[Coworking] Re: Slack for Coworking

2015-10-09 Thread Jennifer Kready
Perfect timing. I have a 160+ member Facebook group re: coworking in our area. I know most don't use Slack and it's good to know that transitioning to a total Slack is not the best method. (I'm still a novice on it myself) Jen -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com ---

[Coworking] Re: Google calendars for reserving conference rooms

2015-10-09 Thread Keith Yang
At BizHaus in Los Angeles, we've been using www.getaroomapp.com and our members like it. It's able to put limits on how many hours each member can use the room monthly. And the owner of the app, Rich, is super-responsive. On Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 1:48:40 PM UTC-7, Aloma Loren wrote:

Re: [Coworking] Pitch for Corporate Sponsors

2015-10-09 Thread Jonathan Markwell
Hi Ken, This approach written up by Alex a few years ago is very similar to the approach we took: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2011/09/how-to-fund-your-coworking-space/ Jon On 8 October 2015 at 16:57, Weebiz Media wrote: > Hi Jon, > > Haven't much choice but to seek corporate sponsorship of

[Coworking] Re: Wichita Falls Texas

2015-10-09 Thread William Wells
Thanks Jennifer I appreciate your advise and it is good to know what works so that I don't have to find out the hard way. Right now I am stuck in Meeting Hell Limbo (meetings to discuss when to have meetings crap). I am working with the Nonprofit Center of Wichita Falls to start this under th

Re: [Coworking] Pitch for Corporate Sponsors

2015-10-09 Thread Weebiz Media
Hi Jon, Haven't much choice but to seek corporate sponsorship of the space - Crowdfunding hasn't really taken off in any great way here in Ireland. Our planned space is in a relatively small town, and while we'll be investing ourselves into it, the funding options after that are fairly limited

Re: [Coworking] Re: Google calendars for reserving conference rooms

2015-10-09 Thread Jeannine van der Linden
Ooo, Jon. I thank you, my not-terribly-technically-fluent coworkers thank you. :-) Thanks for the tip! Jeannine On Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 2:20:50 PM UTC+2, @jot wrote: > > I recommend trying https://youcanbook.me. It adds a nice layer of user > experience over your existing Google Calen