Community, by nature, isn't something that can be forced. It's something you can help cultivate and grow, but like a flower, It has to do the growing on its own.
I'm wondering if you know what exactly about idea of "community" is the owner against, and what do they want instead? What is the owners' goals and motivations? I suspect that will provide a much better answer than any alternatives to community. -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia Got Community? http://masterclass.indyhall.org On Jan 2, 2013, at 7:25 PM, Marie <christine.bhat...@thirdworkplace.com> wrote: > I know that the key to user growth is community but I often come across a > problem where the owner doesn't want to force community on our members. I > really want to bring in more customers and have them engage so that they look > forward to coming to work at our location but the top is against any > community building idea I bring up. > > How am I going to bring in more people (besides the regular marketing > efforts) if I cannot establish a core community? We have regulars but I am > referring to collaboration, a networking board and other ways to grow a > community. > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.