Hi again, It's wonderful to see so many awesome panel proposals! I'm most likely going to be out of reach for about a week while I recover from a surgical procedure happening tomorrow (chronic sinus problems), so today I'm pushing as much content onto the group and panel picker as possible. Again, the nice thing about my panel is that it doesn't have to make the cut in order to help coworking. We can implement the concepts now, and make the panel more of a feedback session on how things are going, rather than the typical "oh wouldn't it be lovely" spiel. Here's my proposal:
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/4729 (short url: http://bit.ly/fedcopanel) - Federated Coworking: Working Smarter, Better, and Louder, Together Coworking typically involves providing spaces for independent creatives. From that perspective, the movement is doing very well, based upon the number of new spaces opening up and existing spaces reaching sustainability. It's my belief that there's large untapped opportunity in coworking spaces working together via shared services that will increase sustainability for members and space owners alike. These opportunities may best be served by non-profits or for-profits who collaborate with, but are not directly operated by, the spaces; in this way, space owners can focus on their individual community while leveraging services particularly tailored to the coworking movement. Check out the group thread for this panel for more information, as I'll be posting some examples of services that fit the federated coworking model on that page shortly. Please tweet about this panel and offer as much feedback as possible; this is about the community working together to create services from which the entire community may benefit. Thanks for everything that you do to make coworking successful, Chris Stewart --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---