Thanks Trevor! That helps me a lot. Have a good one! On Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at 5:11:50 AM UTC-7, Trevor Twining wrote: > > Sure, Jen. I’m happy to! > > > A group is closed once it forms. In ours we all put some money up front > ($200). If you’re late twice, your money is gone. At the end of the term > (ours was one year), you either distribute it back, continue on another > term, or do something fun with it. > > A new member could join a mastermind if it is starting a new term. The MM > group needs to build trust within its membership. There’s a lot being > shared in these meetings. > > Our self-led group meets once a month. I’m aware of some who meet > bi-weekly. Given the intensity, I don’t think it would be common to meet > weekly. > > We have five members in our group. Each member gets 30 minutes to talk > about whatever they want. The other members listen, ask questions, offer > advice and, most importantly I think, call out BS when it pops up. This is > why you need to build trust in the group; it can sometimes feel really > uncomfortable to get called on language or thinking that’s holding you back. > > -------------------------------------------- > Trevor Twining > Cowork Niagara > http://coworkniagara.com > Home of Niagara’s independent workforce > twitter: @coworkniagara, @trevortwining > > > > > On Mar 7, 2016, at 7:01 PM, Jen Thoemke <j...@connectsworkspace.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > > Hi Trevor, > > Thanks for your insights! I have been wanting to start a mastermind group > at my coworking space; Connects Workspace in Golden, Co but am a little > stuck as to the best way to go about it. Can you add a little more detail? > > -Once you start a group is it closed? or do you allow new members to join > existing groups? How often do you meet? How many are in a group? How > much do you monitor the group or do you let them self lead? > > Any insights would be greatly appreciated! > > Jen > > On Monday, March 7, 2016 at 9:20:42 AM UTC-7, Trevor Twining wrote: >> >> We have a few things that we do in this regard: >> >> 1) It is accepted custom that when someone is stuck, they can just >> announce their impediment to the room. Those who are able to hear can >> decide if they are able to offer assistance/advice. >> >> 2) We run regular mastermind groups out of the space (it’s also been >> another way to introduce people to our community and start them down the >> path to adoption). These are great places for building strong >> accountability structures between groups. >> >> 3) Our regular BizTricks meetups encourage people to share things that >> are working for them in their personal practice. >> >> 4) Many of us have accountability partners within the space. >> >> 5) We have an end-of-week celebration where we vent, cheer, feast and >> drink (alcohol and non-alcohol). We call it Fuck-it Friday, and it’s the >> highlight of many people’s weeks. >> >> There’s also many other moments throughout the day where this sort of >> teamwork is modelled. We’re home of Niagara’s independent workforce; we >> decided to look out for each other because nobody else was going to do it >> for us. That mindset needs to run through everything we do in order for >> people to believe it. I think we do a pretty good job of it, but it >> requires constant effort to maintain. >> >> So my advice? If you really want to build this type of togetherness or >> team culture, then you just start doing it. Find ways to be together. And >> let everyone contribute to what it looks like. Do it consistently. Over >> time, it will transform your space and the people in it. >> >> -------------------------------------------- >> Trevor Twining >> Cowork Niagara >> http://coworkniagara.com >> Home of Niagara’s independent workforce >> twitter: @coworkniagara, @trevortwining >> cel: 416-201-2254 >> >> >> >> >> On Mar 7, 2016, at 10:01 AM, Tony Bacigalupo <tonybac...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> This is something I've been looking at for a long time. >> >> It seems coworking spaces tend to start off with a lot of momentum, with >> members really engaged and excited, but then over time culture erodes into >> a state where people tend to just walk in, put on their headphones, and go >> to work. >> >> Getting members to participate becomes an increasingly challenging slog. >> >> One solution, as has been discussed here in the past, is to develop a >> culture of empowerment and encouragement, whereby all community members >> feel like the space is theirs to build together. Alex writes well about it >> here >> <http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2014/04/community-management-tummling-a-tale-of-two-mindsets/> >> . >> >> To build on that, I have been experimenting with adding a layer of >> intention to the average workday, harkening back to Brad Neuberg's original >> vision. >> >> Part of what members look for in coworking is a sense of structure and >> accountability, two critical things that you have in a typical office but >> don't get when you work for yourself from home. Coworking spaces satisfy >> these needs, but only implicitly and partially. >> >> When I've worked with spaces to provide that more explicitly, through >> some simple group goal-setting and accountability programs, the results >> have been spectacular. For people who don't actually work for the same >> company to act more like a team, they need a shared context in which they >> can feel like they're helping each other succeed and grow. >> >> I discovered that people sometimes just need clear boundaries and a safe >> space to open up about what they're doing. Once they have a chance to build >> genuine connections and a sense of shared mission within that framework, >> good things start happening fast. >> >> Happy to discuss more about this topic if you'd like! >> >> Tony >> *---* >> *Projects: New Work Cities <http://nwc.co/consulting> • Open Coworking >> <http://opencoworking.org/>* >> *eBook: No More Sink Full of Mugs <http://nwc.co/mugs>* >> *Connect: Personal site <http://tonybacigalupo.com/> • Twitter >> <http://twitter.com/tonybgoode> • Facebook >> <http://facebook.com/tonybacigalupo>* >> *New: Preorder the Ultimate Coworking Toolkit >> <http://nwc.co/consulting/toolkit>* >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 9:29 PM, Elizabeth Trice <lizt...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I'm interested in building higher level engagement of members, and have >>> been thinking about more team-building, orientation training, and other >>> systems to help individuals work more like a team. 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