We moved 2 x in 3 years. Each time there was a lot of communication and excitement within the coworking community and each time we had almost 100% participation. One was a move upstairs to a bigger space. The last move was down the street to entire new building. We threw a party. We had 3 “Grand Openings!” Gotta milk it for it’s worth!
Chad Ballantyne 705.812.0689 c...@thecreativespace.ca Barrie's Coworking Community Perfect for small businesses, startups and entrepreneurs. 12 Dunlop St E, Barrie Ontario, L4M 1A3 Memberships start at $25/mth www.thecreativespace.ca <http://www.thecreativespace.ca/> 705-812-0689 <tel:705-812-0689> > On Feb 13, 2015, at 11:24 AM, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > "you want the members to be excited about the move and feel like it was their > move and not your move. The end result being that they're going to be the > ones excited about the new space, and that energy and excitement is going to > shine through when you get people coming through the door interested in > joining.” > > 1000000x this. > > There’s nothing worse than stressing yourself to the limit during a move AND > feeling like everybody hates you. :) > > ------------------ > The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself. > Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com > Listen to the podcast: http://listen.coworkingweekly.com > > > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 10:45 AM, Andy Soell <aso...@gmail.com > <mailto:aso...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > We went through a move in October of 2013 from our initial 450 square foot > space (!!) to a whopping 1500 square feet. Everything Angel said was right on > the money—make sure your utilities (most importantly Internet) are > overlapping in service so you have no downtime, and schedule the move over > the weekend. If you get your members on board to help out, the only expenses > you should incur are the pizza and beer, and possibly the moving truck. A few > of our members had pickup trucks, so we didn't even have to worry about that > part. > > If I could have changed one thing, it would have been thinking through the > layout a little better. We didn't put any planning into that, and just set up > desks wherever. It happened to work out ok, but we could have definitely laid > the space out better with a little initial planning. > > The big takeaway from those two points is this: get the members involved in > the move. Let them take ownership of it. This is for philosophical reasons > even more than the practical ones: you want the members to be excited about > the move and feel like it was their move and not your move. The end result > being that they're going to be the ones excited about the new space, and that > energy and excitement is going to shine through when you get people coming > through the door interested in joining. > > On Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 5:18:48 PM UTC-5, Jensen Yancey wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I'm curious to know if anyone on here has ever dealt with moving locations > and wouldn't mind talking a bit about it. If so, shoot me an email at > jensen...@gmail.com <applewebdata://DF18B962-2390-4C20-9780-86DFA2A3D201> > > Thanks! > > Jensen > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > <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 > <mailto:coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > <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 > <mailto:coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- 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.
