Oh, we have that too. I keep encountering this notion that collaboration really means, *you pay me to do something and I talk to you about how I should do it*.
Sometimes people have to be led. With very concrete requests. Requests that have deadlines and are time limited. One of the better ways to do this is to have a project of some kind which benefits nobody in the coworking space, other than the space itself. Find a nonprofit and run a fundraiser for instance. Invite local artists to show their work in your space. Invite a local theater group to create and put on a show in your space. Give the proceeds to a nonproft. Sponsor a local music event, as a group. Small businesses never get the chance to do this, we don´t have enough money. But together, we might. The choice is ultimately up to the coworkers really, but I have to say that I had to start by picking one myself and then being very vague about how they were chosen. Then ask people to help. With discrete tasks, related to their work. It is a good bit of work in the beginneng. But then it starts to go by itself. On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 12:23:51 PM UTC+2, Cyryl Kwaśniewski wrote: > > W dniu wtorek, 25 września 2012 03:24:08 UTC+2 użytkownik Alex Hillman > napisał: >> >> I loved this, was worth the struggle to hear :) One thing you might >> think about tweaking is to invite people to also believe in coworking, >> rather than tell them to. >> >> *"You buy the jelly beans, I'll eat them."* >> >> This is one of the best illustrations of how people misunderstand >> collaboration & cooperation I've ever heard. I'll be stealing it, with >> attribution. >> >> *"Being a part of it."* >> * >> * >> One of our members at Indy Hall (he's only been there for 4 months or so) >> has started using similar language to describe our community to others. He >> specifically says, "you can be a part of it." It was amazing to hear him >> say that out loud the first time. >> >> Similarly, there's something really powerful with painting a vivid >> picture of a belief. To lift a line from Simon Sinek, "Martin Luther King >> didn't give a famous speech where he said 'I have a plan', he gave a famous >> speech where he said 'I have a dream'". It's a powerful way to gather >> momentum for member growth, so long as the thing you believe in is >> something that they believe in, too. >> > > The problem I experienced with any community where I live is that everyone > subscribes to dreams, but when something has to be done, it takes a huge > lot of effort and energy to make people realize that they need to > participate, otherwise it's just leeching. Is that problem addressed in > those community building resources? > > Does the picture serve to communicate the added value of coworking to > people? > > >> >> On the sponsors & donors side, you will likely need you to get more >> concrete with what they're "being a part of" as a sponsor. Better yet, you >> may want to marry their sponsorship dollars with some more active form of >> participation, since that's what your community *really* values. >> > > I live in quite a different region of the world. What value of sponsoring > a coworking space would you advertise to the sponsors to encourage them? > Please mind that we here are technologically on the bleeding edge. Working > culture, however, is at 4 years ago as compared to what you developed in > the US. So, the coworking is not a really hot topic yet. I want to change > that ;) > > -- >> /ah >> indyhall.org >> coworking in philadelphia >> building a community? http://masterclass.indyhall.org >> >> On Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Shenoa Lawrence wrote: >> >> I was asked to put together a presentation for a barcamp over the weekend >> called "I Believe in Coworking, and So Do You." >> https://vimeo.com/49987779 >> (sorry for the quiet audio) >> >> The audience was mostly peers, with some experienced coworking folks and >> others new to the idea. I kept it casual and intimate because I thought >> that worked well for this crowd. It went well, and I'm thinking about >> adapting it for a few different purposes. We're fundraising (non-profit) >> and also reaching out to other organizations in the community to find good >> connections that will help us grow our membership and events programs. I'm >> curious about any feedback folks might want to give on how I can best >> accomplish that. I'm very comfortable talking to my peers and potential >> coworkers, but less so to sponsors and business orgs. >> >> Pointers and critiques very welcome! >> >> Side note for Susan at Office Nomads: There's folks from other coworking >> spaces in our audience, and some of the discussion afterwards leads me to >> think we'd benefit from a local coworking association (IE: Coworking Field >> Day, FTW!). 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