I was wondering what was going on with that :) The awkwardness came up when:
- Someone was there to check out a coworking space, but they didn't quite understand the difference, or were maybe interested in both spaces, or wanted us to explain why they should choose one over the other. - Sometimes when there were events geared towards one particular group and not the other - Communication between members of the different communities - Anything that might have had to do with one set of members paying a different rate than another set of members for essentially the same thing - Times when the host space's managers needed the visiting community's managers/members to adjust their behaviors, or vice versa. It's a little fuzzy at that point, but that's what I recall :-) Lots of stuff that's basically the same as what you'd encounter with roommates, just different :-) Tony On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 2:43 PM, Elaine Glowacki <[email protected]> wrote: > Tony, > > Thanks for answering so quickly. You might have suspected that I'm working > with Tiffanie Mark @ Matrix to start this relationship between our two > spaces, since you saw the same question on two different groups at the same > time - and provided us both with answers. Love coworkers! > > I agree with your advice about defining our community's vision and purpose > as separate from the other's, which actually has very similar values and > goals. This will be a good litmus test to see if we can in fact > differentiate ourselves. If we cannot - well that says something too! > > Would you comment on what was "awkward" at times? I know we can't > anticipate everything. Tiffanie is being really accommodating and > cooperative. But we want to make sure we are cooperative right back. > > Thanks again and congrats to you on the New Work new digs. I hope to visit > one day soon.. > > Elaine. > > On Friday, September 9, 2016 at 11:29:59 AM UTC-5, Tony Bacigalupo wrote: >> >> Hi Elaine! I moved my coworking space into another one for 4 months in >> between spaces. It was awkward at times, but in the end we both saved each >> other (they needed the rent, we needed a home). >> >> Ultimately, it's more about the culture than the space itself. If you >> define what your community's vision and purpose is, that should stand on >> its own. People can be attracted to participate in your vision, or someone >> else's, or both. >> >> If you do eventually move out of the space, you can maintain a strong >> collaborative relationship, so you're cross-promoting each other's efforts >> and continuing to build collective social capital among the both of you. >> >> But first thing's first: why are you here, and what is it that you want >> to create that's different from everything else out there? >> >> Tony >> *---* >> *New Work Cities <http://nwc.co/consulting> - Coworking consultancy & >> organizer network* >> *Open Coworking <http://opencoworking.org/> - The nonprofit that powers >> coworking.org <http://coworking.org>* >> [image: Inline image 8] <http://tonybacigalupo.com/>[image: >> http://twitter.com/tonybgoode] <http://twitter.com/tonybgoode>[image: >> http://facebook.com/tonybacigalupo] >> <http://facebook.com/tonybacigalupo>[image: >> http://linkedin.com/in/tonybacigalupo] >> <http://linkedin.com/in/tonybacigalupo> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 10:01 AM, Elaine Glowacki <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Anyone have experience incubating a coworking community *inside *your >>> space? I am owner of a fledgling community with values similar to the >>> coworking space we may be moving into as we grow. We need to figure out a >>> financial arrangement certainly, but any ideas on how we can maintain our >>> identity separate from the other at the same time promoting the strategic >>> alliance of sharing resources? >>> >>> Any ideas of how to approach this or questions we should be asking >>> ourselves? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> -- >>> 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 [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit 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 [email protected]. > For more options, visit 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
