Re: [Coworking] Question about commissions or bonuses for Community Managers

2017-03-22 Thread Iris Kavanagh
Thanks for the great responses, everyone! In general, I'm not a fan of the idea of using money to incentivise employees. Personally, I'm not incentivised by the idea of commissions on sales, etc. That said, when a space is looking to hire a really good CM, and is in a market with a high

Re: [Coworking] Question about commissions or bonuses for Community Managers

2017-03-22 Thread Alex Hillman
To be clear, the problem with the incentive to "get more members" is that it puts the community staff in the position to tell someone they KNOW isn't a good fit that they should join anyway. This isn't just a vague "concern" it's a leading problem among spaces and staff that I have advised.

Re: [Coworking] Question about commissions or bonuses for Community Managers

2017-03-22 Thread Bernhard Mehl
I think generally a good idea IF you can get a better quality community manager (e.g. former entrepreneur, etc) for the job - similar to the comment Alex Linsker had that where he sees it mostly with partners, so the goal is to have a high end community manager :) However those I'd rather

[Coworking] Re: coworking thesis

2017-03-22 Thread Carolyn Cirillo
Buongiorno Jacopo, I recently wrote an article for Knoll that touches on the sharing economy as it relates to offices and coworking: https://workdesign.com/2017/01/plan-new-experience-based-workplace/ I can share some of my research sources with you if it would be helpful. Let me know after

[Coworking] Re: Local Government and Coworking

2017-03-22 Thread Carina Boston
I am presenting to my City Council on Tuesday, any pointers welcomed. I have a small ask for our pilot location in a city owned building which I hope to scale in a more dedicated location. There is an undefined sales tax fund we have defined towards "Economic Development" which I am requesting

Re: [Coworking] Question about commissions or bonuses for Community Managers

2017-03-22 Thread Alex Linsker
I agree with Alex Hillman, if I offered a commission I would want it to pay more if someone stays a member for 10 years than for 10 months. I don't see any problem with cash incentive to get members especially if a place is already paying cash for someone to do other things that members could