Hey Susan and Fellow Group Members! I think these ideas are excellent and we should definitely pursue.
If anyone else has been cooking something up along these lines, let's get on a call and bounce them around. I am in NYC, if anyone wants to meet and discuss just let me know! At present we acquired a new domain and would love to turn this into an excellent coworking tool and sharing source. Stories on coworking.com are great. I know there are many more out there. We can all perhaps start with this discussion thread that way they are all down in writing. Let's start somewhere! Any and all - feel free to reach me direct with ideas and/or anything along these lines. Best, Nancy Y. Gonzalez Director, SoTechie Spaces 28 W. 39th St Suite 401 NY, NY 10018 tel. 3477629110 Visit Us <http://sotechiespaces.com/> @SoTechie <https://twitter.com/SoTechie> Like Us! <https://www.facebook.com/sotechiespaces> My Video <http://vimeo.com/54565249> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Susan Evans Dorsch <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Nancy & all! > > Oh man, how this topic brings up a project that I got really excited about > and then completely overwhelmed with a ways back. After the October 2011 > gathering in LA, the Coworking Awareness Group (which is a current google > group that is 100% inactive at the moment so I hesitate linking to it) > gathered together a few stories so that we could help shape the kind of > stories that were told in the media about coworking. The idea was that so > often writers tell the "how coworking saved me $X/month" or "the new > generation loves sharing their offices - isn't that adorable?!" stories, > when they should be telling stories about incredible collaborations, > accelerated serendipity, improved lives, and other fabulous aspects of > coworking that require a slightly deeper look. > > Aaaanyway, I have completely lost steam but would love to invite anyone > (or everyone!) to continue working on ways in which we can help the awesome > stories about coworking get told more broadly. I'm happy to hand over the > reigns of the project that we started and help in any way I can. > > OR, I'm happy to direct our efforts in a completely different way. > > What do you guys think? > > You can see some of the stories posted at coworking.com that we collected > (the "check out these stories" link), and know that there are several more > that we collected but didn't publish yet. > > Thankfully we have the fine folks at Deskmag telling stories that help > dive into the "why" and "how" of coworking in a more meaningful way, but > I'd love to see some of the depth of knowledge and conversation that we > have here in the Google Group and at our conferences picked up by the > larger media outlets once and a while. Mostly because I think you all are > awesome and should get the spotlight on ya every once and a while. :) > > S > (yes, it's still me! Susan Evans of Office Nomads, now Susan Dorsch of > Office Nomads) > > __ > Office Nomads > officenomads.com > 206-323-6500(o) > 206-484-5859(m) > > > > On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Nancy Yadira Gonzalez < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi All! >> >> As the Director of a coworking space in NYC, I am always interested in >> coworking stories. If you run a space or work at one, what do you love? >> what aren't you crazy about? >> >> What things would improve your coworking experience? >> >> Many of you might have done something similar for @GoodCoworking. But I >> feel this discussion will be great for those with extensive journal entries. >> >> Thanks! >> >> - - - - - - >> >> Ok, I'll go first: >> >> I love coworking at my space (SoTechie Spaces) because it gives me the >> opportunity to widen out with people not in my industry. We all have >> stories to share, at the water cooler, near the break room, after landing >> that great new client, all these are excellent times shared only while >> coworking. >> >> As the Director of a space I would say that the highlight of my day is >> when members that would otherwise have nothing to do with each other find >> some synergy. An example of this: one of my members is involved in a >> health business and another member has several businesses ranging from >> finance to the sciences. And here at my space they met and were connected. >> I once overheard one of them cheering on the other while in a bidding war >> on ebay. This is the great stuff that goes on when coworking! >> >> - - - - - - >> >> Looking forward to more stories :-) >> >> Nancy Y. 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