concept that make the tipping point work like at IndyHall (http://indyhall.org) or others already in work? Best regards and many thanks to your thoughts Ralf PS.: ...follow us on http://twitter.com/LockSchuppen or check out http://mindbroker.de/wiki/LockSchuppen --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Creating A Sustainable Space
Hello Tara, Your recent thoughts on the topic has triggered some recent memories. On Aug 21, 4:06 am, Tara Hunt horsepig...@gmail.com wrote: For me it has less to do with the money economics (CS has been more of a money suck than a money maker over the years) and more with the social economics. Coworking as a movement has been personally rewarding for me as has being part of Citizen Space. I meet all sorts of cool people, get to give back to my community and take pride in watching a movement grow over the world. It is all about building up a relationship between the coworkers that enables the function of the CoWorking space. If the money as the main driver interferes, all action is valued in money terms instead of genuine value to the coworkers and the whole. The problem CoWorking spaces face (as we do also here in Dresden) the business world expects to see money right away and as the main driver for doing business. That seldom takes into account that only customers and providing value to them eventually will result in money-like outcome. Sharing is gaining - gaining together is co-creating - co-creating is bringing sustainable value to the whole:-) Cheers, Ralf Founder of LockSchuppen (http://twitter.com/LockSchuppen) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: What can Coworking do for Journalism?
Hi all, It has been very eye-opening about what makes writers to come or not to come to CoWorking spaces. We face the same dilemmas over here in Germany, where the Web-2.0 and CoWorking ideas are not yet as popular as in other parts of the world. Who has experience about the situation in Europe/ Germany? What is the great advantage of having writers, journalists amongst the CoWorking people at a place? What are possible team-orientated out- comes? Warm regards from Dresden Ralf - Ralf Lippold http://ralflippold.de http://twitter.com/RalfLippold ralf_lippold(at)web.de LockSchuppen - CoWorking - PeerAcademy - FutureLab http://twitter.com/LockSchuppen --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Coworking Tour (via JetBlue?)
I would certainly come - would I be in the States. You make me think about doing similar over here in Germany (by train or bus). A really cool idea to learn from each other and expand the ties:-) Ralf - LockSchuppen - CoWorking in the age of singularity and OpenSpace Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/LockSchuppen --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Questions about spaces
Wow, that is really awesome :-) Through the very personal advices by space owners newcomers to CoWorking (like us @LockSchuppen) get a strong connection to what is really going on in the CoWorking world around the globe:-) Cheers, Ralf - Twitter: http://twitter.com/LockSchuppen Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=73285988115 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: CoWorking Architecture
Hi Jerome, Thanks for your comments on architects and their willingness to join CoWorking spaces. On Aug 10, 8:19 pm, Jerome Chang jer...@blankspaces.com wrote: Yes, you'd think coworking would be ideal, but they'd rather isolate themselves in a hole than pay any money for overhead. Such is the reality in GENERAL. I wonder what is the blind spot that they are not aware of? Bringing all the different entrepreneurs (architects are for sure amongst them) together definitely will offer new work offers, especially as personal relationships with potential clients can be built in much more sustainable fashion. Bringing different views together will have always have beneficial effects on the outcome:-) What has to be offered in what way so that architects are highly attracted to CoWorking spaces? Cheers, Ralf --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] CoWorking Architecture
Hi everybody, even though we all pretty much know when a place is holding the energy that fuels creativity and innovation, is there any literature, links of like-minded architects, experiences (stories of what works and what doesn't)? http://www.urbansplash.co.uk/ could be a start as they are doing great work (not on CoWorking specifically but great). Who can help on that? Then we can share and bring new business to innovative architects. Best regards Ralf --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] CoWorkingVisitingTour to the US-East-coast
Dear CoWorkers, Entrepreneurs and likeminded people, In preparation of setting up LockSchuppen (a new CoWorkingSpace in Dresden, Germany; http://mindbroker.de/wiki/LockSchuppen), I decided to do some ActionResearch around the East-coast. Certainly all CoWorkingSpaces have tackled some specific and more common constraints, barriers and have seen success (and failures). In order to openly learn from each other we have initiated a conversation (where you are happily invited to join) in EtherPad (a choice collaboration tool, http://etherpad.com): http://etherpad.com/CoWorkVisitQuestions Looking forward to making it a fruitful journey for everybody:-) Best regards Ralf --- Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/LockSchuppen LockSchuppen: http://mindbroker.de/wiki/LockSchuppen --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Please Complete Coworking Participation Survey
We are still in the grounding state - idea, people found place still not fixed. It is an old railway property, and that is kind of difficult. Railway officials haven't dealt with such coworking projects and possible value for them in the past. They are unfamiliar to the new way of working. So any idea and experience in other countries is highly appreciated. Please tweet your ideas to http://twitter.com/LockSchuppen Best regards Ralf PS.: Coworking the future way of collective learning:-) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Co-Working spaces in Germany
Hi Alexander, Thanks a lot for the links. Co-Working seems to be a fairly uncommon thing at present time in Germany. What are the reasons for that, even though we more and more tend to be a knowledge worker nation? Best regards Ralf --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Co-Working spaces in Germany
What are recent platforms where Co-Working Spaces in Germany (and beyond) are listed? this could drive real power to make the movement stronger;-) Cheers, Ralf --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Marketing a Co-working space
Hi Chris, Seems to be that open-space working is not yet seen a a valuable way of working and collaborating. Working at being BMW during the uprise of the new plant in Leipzig, we pretty much worked in the co-working way until the plant was in operation fully. Since then the notion for sticking to one own's turf resurfaced (not so much physically, as the building is a huge one-single-co-working-space housing 750 people in the main building). So there seems a normal tendancy to stay on your own (even if it means your closed small group). Why is that so? Wouldn't it bring much more valuable interaction through open co-working (especially across different fields)? Thinking about setting up an innovative co-working-place in the City of Dresden (well known for its heritage - not so much about the innovative fields of nano-, bio- and chip-industry) and it is already well under way: LockSchuppen (http://www.twitter.com/LockSchuppen) Right now the resonance is still quite low as we are in the early stages and action has to be taken, even if there is not yet the big money to see right away. We are focusing on using technology (that is already widely at use) in order to make the collaborative work way more possible giving people the choice to come either to a physical place or participate via the internet) It is all based on trust and openess and built around a wiki where the relevant information is put online and visible to the public. To find out more join the Facbook-Group on LockSchuppen: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=73285988115 Looking forward to hearing from your experiences with new concepts of co- working. Best regards Ralf --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Co-working the work model of the future
Hello, This morning I have learned about the GoogleWave project (http:// wave.google.com/) in the FutureChat. Seems to be that some of our questions about ways of co-working are moving to the next stage. What could you bring to that new connection age? How important is the physical meeting of people in a hub-like co- working place? Thanks for sharing your thoughts about how we would like to live and work today and in the future. Cheers, Ralf --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Co-Working spaces in Germany
Hello, Due to the fact that I live in Germany I am thrilled by what is going on in the U.S. and Canada concerning co-working. And yet I would like to ask where the co-working spaces in Germany exist to present time? I know about the Self-Hub in Berlin (http://self-germany.de) and the emerging LockSchuppen in Dresden (http://mindbroker.de/wiki/ LockSchuppen). What else is there hidden deep in the country? Thanks a lot and best regards Ralf --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] LockSchuppen - InteractiveMuseum of the Future of Living, Working and Housing in 2056
Hello, Just by some unplanned coincidences I have found that group and resonated with it right away. We are currently building up a communite along the idea of establishing an InteractiveMuseum of the Future LockSchuppen (http:// mindbroker.de/wiki/LockSchuppen). The concept is based on what I have experienced while working at the new plant of BMW in Leipzig (open work space for 750 people), seen at Team Academy in Finland (a university without teachers, students and classes building up team entrepreneurs) and people from the Hub- Network around Europe. I think there are lots of ideas around the globe on how to work, live better and more resources orientated in the future. Looking forward to hearing from you Ralf --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Co-working the work model of the future
Hello, due to my past work experience working setting up a new combined- transport transportation hub at BASF/Ludwigshafen with Kombiverkehr, working during the 2002 flood in Dresden and being an active member of the build-up of the new BMW plant in Leipzig, I have lived in a work- world often remotely and just connected via phone, mail, netmeeting and other means of communication (other than face-to-face). I love that kind of working, as it offers me the opportunity to florish my strengths -connecting people, seeing patterns in processes and behaviors, bring people to work in their most valuable strengths fields- and I love working with several Skype windows open, being on the phone at the same time and writing an article or answering an email. So I think this group is what I am looking for (unknowingly;-)) and I love to read, listen and write to make world go round. For the last four weeks I am working on a project called LockSchuppen (http://mindbroker.de/wiki/LockSchuppen) which will open the path the 21st century of work. Have a look if you wish. Best regards and see you all around Ralf PS.: If you are in Dresden just give me call and see LockSchuppen --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
