Re: [Coworking] Making the local press

[Alex Hillman]

This is about as good as coworking press gets. Excellent quotes and it's 
especially good that member voices dominate.

I would do a lot of signal boosting, and go out of your way to thank the journo 
for what they did well.

Why? Because relationships matter (duh). And more importantly, one piece of 
press generally won't have much impact.

My experience and philosophy is that press is good for two things: getting more 
press, and community morale.

But that's about it.

It CAN help with your credibility. It's valuable to have people other than you 
telling part of your story. It's valuable to be in the zeitgeist.

But in terms of growing your community, press needs to be just one of MANY 
touchpoints for somebody before they walk in the door, and often, is one of the 
least influential. Celebrate it, but don't over-weight it.

So with that in mind, I would focus now on getting to know this writer, and 
other local writers. Use this press to get more press. Prepare to be a broken 
record. It's okay - most people haven't heard your story yet, so get used to 
the feeling of "haven't I said this enough already?"

My approach to building press relationships is long-view. I don't pitch stories 
until I know what stories they WANT. I do my homework to find out their take & 
their worldview (aka what do the pieces they write have in common? Do I fit 
that narrative, and how?)

Find out what kinds of stories do they WANT to cover, or do they think their 
editor wants to print? I like to make it clear to any journo that I'm working 
with that I view my job as making them look good with a great story.

I also use this as an opportunity to give them background context that they 
might not have, or be able to think about, during a normal "interview" setting.

Use this experience to figure out how your story connects with their audience.

Oh, and frame your first piece of print. You'll be glad you did 10 years later, 
trust me ;)

And whatever you did to get that first piece, keep that up!!

-Alex

On Aug 1, 2017, 12:15 PM -0400, wa...@renewacycle.com, wrote:
> Hey there;
>
> Couple things. Out third Pop-Up coworking day in our town of Hinesburg made 
> the front page of the local paper. Wow! 
> http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/money/2017/07/26/co-working-country-hinesburg-church-hosts-digital-nomads/509298001/
>
> So, any tips on making the most of this? Right now, I'm concurrently working 
> on the biz plan and connecting with possible location owners / co-developers, 
> and building an active community of people that want to help make this happen.
>
> Our next event is 8/22. So, if anyone happens to be in the Burlington, VT 
> area then, come and visit! http://vermontcoworking.eventbrite.com.
>
> Kindly,
> Wayne Maceyka
> @hinesburgHUB
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[Coworking] Internal Directory for Members

[elie]

Has anyone found a successful tool to use for an internal directory of 
members? Ideally looking for something easily edited that could include a 
few details about each member, and possibly link to their company website 
etc. Looking for something simple and not connected to an entire CRM/SAAS 
product. Only need is for a great looking and detailed directory of current 
members! Have looked in to products like Pingboard but we currently have no 
need for the full breadth of products there (although they are seeming a 
wonderful product)! 

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[Coworking] Making the local press

[wayne]

Hey there;

Couple things. Out third Pop-Up coworking day in our town of Hinesburg made 
the front page of the local paper. Wow! 
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/money/2017/07/26/co-working-country-hinesburg-church-hosts-digital-nomads/509298001/

So, any tips on making the most of this? Right now, I'm concurrently 
working on the biz plan and connecting with possible location owners / 
co-developers, and building an active community of people that want to help 
make this happen.

Our next event is 8/22. So, if anyone happens to be in the Burlington, VT 
area then, come and visit! http://vermontcoworking.eventbrite.com.

Kindly,
Wayne Maceyka
@hinesburgHUB

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[Coworking] Re: Newbie: Me & Jam Jar Cowork

[David Yeung]

Hi Suzanne,

I am new to co-working space and would love to host a co-working space in 
Brisbane.  I would love to ask you a few questions about your experience in 
creating a co-working space in Collingwood, Australia.  Please contact me 
on antprojects...@gmail.com.  I would also love to hear from anyone else 
that love to share their ideas and thoughts on creating an amazing 
co-working place.

Thanks
David

On Monday, July 24, 2017 at 12:04:05 PM UTC+10, Suzanne Vale wrote:
>
> Hello! 
>
> I'm new to this forum. My name's Suzanne Vale and I've just opened a 
> coworking space called Jam Jar Cowork  in 
> Collingwood, which is an inner suburb of Melbourne, Australia. 
>
> Below is some info about me, why I've started Jam Jar, the space and the 
> community we're building.
>
> I'm really glad to have found this forum and can see it's really 
> supportive with lots of helpful, insightful advice and discussion. I look 
> forward to joining in! I'll also be at GCUC in Melbourne next month so hope 
> to meet some of you there. Drop me a line if you're coming along.
>
> Cheers Suzanne
>
>
> *Why I started Jam Jar*
>
> Some of you may have met me at CU Asia 2016, in Ubud, so you'll know that 
> I've been working in offices for my whole (varied) career (admin, 
> customer/financial services, public service, law) and that I studied 
> architecture at one point and I love people and their creativity. 
>
> So I've started a coworking space because the opportunity to take on the 
> building that we're in coincided with me finding out about coworking and 
> thinking that it was the coolest thing I'd heard about in ages. Coworking 
> also addresses a long term beef I've had that workplaces and spaces are 
> missed opportunities. They should be better and controlled by the people 
> who work in them. Coworking spaces are finally doing this, and in lots of 
> different ways that are still emerging and changing. Good times.
>
> I'm about offering the small businesses of this neighbourhood a good 
> quality space that they can shape and refine over time, where they can come 
> to work together, meet new people, hang out, run events, have meetings and 
> have the facilities they need to do these things pretty seamlessly.
>
> *The space*
>
> Jam Jar is just over 200m2 and primarily aimed at post start up businesses 
> in the neighbourhood. We also have some decent meeting rooms (a boardroom 
> and 3 smaller rooms) and have found that there's been interest in them from 
> CBD businesses wanting to get offsite for workshops etc.
>
> We're in a really great location in a gentrified, former industrial pocket 
> right near Smith Street, which is well known in Melbourne for its 
> restaurants, cafes, shops, street art and culture, and which has a tram 
> line direct to the city. 
>
> We refurbished the building we are in, which was a tired, 3 storey office 
> building that was only 15 years old. Our emphasis was on getting natural 
> light in and creating lots of different types of useful spaces while 
> dedicating most of the floor area to open plan desks. Every decision of our 
> fit out was made with the environment in mind despite our tight budget. 
> This meant we preferenced low VOC products, natural materials and products 
> from companies that are ahead socially and environmentally. It also meant 
> we reused as much as we could from the previous fit out and bought quality 
> second hand where we could. We balanced this to create a feel that the 
> space is new and 'clean' aesthetically. (Examples of reuse and secondhand 
> included reusing the old aluminium and glass partitions to make new meeting 
> rooms, reusing the kitchen sinks from the old tea-points in our new break 
> out space and tea-point and reusing perfectly good security hardware, 
> buying secondhand Knoll / Formway task chairs that are barely used ex-Tax 
> Office and secondhand desks from Grimshaw Architects' when they refurbished 
> their office). 
>
> We've tried to create a casual but professional space that's airy and 
> comfortable. We're also emphasising health in the workplace. For example we 
> try to give members control of the space/their environs, we've got plants, 
> and office dog, ergonomic chairs, the beginnings of an activity based set 
> up.
>
> *The community*
>
> I'm a little sheepish that we opened and are now building our community. 
> All the experience and knowledge at CU Asia said build your community first 
> but logistically this didn't work out for me. We have 2 open plan spaces so 
> we're only using the smaller of these at the moment so people aren't spread 
> through the building. As we grow, we'll open the other area.
>
> So far we're doing ok with a handful of local people joining us as part 
> time members over the last few weeks - a lawyer starting a new practice, a 
> business adviser, a graphic designer just moved down from Sydney, a wine 
> maker/wine events business, a couple of creative 

[Coworking] Re: Starting a co-working space

[Mark Benner]

Hi Theresa,
Good to hear from you. I too am in Chicago and have found difficulty in 
locating Co-working spaces that are appropriate for specialty uses. I would 
love to hear more about your vision for a Chicago Co-working community.

Mark Benner

On Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at 2:14:24 PM UTC-5, Theresa Stewart wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone, 
>
> First time posting. I read what you're looking for and hoping to do this 
> right. My friend and I are co-working space enthusiasts, but haven't had 
> luck finding a space that really works for us. We have be discussing the 
> issue with some other people who are similar to us who feel the same way so 
> we were thinking about starting a co-working space. I was wondering if 
> anyone here would be willing to give advice on how to get started? 
>
> I've been reading the posts on here about building community and things of 
> that nature which has been really useful. What we're really looking for is 
> someone who can give us tactical and practical advice on getting started 
> such as building a budget and things of that nature. We've both worked in 
> co-working spaces before, but have never started something like this. Any 
> help and resources are appreciated.
>

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[Coworking] Co-working space in Brisbane

[David Yeung]

Hi All,

I am new to co working space and would appreciate feedback to below.  I 
have a vacant building in Brisbane Australia which I want to transform into 
an amazing co-working space. I would appreciate if there is co-founder of 
co-working space in that can assist in this matter, especially someone from 
Sydney or Brisbane. I am currently living in Sydney.

- How much office space required per member? 
- Whats the ratio of Permanent membership Vs Casual membership?
- Any assistance in designing a co-working space.  Do you contacts to 
interior designers in the Brisbane area which i can use?
- Software use?
- Is there a breakeven point for the number of members you have to sign 
up?  How many members do we wish to achieve per site. What is the ideal 
size of each site?

I would appreciate your feedback and love to talk to you privately.

Cheers 
David


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Re: [Coworking] What attracts you to a coworking space and reasons for staying?

[Cheese]

Hi Caner, 

Thanks for your reply. You can check out our FB page 
here: https://www.facebook.com/TheCarrotPatchCo/
However, we are going through renovation now, hence the lack of actual 
images of our space. Will drop you a note again when our space is up and 
running. 
We are reaching out to the AI and Tech community, are you in a similar 
field? Do share your thoughts with us on what you feel about 
industry-centric coworking spaces


Many thanks!
Cheese


On Thursday, July 13, 2017 at 4:14:46 PM UTC+8, Caner Onoglu wrote:
>
> Hello Cheese,
> I like the concept of colloborative working space with a focus on certain 
> areas, like AI and Data Science in your case. I would be interested 
> following your progress. If you have Facebook page please share. Wish you 
> best!
> Caner
> 13 Tem 2017 ÖÖ 5:48 tarihinde "Cheese"  
> yazdı:
>
>> Hi everyone!
>>
>>
>> I am new here and looking forward to share thoughts and ideas with 
>> everyone. My name is Cheese and I am the Community Manager for a new 
>> coworking space called The Carrot Patch that’s based in Singapore. Our 
>> space is still under renovation and is set to launch in Aug. The Carrot 
>> Patch is the first collaborative working space in Singapore focused on 
>> technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data science. We aim to 
>> be the hub where AI experts and interactive technologists work and 
>> collaborate. 
>>
>>
>> The Carrot Patch has something for everyone – a Hot Desk for nomads on 
>> the go, Dedicated Workspaces for solopreneurs and Private Offices for 
>> businesses. We are also planning a series of events for the community, 
>> creating opportunities for networking and collaboration between startups, 
>> innovative individuals and businesses.
>>
>>
>> Enough about The Carrot Patch, I would like to hear from the group on 
>> what attracts them to a coworking space? First impressions and what are the 
>> things that you like from your previous experiences or at the current 
>> coworking space you are at now? What are your reasons for staying with the 
>> current space you are at?   =)
>>
>>
>> Many thanks!
>>
>> Cheese
>>
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[Coworking] Top coworking community events and time-wasters

[Cheese]

Hi everyone, 

I hope you all had an awesome weekend, I posted "What attracts you to a 
coworking space" previously and I'm back here with another question.  

To all the fellow coworkers out there, can you tell me what are your top 5 
community events in your coworking experience (which you really like and 
find valuable) and what are the top 5 absolute time-wasters? Would be happy 
to hear from everyone so please feel free to give your opinions!=)


Many thanks!
Cheese
(From The Carrot Patch, Singapore)

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[Coworking] Re: Is your space in a converted factory, warehouse, bank, school, etc?

[melissa]

Hi Carolyn,

I run a new neighborhood-based coworking space in the Boston area called 
The Village Works. Our building was a 19th century hardware store that's 
lived many lives (mixed use residential and paint store, fish market, 
restaurant, pub, medical offices). It was vacant for five years before we 
started our reuse project. We opened in April 2017.

You can learn more at thevillageworks.com. I'm happy to provide high res 
versions of our images if helpful

All the best,
Melissa Tapper Goldman (meli...@thevillageworks.com)



On Monday, July 31, 2017 at 8:13:09 PM UTC-4, Carolyn Cirillo wrote:
>
> I am doing a series on adaptive reuse of buildings into coworking 
> communities for Allwork.Space and am looking for more spaces to feature.
>
> So far we've profiled a former church 
> 
>  in 
> Kansas City, a piece work factory 
> 
>  in 
> Brooklyn and warehouse 
> in
>  
> Morocco.
>
> Please email me directly if you would like your space to be considered. 
> Please include:
> - city location
> - former use 
> - approximate opening date
> - website
>
> Photos, additional background and/or links welcome.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Carolyn Cirillo
> *for*
> Allwork.Space
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> 
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[Coworking] Re: Coworking in Small Towns - Discussion Group?

[gina]

Hi I was also hoping to find an answer to more ideas around small town 
coworking, but couldn't sign up for the Slack. If someone could add me that 
would be great! 

On Monday, May 15, 2017 at 12:44:46 PM UTC-4, Lauren McDaniel wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know if there is currently a discussion group that 
> specifically focuses on coworking in small towns? I don't want to recreate 
> something, if it already exists (regardless of the channel).
>
> This is a follow-up from a coworking unconference session at GCUC - we all 
> wanted to stay connected.
>
> Thanks! 
>
> Lauren McDaniel
> Director, projectY cowork Los Alamos 
>

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Re: [Coworking] Re: My morbid curiosity with Coworking Space Closings

[Alex Hillman]

Thanks for sharing this, Will. Part two, about relief
,
was
especially resonant for me!

Seems bittersweet - excited to read part three about optimism :)


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On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 7:54 AM, Will Bennis, Locus Workspace <
w...@locusworkspace.com> wrote:

> Just adding to this thread to announce another coworking space closing
> (Locus Workspace's first location in Prague, Czech Republic). We're not out
> of business, just consolidating from two to one space. And ultimately it
> was a great thing. But it was our first location and really a difficult
> choice to make. Anyway, here's a blog post about the sadness that came
> with closing the space
> .
> Running that space was a really important part of my life, and much of it
> would not have been possible without the inspiration, ideas, and general
> good will that came from this group.
>
> Best,
> Will
>
>
> On Monday, February 9, 2015 at 8:32:37 AM UTC+1, OphelieR wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Andy for sharing these data. In our coworking the trend is a bit
>> different.
>>
>> The average churn rate is 5% on all our memberships except the full time
>> coworking (different from resident/dedicated desk) which has a churn rate
>> of 8%. We don't have data around the main reason for living, it's something
>> we're putting in place at the moment but basically if someone cancel from
>> full time coworking it doesn't necessarily mean they will upgrade to
>> resident desk or downgrade to part time.
>>
>> Moreover, the number of full time coworker is much lower compare to our
>> resident members or part time coworkers. I was discussing this with another
>> coworking space owner at the GCUC in Bali last week and they had a similar
>> issues.
>>
>> Is it something other coworking spaces are experiencing with full time
>> coworker ? Does anyone have any explanation for this ?
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 10:14:37 AM UTC+8, Alex Hillman wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm sure I'm not the only person on this group who has google alerts set
>>> up for the words "coworking" and, sigh, "co-working".
>>>
>>> Between the number of new space announcements that show up in those
>>> alerts, Deskmag's reporting on coworking growth trends, and many amazing
>>> success stories that we've all been privy to seeing unfold, there's no
>>> doubt in any of our minds that coworking isn't disappearing any time soon.
>>>
>>> But speckled in the success stories are sadder ones. Coworking spaces
>>> who struggled and failed.
>>>
>>> Another one hit my Google Reader tonight, in St Louis. Hence this email
>>> and this project being spurred right now.
>>>
>>> On one hand, the *business of coworking *is susceptible to all of the
>>> rules of starting a new business - there's going to be a failure rate. Not
>>> every business is meant to be. The rate at which I hear about closings is
>>> increasing, but it's hard to tell if it's growing in or out of proportion
>>> of openings.
>>>
>>> Between coworking spaces that struggle to keep the lights on and
>>> coworking spaces that have closed (for good or bad reasons), there's
>>> patterns in closures that I personally find very interesting, far more
>>> interesting in "new hotness variations" on the coworking models.
>>>
>>> The pattern-watcher that I am, I see *some *things, but I need more
>>> information to start building a hypothesis that can be proven or disproven.
>>>
>>> I can't do this alone. If you've started and closed a coworking space,
>>> been a member of a coworking space that struggled and failed, or are simply
>>> a passionate observer who saw an unfortunate closing, please take a few
>>> minutes to help fill out this survey:
>>>
>>> https://indyhall.wufoo.com/forms/coworking-space-closings/
>>>
>>> This information is personal and potentially sensitive. I don't expect
>>> all of the replies to include names or all of the details. Many people on
>>> this list have shared their personal stories before, and we should all be
>>> thankful for that.
>>>
>>> The best solution I could come up with is to choose how anonymous you
>>> would like to be.
>>>
>>> *1) The name and email address fields are optional and will ONLY be used
>>> to reconnect with the submitter for more information.*
>>> *2) The final required question asks for your consent to share the data
>>> you enter, beside the optional name/email fields which are anonymous by
>>> default. In case you have an alternate preference, you can specify it in
>>> "other".*
>>>
>>> There's researchers on the list, so if there's other fields that you
>>> think I should include (or better ways to collect the same data), I'm all
>>> ears.
>>>

[Coworking] Is your space in a converted factory, warehouse, bank, school, etc?

[Katherine Warman Kern]

Comradity 
845 Canal Street
Stamford, CT 06902

Http://www.comradity.com

A former warehouse or factory

You can see some photos on the website, I'll email floorplan and more photos.

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