Re: [Coworking] New Member

[Sharon Rice]

Hi Caner,

Thanks for your feedback! My space wouldn't be dedicated to that community 
specifically. It would function as a place for that community to connect 
with a broader community. Your suggestion I'll take under consideration as 
I continue my research.


On Monday, September 19, 2016 at 5:17:37 PM UTC-4, Caner Onoglu wrote:
>
> Hello Sharon, I don't think a coworking dedicated to a specific group (in 
> your case sexual violance victims) is a good idea. Coworking is all about 
> mixing different type of people: men, women, young, old, experienced and 
> novice..interaction and communication is the key...instead of opening a 
> dedicated coworking you may grant incentives (like free membership) to 
> those in need to join already existing coworkings in their area. 
>
> I may be wrong, just my 2 cents.
>
> On Sep 20, 2016 01:41, "Sharon Rice"  
> wrote:
>
>> Hello Everyone! I'm new to this group so I wanted to introduce myself. My 
>> name is Sharon and I'm a social worker based in the Philadelphia area. I 
>> joined this group as I'm currently researching how to develop a coworking 
>> space that would assist survivors of human trafficking and sexual violence. 
>> This group was recommended to me by a colleague and I'm looking forward to 
>> learning from all of you as I develop my idea. I hope to also be able to 
>> share new resources as I discover them during my development phase. Thanks!
>>
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Re: [Coworking] New Member

[Sharon Rice]

Hi Tony,

Thanks for the welcome! My plans right now are to: research the trafficking 
survivor community (discover what's being done currently), research how to 
develop a co-working space (business plan, numbers, etc), and create a 
prospectus that I can use to seek out partners and potential investors. 
Primarily I need to do the research on the community I'm seeking to serve 
to determine if a coworking model is feasible. It would be great to connect 
with folks who may have spaces with a social good mission tied into the 
model that could share steps, pitfalls and where they have had success in 
rallying support for the idea. With the research, I hope to build a 
community first and a space second--a recommendation from Joel Bennett (my 
colleague who recommended this group). 

I've already begun to look through some of the posts in this group and on 
the websites listed as resources. I'm finding great stuff so far!

Thanks!

Sharon


On Monday, September 19, 2016 at 4:46:32 PM UTC-4, Tony Bacigalupo wrote:
>
> Sharon, welcome! What a fantastic cause.
>
> Coworking communities organized around a shared purpose are the best. 
>
> What are your plans so far as far as getting started goes?
>
> Hope we can help point you in the right direction!
>
> Cheers,
> Tony
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>
>
> On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 2:27 PM, Sharon Rice  > wrote:
>
>> Hello Everyone! I'm new to this group so I wanted to introduce myself. My 
>> name is Sharon and I'm a social worker based in the Philadelphia area. I 
>> joined this group as I'm currently researching how to develop a coworking 
>> space that would assist survivors of human trafficking and sexual violence. 
>> This group was recommended to me by a colleague and I'm looking forward to 
>> learning from all of you as I develop my idea. I hope to also be able to 
>> share new resources as I discover them during my development phase. Thanks!
>>
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Re: [Coworking] New Member

[Sharon Rice]

Thank you, Joel for the connection and introduction! 

And thanks in advance to the group for your anticipated support!

On Monday, September 19, 2016 at 5:11:39 PM UTC-4, Joel @ Veel Hoeden wrote:
>
> *Sharon*- Welcome to the group!  It was great to speak with you earlier 
> today and I can tell you are very passionate about this idea.
>
> *Coworking Community*- I know there have been others in this group that 
> have utilized their communities to have significant social good, even to 
> the point of making that a cornerstone of their mission.  I know Sharon 
> would love to interact with many of you and learn from your successes and 
> challenges.  Thanks in advance for (continuing) to extend a helping hand to 
> those new to coworking!
>
>
> Thanks & God Bless,
>
> Joel Bennett
> Veel Hoeden
>
> On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 3:27 PM, Sharon Rice  > wrote:
>
>> Hello Everyone! I'm new to this group so I wanted to introduce myself. My 
>> name is Sharon and I'm a social worker based in the Philadelphia area. I 
>> joined this group as I'm currently researching how to develop a coworking 
>> space that would assist survivors of human trafficking and sexual violence. 
>> This group was recommended to me by a colleague and I'm looking forward to 
>> learning from all of you as I develop my idea. I hope to also be able to 
>> share new resources as I discover them during my development phase. Thanks!
>>
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Re: [Coworking] New Member

[Sharon Rice]

Hi Tony,

Thanks for the welcome! My plans right now are to: research the trafficking 
survivor community (discover what's being done currently), research how to 
develop a co-working space (business plan, numbers, etc), and create a 
prospectus that I can use to seek out partners and potential investors. 
Primarily I need to do the research on the community I'm seeking to serve 
to determine if a coworking model is feasible. It would be great to connect 
with folks who may have spaces with a social good mission tied into the 
model that could share steps, pitfalls and where they have had success in 
rallying support for the idea. With the research, I hope to build a 
community first and a space second--a recommendation from Joel Bennett (my 
colleague who recommended this group). 

I've already begun to look through some of the posts in this group and on 
the websites listed as resources. I'm finding great stuff so far!

Thanks!

Sharon

On Monday, September 19, 2016 at 4:46:32 PM UTC-4, Tony Bacigalupo wrote:
>
> Sharon, welcome! What a fantastic cause.
>
> Coworking communities organized around a shared purpose are the best. 
>
> What are your plans so far as far as getting started goes?
>
> Hope we can help point you in the right direction!
>
> Cheers,
> Tony
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> *
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> [image: 
> http://linkedin.com/in/tonybacigalupo] 
> 
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 2:27 PM, Sharon Rice  > wrote:
>
>> Hello Everyone! I'm new to this group so I wanted to introduce myself. My 
>> name is Sharon and I'm a social worker based in the Philadelphia area. I 
>> joined this group as I'm currently researching how to develop a coworking 
>> space that would assist survivors of human trafficking and sexual violence. 
>> This group was recommended to me by a colleague and I'm looking forward to 
>> learning from all of you as I develop my idea. I hope to also be able to 
>> share new resources as I discover them during my development phase. Thanks!
>>
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Re: [Coworking] New Member

[Caner Onoglu]

Hello Sharon, I don't think a coworking dedicated to a specific group (in
your case sexual violance victims) is a good idea. Coworking is all about
mixing different type of people: men, women, young, old, experienced and
novice..interaction and communication is the key...instead of opening a
dedicated coworking you may grant incentives (like free membership) to
those in need to join already existing coworkings in their area.

I may be wrong, just my 2 cents.

On Sep 20, 2016 01:41, "Sharon Rice"  wrote:

> Hello Everyone! I'm new to this group so I wanted to introduce myself. My
> name is Sharon and I'm a social worker based in the Philadelphia area. I
> joined this group as I'm currently researching how to develop a coworking
> space that would assist survivors of human trafficking and sexual violence.
> This group was recommended to me by a colleague and I'm looking forward to
> learning from all of you as I develop my idea. I hope to also be able to
> share new resources as I discover them during my development phase. Thanks!
>
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Re: [Coworking] New Member

[Joel Bennett- Veel Hoeden]

*Sharon*- Welcome to the group!  It was great to speak with you earlier
today and I can tell you are very passionate about this idea.

*Coworking Community*- I know there have been others in this group that
have utilized their communities to have significant social good, even to
the point of making that a cornerstone of their mission.  I know Sharon
would love to interact with many of you and learn from your successes and
challenges.  Thanks in advance for (continuing) to extend a helping hand to
those new to coworking!


Thanks & God Bless,

Joel Bennett
Veel Hoeden

On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 3:27 PM, Sharon Rice  wrote:

> Hello Everyone! I'm new to this group so I wanted to introduce myself. My
> name is Sharon and I'm a social worker based in the Philadelphia area. I
> joined this group as I'm currently researching how to develop a coworking
> space that would assist survivors of human trafficking and sexual violence.
> This group was recommended to me by a colleague and I'm looking forward to
> learning from all of you as I develop my idea. I hope to also be able to
> share new resources as I discover them during my development phase. Thanks!
>
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Re: [Coworking] New Member

[Tony Bacigalupo]

Sharon, welcome! What a fantastic cause.

Coworking communities organized around a shared purpose are the best.

What are your plans so far as far as getting started goes?

Hope we can help point you in the right direction!

Cheers,
Tony
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On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 2:27 PM, Sharon Rice  wrote:

> Hello Everyone! I'm new to this group so I wanted to introduce myself. My
> name is Sharon and I'm a social worker based in the Philadelphia area. I
> joined this group as I'm currently researching how to develop a coworking
> space that would assist survivors of human trafficking and sexual violence.
> This group was recommended to me by a colleague and I'm looking forward to
> learning from all of you as I develop my idea. I hope to also be able to
> share new resources as I discover them during my development phase. Thanks!
>
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Re: [Coworking] New Member

[Alex Hillman]

Welcome aboard, Caner :)

I'm very interested to learn about your part of the world. Share away -
you're in the right place!

-Alex

On Saturday, March 19, 2016, Caner Onoglu  wrote:

> Hello, I am a new member. My name is Caner Onoglu. Originally I am from
> Turkey but has been living in Former Soviet Union Countries last 20 years.
> Currently I am located in Kazakhstan.
>
> I am very interested in coworking concept and has some ideas which I want
> to share with the group members. I am sure I will learn a lot here!
>
> Thank you for accepting me to the group.
>
> Best Wishes,
>
> Caner
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Re: [Coworking] New Member from Tokyo!!

[Kyo Satani]

Hi, Matt

I am a Japanese running a coworking space in Tokyo.
Let's meet and talk.

My coworking space is located in Kyodo, along the Odakyu line
(11 min. from Shinjuku).

Please contact me!


Our website is: http://coworking.jp/
(Sorry every other coworkers, it is written in Japanese)


Best,


Kyo Satani
PAX Coworking, Tokyo



2012/2/9 Matt@Japan matt009t...@gmail.com

 Hi All,

 I am now in Japan and try to boost Co-Working system here in Tokyo
 area as well.
 I believe there is No borders in this system.

 Anyone who can agree with my idea, please send me a message.

 I am currently run small company called iDEAL inc.  www.i-deal-inc.com
 (Sorry it is written in Japanese)
 My main business is e-learning Business English material.
 www.wisdomsq.com
 (Sorry it is also Japanese WEB)

 My daily blog.   http://i-deal-inc.com/wp/

 What I want to do here is that make a bridge between talented people
 in Asia and capable persons in US  Europe.

 Please write me and do start something NEW!!

 I look very much forward to hearing from YOU.

 Regards
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Re: [Coworking] New Member

[WHERE MMM]

Welcome to the co-working group Devra.

There are many places listed here in S. California that will be of great
resource in marketing your program.

Danielle Nicoli
WHERE: Meet, Mix, Mogul
Cowork in LA
323 663 6636

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 Hello Co-Working Group,

 I am the Project Coordinator for www.jessweiner.com and we are a
 virtual office space with most of the team working in LA.
 Looking forward to hearing/reading/meeting other members here.

 All best,
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Re: [Coworking] new member!!!

[Jacob Sayles]

Hello Debora,

I'm back in Seattle now but was just down in Brazil on vacation.  While I
was in Rio I met up with Cadu who I met through this mailing list.  He's
interested in starting a space there.  I didn't make it to Sao Paulo where I
know there is a space and I didn't have any contacts in Salvador to see what
is going on there.  Brazil is amazing and I was happy to see your post about
opening a space in Florianopolis.

You will learn a lot going through the archives of this group and reading
through the wiki pages.  There is also a Coworking Brazil  Ning site with
quite a few people on there.  I don't know the URL, but I bet you can find
it pretty easily.  It could be a great tool to build your community and get
things rolling.

Good luck and keep us posted.

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 Hello everybody!

 My name is Debora and I'm writing from Santa Catarina,Florianopolis city,
  Brazil.
 I read a article about coworking places in a nacional business magazine and
 I'm very interested to criate this kind
 of space here, in my city.
 So, I really would like to know what I must to do to start this project. I
 live in the state's capital city, but isnt really a big one.
 I believe I should have some notion about how many independent workers are
 here, the wanting for work spaces, to know if I open such place I would have
 the return that I believe I will...
 But i'm just a law student that become pretty much interested to open a
 business that combines a way to get some money while I'm studying for my
 tests and promove some help and encouragement to people who wants/needs a
 nice place to develop their works, exchanching experiences, help, improving
 their working enviroment and, why not, the society.
 I really believe that an organicist way  to see the world and the work's
 relacionship can provide us substancial improvement to our lives, come out
 of 'the individual bouble and understand the real importance of being a
 social been.

 Ok I think I writed to much, sorry my English isnt that good but I hope I
 could make myself  clear (able to understand?)
 Thanks for this information exchanching place!!!
 See ya
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[Coworking] Re: Cubes Crayons (WAS Re: [Coworking] New member introduction)

[felicity at cubes]

Hi Raines,

Thank you for all the fabulous feedback.  I will take some time to
digest
it.  We recently got a website marketing guru on board in exchange
for co-working at CubesCrayons so we are definitely in the rework
stages on the website.

When I started this whole adventure, I was less aware of the co-
working
title, but am now becoming ingrained in it all.  I hope to see you
down at
our campus for a visit when you have time.  I am sure you will have
additional feedback.  I am not onsite all the time, so be sure to
let me know if you are coming.

All the best,
Felicity


On Feb 20, 3:50 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Felicity -

 Welcome to Coworking! That's a great vision you've got with Cubes 
 Crayons, very empowering for parents who otherwise wouldn't have as
 many options and who still face barriers in workforce integration,
 even in the progressive, welcoming coworking movement, where in the
 pioneering spaces, a mostly younger, mostly male (mostly nonparent?)
 workforce has not (so far as I've seen) had childcare and the needs of
 families as an explicit priority. Here's a couple of notes from a
 quick trip 'round your website, worth what you paid for 'em:

 - If you want to be a part of the coworking movement (and it does
 sound like you've got  some valuable pieces of the puzzle, tools and
 models that can inspire other spaces), it would be nice if your site
 used the term and/or linked to other coworking sites. As it is, it
 doesn't look like you have any outbound links at all, even in the
 Press section. In my experience, the best way to get link love (web
 pointers that lead to web traffic and therefore customers) is to give
 it.

 - The co-op workshare membership contribution element didn't show up
 anywhere except in the FAQ and press articles (the rates page is kinda
 sparse). This seems like an important aspect of your model, both in
 terms of expectations of prospective members for their commitment and
 in the customer service and child care received and who will be
 involved in providing it. Given that even some non-kid-friendly
 coworking spaces are talking about background/reference checks for
 prospective members/keyholders, I'm curious whether this issue has
 come up for members in terms of the childcare services. Its also not
 clear whether the co-op hours requirement applies to office-only
 members... could a non-parent be involved in childcare and related
 areas?

 I'm curious about all this because we run into a lot of similar issues
 in the cohousing movement, and we're always looking for innovative
 solutions. I hope to get down there soon for a visit.

 - You might want to compare notes with MyDayOffice and other coworking
 and related groups that have similar franchise multi-location
 models... obviously, whole different sets of issues emerge related to
 branding and staffing and management that are not as significant for
 the D-I-Y cooperative one-off workspaces. Given regional variations in
 space and childcare prices, as well as different regulatory schemes in
 each state, I'd imagine that the rates won't be universal across all
 of your spaces.

 - I'd love to know whether your gender balance of members mirrors that
 of other coworking spaces.

 [the rest of this msg is less about coworking so everyone else can
 feel free to ignore]

 Technical and Typo and Territorial notes:

 - The menus seem to behave oddly in Safari after the first minute or
 so on a given page, unpopping before sub-items can be selected, and
 then not responding to clicks on the main item. The Community page's
 menus seem to work when others don't.

 - In the Press section, Read more... links open a new window.. but
 the Palo Alto Weekly article has a Return to Press section link at
 the bottom that doesn't switch back to the original window or close
 the new window.

 - I had to read the PA Weekly article to get it (without doing the
 math) that rates drop to as little as $9 an hour for members including
 childcare... the membership info page might want to be a little bit
 more explicit about the value.

 - Typo in the Press section: tele-communtes has an extra n
 - Typo in the Press section: choosed should be present tense
 - Typo on the FAQ: What happens if I can't volunteers should be singular
 - Typo on the House Rules page: recption missing an e

 - While OnRamping and OffRamping sounds interesting; there's no link
 or context on the Community page's workshops  events calendar to fill
 in somebody who hadn't heard of it before. It helped once I discovered
 that your founder's blog is athttp://YourOnRamp.com/(a side note
 there: a blog that doesn't display dates for posts and then references
 current events can be a bit confusing.. and there isn't anything
 obvious over there that I could find actually referencing those
 terms Google eventually led me 
 tohttp://www.youronramp.com/youronramp-presents-onramping-offramping-wo...
 but there's still nothing linking to actual definitions of 

[Coworking] Re: Cubes Crayons (WAS Re: [Coworking] New member introduction)

[rainesc]

Felicity -

Welcome to Coworking! That's a great vision you've got with Cubes 
Crayons, very empowering for parents who otherwise wouldn't have as
many options and who still face barriers in workforce integration,
even in the progressive, welcoming coworking movement, where in the
pioneering spaces, a mostly younger, mostly male (mostly nonparent?)
workforce has not (so far as I've seen) had childcare and the needs of
families as an explicit priority. Here's a couple of notes from a
quick trip 'round your website, worth what you paid for 'em:

- If you want to be a part of the coworking movement (and it does
sound like you've got  some valuable pieces of the puzzle, tools and
models that can inspire other spaces), it would be nice if your site
used the term and/or linked to other coworking sites. As it is, it
doesn't look like you have any outbound links at all, even in the
Press section. In my experience, the best way to get link love (web
pointers that lead to web traffic and therefore customers) is to give
it.

- The co-op workshare membership contribution element didn't show up
anywhere except in the FAQ and press articles (the rates page is kinda
sparse). This seems like an important aspect of your model, both in
terms of expectations of prospective members for their commitment and
in the customer service and child care received and who will be
involved in providing it. Given that even some non-kid-friendly
coworking spaces are talking about background/reference checks for
prospective members/keyholders, I'm curious whether this issue has
come up for members in terms of the childcare services. Its also not
clear whether the co-op hours requirement applies to office-only
members... could a non-parent be involved in childcare and related
areas?

I'm curious about all this because we run into a lot of similar issues
in the cohousing movement, and we're always looking for innovative
solutions. I hope to get down there soon for a visit.

- You might want to compare notes with MyDayOffice and other coworking
and related groups that have similar franchise multi-location
models... obviously, whole different sets of issues emerge related to
branding and staffing and management that are not as significant for
the D-I-Y cooperative one-off workspaces. Given regional variations in
space and childcare prices, as well as different regulatory schemes in
each state, I'd imagine that the rates won't be universal across all
of your spaces.

- I'd love to know whether your gender balance of members mirrors that
of other coworking spaces.

[the rest of this msg is less about coworking so everyone else can
feel free to ignore]

Technical and Typo and Territorial notes:

- The menus seem to behave oddly in Safari after the first minute or
so on a given page, unpopping before sub-items can be selected, and
then not responding to clicks on the main item. The Community page's
menus seem to work when others don't.

- In the Press section, Read more... links open a new window.. but
the Palo Alto Weekly article has a Return to Press section link at
the bottom that doesn't switch back to the original window or close
the new window.

- I had to read the PA Weekly article to get it (without doing the
math) that rates drop to as little as $9 an hour for members including
childcare... the membership info page might want to be a little bit
more explicit about the value.

- Typo in the Press section: tele-communtes has an extra n
- Typo in the Press section: choosed should be present tense
- Typo on the FAQ: What happens if I can't volunteers should be singular
- Typo on the House Rules page: recption missing an e

- While OnRamping and OffRamping sounds interesting; there's no link
or context on the Community page's workshops  events calendar to fill
in somebody who hadn't heard of it before. It helped once I discovered
that your founder's blog is at http://YourOnRamp.com/ (a side note
there: a blog that doesn't display dates for posts and then references
current events can be a bit confusing.. and there isn't anything
obvious over there that I could find actually referencing those
terms Google eventually led me to
http://www.youronramp.com/youronramp-presents-onramping-offramping-workshops-menlo-park
but there's still nothing linking to actual definitions of the terms
of what the workshop includes. I eventually found a definition in a
Boston Globe article. Maybe this is Human Resources jargon? WIkipedia
has it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On-Ramping -- although
IMNSHO the entry has issues related to NPOV and promotion of the
particular website)

Raines Cohen, Coworking Coach / Cohousing Coach
Planning for Sustainable Communities
in Berkeley, CA

who recently learned at a National Aging In Place Council meeting in
Denver that some large employers are setting up ELDERCARE facilities
to help employees who are taking lots of time off work to care for
family members and in web surfing for alternative options. Perhaps
there's a