Re: [Coworking] Recommended TED Talks - Your Favorites!

2016-12-13 Thread Tony Bacigalupo
I just watched this one and found it thought provoking: Life is easy. Why do we make it so hard? | Jon Jandai - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21j_OCNLuYg Also, of course, the classics from Elizabeth Gilbert (both of them) and Simon Sinek are evergreen to me. On Thursday, December 8,

[Coworking] Re: Coworking payments for reservations & cancellation policies

2016-12-13 Thread Doug Maschoff
Hi Lauren, this is something we actually discussed with a lot of coworking space owners/managers when we were building out the booking functionality of www.meshworkapp.com. How we handle it is we charge the member/non-member at the time of booking, however give a 100% refund if they cancel the

Re: [Coworking] Coworking payments for reservations & cancellation policies

2016-12-13 Thread Jerome Chang
Hi. We simply tell everyone that "payment confirms a booking", and that goes for any monthly or walk-in plans. We allow cancellations 2 weeks in advance, 50% refund if 1 week, and none before that. That said, we're exploring shorter notifications, and do have exceptions to the rule when, for

Re: [Coworking] Google Chromecast

2016-12-13 Thread Melissa T. Goldman
That would be excellent if you could share the Chromecast "member screen" tool! Thank you, Alex. What I'd love to see is a version that could rotate the display output 90 degrees (so I can mount a vertical TV). I've only heard of that functionality on expensive boxes. -Melissa

[Coworking] Coworking payments for reservations & cancellation policies

2016-12-13 Thread Lauren McDaniel
Hi everyone, I'm wondering if there are general best practices for when to require payments for space reservations (especially if they are booking a space for the entire day). Also, similarly, what are your cancellation policies? Do you keep a certain percentage at different time periods

[Coworking] Re: Membership Terms - Legal Clause about 24/7 Access

2016-12-13 Thread Bernhard Mehl
Hi there! Since this is actively involving our product getkisi.com with 24/7 access, we've went ahead and summarized what we found people doing in a blogpost: http://coworkingresources.org/legal-implications-of-247-or-24-hour-access/ Let me know if you have any feedback! Bernhard Am

[Coworking] Recommended TED Talks - Your Favorites!

2016-12-13 Thread Lauren McDaniel
Hi again, I'm putting together a calendar of TED Talks in 2017 for our weekly TED Talk Tuesdays that stream in the space (they are open to the public over lunchtime). I generated a list of talks in the second half of 2016, and I'm looking for recommendations on the best talks you've seen that