Re: [Coworking] Coworking in Providence, RI

2012-06-05 Thread Ann Kingman
Sounds great! Will you have drop-in memberships, too? Ann Books on the Nightstand: illuminating conversation about books and reading http://www.booksonthenightstand.com On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 8:50 PM, Cass Sapir cass.sa...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, We are opening up a coworking space in

Re: [Coworking] Re: First Coworking Jelly!

2012-03-25 Thread Ann Kingman
May I ask how you were able to get such a great turnout for the first Jelly? Congrats! Ann Books on the Nightstand: illuminating conversation about books and reading http://www.booksonthenightstand.com On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 5:00 PM, SantiagoR1@SoBeCoWorks santiag...@coworkingbethlehem.com

Re: [Coworking] Emergency preparedness

2011-12-08 Thread Ann Kingman
Have the address of your location posted in a prominent location (or several). With more and more people using cellphones to call 911, the address tracing can be unreliable at best. We had an incident at our gym when the owner was not on the premises, and nobody could remember the street address

Re: [Coworking] Re: I'm starting a coworking community in Albuquerque, NM

2011-10-25 Thread Ann Kingman
The naming thing is proving to be a big challenge for us, too, but now at least we have a fun dinner-party story to go along with the challenge. The building's address is #81. We were going to call it Cowork81, and decorate with photos of the number 81 in various forms. Then we found out

[Coworking] Building community - lessons learned from Crossfit

2011-10-06 Thread Ann Kingman
their last pullup, cheering him on and encouraging him. So how can these things be applied in the coworking environment? Can they? Maybe Im way off base, but I feel the germ of an idea here -- I just don't have enough coworking experience to be able to apply the lessons learned. Thanks, Ann

Re: [Coworking] Re: Swipe card system for members

2011-06-16 Thread Ann Kingman
Alex, With almost 150 members, I would guess that there may almost always be someone on site. Is that the case? Though our space is not open yet, we are going back and forth on this idea. The real value in an automated system for us is that as a startup, we won't have many members for awhile. So

Re: [Coworking] rural coworking spaces?

2011-05-13 Thread Ann Kingman
out if there is need for it in the community. Ann Kingman, future space owner Attleboro, MA On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Mark W. Kidd m...@stardart.net wrote: Coworking may be distant kin to community canneries, which there are a few of in Southwest Virginia, USA. For a nominal fee you

Re: [Coworking] SharedDesks

2011-04-27 Thread Ann Kingman
won't use any of your work without asking permission -- I'm really just trying to brainstorm -- a story arc, the types of things to include, ideas for images, etc. Many thanks in advance, Ann Kingman Hopeful future spaceowner, Attleboro, MA -- You received this message because you are subscribed

[Coworking] Coworking presentations (Repost, used wrong subject line before)

2011-04-27 Thread Ann Kingman
. Many thanks in advance, Ann Kingman Hopeful future spaceowner, Attleboro, MA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email

Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking presentations (Repost, used wrong subject line before)

2011-04-27 Thread Ann Kingman
email me if you want the slides. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYd4eExukoE On Apr 27, 10:52 am, Ann Kingman annking...@gmail.com wrote: Apologies for the repost, but I failed to edit the subject line to reflect the change of topic when I sent this originally ... : Hi

Re: [Coworking] Member Management Program

2011-03-30 Thread Ann Kingman
My gym uses MindBodyOnline, and it seems to work well -- but I only see it from the customer's end, so I'm not sure what the backend looks like. I hadn't thought about it using it for coworking member management, but I will keep it in mind as we go forward with plans for our space. Ann Cowork508

Re: [Coworking] Re: Help name our coworking space!

2011-03-25 Thread Ann Kingman
PretzelWorks? (playing off of Reading is fun, but lends itself to major mispronounciations (it's prounounced Redding not Reeding) Ann Books on the Nightstand: illuminating conversation about books and reading http://www.booksonthenightstand.com On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 8:02 AM, rob obrien

Re: [Coworking] Launch Pad Prescott Blog

2011-02-27 Thread Ann Kingman
that you and your other founders have an already-demonstrated commitment to your community. That may be helpful to us as well, going forward, as we are hoping that our mayor and governmental officials will see the benefit of a coworking space in our city. Ann Kingman CoWork508 (just a concept

Re: [Coworking] Chairs

2011-02-26 Thread Ann Kingman
Thanks, PK - they are on my list, so I'm thrilled that you can vouch for them. That makes a huge difference. We did take a look at the Ikea office chairs, and felt that the ones that were comfortable and ergonomic enough were either too big or too small, and not inexpensive. We've got some time,

Re: [Coworking] Re: Chairs

2011-02-26 Thread Ann Kingman
at something. Opportunities appear as they are seized. :-) Jeannine On Feb 21, 10:53 pm, Ann Kingman annking...@gmail.com wrote: We're in the process of putting together a budget for the initial furnishing of our space. We are hung up on chairs. I think good office chairs are very

Re: [Coworking] Re: New list member from Massachusetts, planning to open space in future

2011-02-23 Thread Ann Kingman
experiences. Bill -- Partner, WorkBar Boston, 711 Atlantic Ave, Lower Level, Boston, MA 02111 On Feb 20, 10:23 pm, Ann Kingman annking...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, listserv. I've been reading this list for the past several months and decided to come out of lurk mode. My husband and I

Re: [Coworking] Re: Opening kleverdog coworking in Highland Park, CA

2011-02-23 Thread Ann Kingman
Oh, please don't take those conversations off-list! I hope to learn from all of you, and am keenly interested in systems, furnishings, pricing, etc. Ann CoWork508 Attleboro, MA On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 7:34 AM, Mojo Coworking cmca...@native-marketing.com wrote: Hi David, Mojo Coworking in

[Coworking] New list member from Massachusetts, planning to open space in future

2011-02-21 Thread Ann Kingman
and Tony, please do more). Thanks to all for the insights and information that you have posted. This list is a valuable resource. Ann Kingman Cowork508 Attleboro, MA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email

[Coworking] Re: Let's talk about coworking on Twitter?

2011-02-21 Thread Ann Kingman
Except that hashtgds will sometimes inspire someone to ask what is that? and give wider exposure to the coworking concept. Ann Kingman Cowork508 News of our coworking venture in Attleboro, MA coming soon On Feb 17, 3:06 pm, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote: I quite like this idea

[Coworking] Chairs

2011-02-21 Thread Ann Kingman
We're in the process of putting together a budget for the initial furnishing of our space. We are hung up on chairs. I think good office chairs are very important, and probably key for member retention. However, the cost of these chairs is freaking me out a bit. It's not so bad when you think

Re: [Coworking] Chairs

2011-02-21 Thread Ann Kingman
Thanks to all for your advice re: chairs. I've located a few office furniture liquidators in the Boston/Providence area and will be shopping around. I'm glad to hear that others have successfully conquered this problem. Best, Ann Kingman CoWork508 (in progress) Attleboro, MA -- You received