Re: [Coworking] Connect Event

2018-10-05 Thread Margo Aaron
Hi Richard, Yeah there is different something there. I'd love to hear where you net out. I dont have a physical space but have had *many* talks with physical spaces in my area about leveraging our model or even white labeling what we have for their own members. The problem has been twofold:

Re: [Coworking] Connect Event

2018-10-05 Thread Ten Below
Margo, Thank you! I love the idea and you have a firm grasp on creating remarkable offerings. As our space is just 5 months old in a rural community this virtual coworking has touched a nerve and I'm going to explore how I may add this into the mix as most of our members to date have been

Re: [Coworking] Connect Event

2018-10-04 Thread Neil Weakland
Yes, they teleconference in, the experts or professionals are ALL from outside our area. The event is more about sharing ideas and networking. It doesn't matter if other spaces do this because I'm not competing with other spaces outside my area. On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 11:53 AM Margo Aaron wrote:

Re: [Coworking] Connect Event

2018-10-04 Thread Margo Aaron
Richard: Yeah so when you're in the business of offering added value to your members *beyond* merely offering them physical space, you're programs are part of your USP. While collaboration is wonderful, you're effectively telling your future customers, "it doesn't matter which coworking space

Re: [Coworking] Connect Event

2018-10-04 Thread Neil Weakland
Thanks Margo, unfortunately my network of professionals from outside the Northeast Ohio area is growing thin, which is why I posted here. I thought that in the spirits of coworkign and sharing other spaces might do something similar and we could exchange local professionals from my area for

Re: [Coworking] Connect Event

2018-10-03 Thread Margo Aaron
This is awesome Neil! We do something similar in my space. I have someone come in (virtually) and do what's called "Office Hours" - they speak for 30-45 mins about their area of expertise (usually something members are struggling with - podcasting, sales, SEO) and then members can hit them with

[Coworking] Connect Event

2018-10-03 Thread Neil Weakland
I've started a monthly event in my coworking space for networking and sharing outside of our area. I've been calling it the Canton Connect Innovator lunch. I arrange for a startup founder or high level professional from a company to teleconference with my coworkers and local interested