I mentioned on this group a few months ago that Emergent Research (my company) was considering conducting a research project on coworking. We are going forward with the project and started a few weeks ago.
The project details are on our new project blog - www.coworkinglabs.com, which is still very much in beta form and a work in progress:). We soft launched the project today with a post describing our plans on www.smallbizlabs.com. We are partnering with the non-profit think tank The Society for New Communcations Research (www.sncr.org) on this project. Our project plan includes two surveys. One of coworking owners/ facility managers and the other of coworking facility users. We also plan on creating a census of U.S. coworking facilities working cooperatively with other groups who are creating directories. We will also be conducting in-person and phone interviews. In terms of timing, we're developing the surveys - which will be as short and as simple as we can make them - and will field them this summer. We hope to have the research completed this fall. Our goals are: (1) develop a solid estimate of the size of the coworking market (facilities and users); (2) gain an understanding of how users view and use coworking facilities; (3) understand the roles social media and connective technologies play in coworking; (4) to make a stab at forecasting where coworking is going and its role in the future of work. As we get deeper into this work, our goals may change based on feedback, input from folks we interview and what we find interesting. For now I am just alerting the group to this work. As we get to the survey stage we will be reaching out and looking for help getting facility managers/owners and facility users to fill out our surveys. We will update this group as we progess. Thanks, Steve -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
