Thanks to Jerome, Adrian, and Jacob for your suggestions! I thought I'd follow up and share with the group what ended up being our tool of choice: Parklet.
I looked at Simpler.co, Cobot, Nexudus, Mobilize.is, Dovetail.io, Memberful, and probably others I can't recall right now. We already have great tools to manage the prospective leads cycle, internal chatter, billing, and conference room booking. In the end, I didn't want a tool that replaced all those tools - while that seems a nice and streamlined ideal, I'm too invested in my other services and like them too much to consolidate at this time. If I were just starting out, I'd likely choose a more full-service or coworking-specific solve as some of these promise, but this is where we are today. It might also be important to note that we only offer dedicated desks, so it's a consistent group of people with comparatively low turnover, I have specific billing requirements (ACH only, no credit card), and other parameters that made the robust feature set of these tools a less-aligned fit for us in the end. Parklet turned out to be a beautifully-designed solve for the last two issues I was needing tools for - onboarding and directory - that felt visually similar to our aesthetic, had good customization options, and a helpful product team behind it. If you're interested in checking it out, please tell Greg Smith I sent you: g...@parklet.co Thanks! Lisa Anne General Manager Hattery On Saturday, August 30, 2014 6:44:16 PM UTC-7, Lisa Anne Logan wrote: > > Such a fun project for a Saturday night, right?! > > Trying to solve 2 problems for my coworking space. > > > *Problem #1:* > I need some sort of member management tool to track the ~50 tasks I do for > each new resident's onboarding and later offboarding. The spreadsheet I've > kept to date for this is now just too unwieldy. > > *Problem #2:* > I'd love some sort of internal directory, where people could create > profiles (which company they're with, role, personal interests, photos, > etc.). Just something light to facilitate more interaction between people > sharing a space but not actual work projects. > > *Solutions:* > I've heard of Simper (just requested an invite) and Parklet (appears to be > good). Is there anything else I should consider to tackle one or both of > these problems? What about any more robust membership management tools > (integrating billing, etc.)? > > Thanks all, > LA > > Lisa Anne Logan > Director of Marketing and Operations > Hattery > > l...@hattery.com > 415.205.5325 > > > > -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
