[Coworking] Re: To Build out or not to build out?

[Jensen Yancey]

Your mileage may vary, but we got absolutely no response from any kind of 
value added feature we tried to build in to coworking. There are definitely 
businesses that have built coworking around a specific feature (like Weld 
in Dallas, which has a very nice photography/video studio available for 
it's members) but IMO, the only people who are really concerned with built 
in features are the ones looking for higher end coworking. We're at a 
fairly low price point for the area, and our members/leads are pretty much 
only interested in location, atmosphere, price, and if they have a place to 
take phone calls.

On Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at 5:52:42 PM UTC-5, Jennifer Kready wrote:
>
> I'm considering real estate (for lease) in Round Rock, north of Austin 
> (basically just up the road)  Most options are professional office suites 
> styles and some come with a large open space, ideal for open desking, but 
> none are just right which has me question: is it better to build out first 
> or hear what the members want, see how they use the space and build out 
> later? (knowing that causes an imposition). Not all landlords offer tenant 
> improvement dollars or concessions otherwise.
>
> Is this a case of the Henry Ford question, "If you asked people what they 
> wanted, they'd want faster horses?"  Considering that this community 
> doesn't have coworking, yet.  Am I the one to 'teach' them how to cowork 
> through the use of space, services, and community?
>
> Can a cowork take root and move forward in a space that looks like a 
> 'traditional' office space, but offers a completely different experience? 
>  Do walls keep the community from forming successfully? Could a community 
> room offer the collective space although each office would have 4 desks per 
> (most are overly large offices)?
>
> Mostly I'm concerned that I build in a conference room and no one really 
> needs/uses it.  I build in an audio studio and no one needs/uses it.  I 
> have local area alternatives for these needs that I can purchase and pass 
> on to the members at a discount and/or value add. 
>
> Thank you for your thoughts.
>
> Jen
>
>
>
>

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[Coworking] CoWorking for Artists.

[Gaby Garcia Periche]

Hello!

I would like to know how can I start a Coworking space for artists in my 
country. Would it be a company?

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[Coworking] Co-Working Planning Stage Research

[Arjun Veer Chadha]

I want to do a research to plan my own co-working space. 

Want to take decisions on Location, Interest in Co-working space, Projected 
Footfalls of Prospective Co-workers, Services and Facilities expected by 
the interested co-worker.

All advice and resources are welcome.


Would love to see a Questionnaire or get advice from you guys on channels 
to conduct the survey on (Read... Social, Local Sample Based Primary Survey 
and/or Groups/Networks I should reach out to with my questionnaire)

Best,
Arjun Veer chadha
+91 9910075891

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[Coworking] Slack for Coworking

[Gregory St. Fort]

Hey everyone! My name is Greg, I am the executive director of 100state, a 
200+ member coworking community in Madison, WI. Has anyone used slack for 
internal communications with members? 

Also I have been following these discussions and wondered if anyone would 
be interested in joining a slack group about coworking. similar to this 
google group. 

- 
Gregory St. Fort
www.100state.com

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Re: [Coworking] Slack for Coworking

[Alex Hillman]

*Slack has been a huge boon for our community.* We've used online chat at
various stages of our community, including before we had our own dedicated
space. Slack is, hands down, the best we've ever had.

With that said, it's important to remember that you're not going to get
100% participation. In my experience - not just with Indy Hall but other
spaces I've worked with - you can expect 10-25% of your community to be
active in Slack at any give time.

It's a great way for members to connect, especially ones who aren't in the
space every day. 60% of our members are in our space less than once a
month, and Slack helps with that a LOT.

We have over 60 member-generated channels, from #overheardatthehall to
#music to #design to #devs to #happy-hour to #indyhall-arts to
#photshopfriday.




Last year we started an #indyhallops channel to open up some of the
space-related operations discussion, and it's been an amazing way to show
members what goes on "under the hood" and a great onramp for people who
want to pitch in a little bit more. We still have a private #staffroom,
too, but an incredible amount of things get handled in #indyhallops by
members without our team even needing to get involved other than to say
thank you.

At the end of the day, we think of Slack as a first class "gathering
place", just like our coworking space. A lot of our members primarily
interact with each other online.

*But since Slack only reaches a small % of the community, be careful about
forgetting the people who aren't in Slack. *Lots of messages get missed.
Treating it like a formal announcement channel can lead to major
miscommunications. We especially make it a point to remind members to share
and connect outside of Slack as well, lest it become a disconnected silo
from the rest of the community.

For what it's worth, Slack might be our most "active" place for
conversations online but our email discussion list, powered by GroupBuzz
, has 75%+ active participation. We combine the two -
new GB posts actually get posted automatically into Slack - and have been
able to keep the vast majority of our community in touch regardless of
where they are.

 Also I have been following these discussions and wondered if anyone would
> be interested in joining a slack group about coworking. similar to this
> google group.


Some folks on this list have already started one of these! I've copied in
Melissa Geissinger, who I think is modding among others. :)

-Alex


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On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 3:44 PM, Cédric Bousmanne  wrote:

> Hi Greg
>
> Le mardi 15 sept. 2015 à 19:32, Gregory St. Fort  a
> écrit :
>
>> Hey everyone! My name is Greg, I am the executive director of 100state, a
>> 200+ member coworking community in Madison, WI. Has anyone used slack for
>> internal communications with members?
>>
> ​
> ​I'm planning to use it too, but our coworking space is not open yet. I'd
> be interested in having feedback too.
>
>
>>
>> Also I have been following these discussions and wondered if anyone would
>> be interested in joining a slack group about coworking. similar to this
>> google group.
>>
> ​
> ​I would ! Please keep me informed
>
>
>>
>> -
>> Gregory St. Fort
>> www.100state.com
>>
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Re: [Coworking] Slack for Coworking

[Tony Bacigalupo]

Hi Gregory & all! Invite yourself to the Coworking Leadership Slack group
here: http://opencoworking.org/slack


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On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 2:07 PM, Alex Hillman 
wrote:

> *Slack has been a huge boon for our community.* We've used online chat at
> various stages of our community, including before we had our own dedicated
> space. Slack is, hands down, the best we've ever had.
>
> With that said, it's important to remember that you're not going to get
> 100% participation. In my experience - not just with Indy Hall but other
> spaces I've worked with - you can expect 10-25% of your community to be
> active in Slack at any give time.
>
> It's a great way for members to connect, especially ones who aren't in the
> space every day. 60% of our members are in our space less than once a
> month, and Slack helps with that a LOT.
>
> We have over 60 member-generated channels, from #overheardatthehall to
> #music to #design to #devs to #happy-hour to #indyhall-arts to
> #photshopfriday.
>
>
>
>
> Last year we started an #indyhallops channel to open up some of the
> space-related operations discussion, and it's been an amazing way to show
> members what goes on "under the hood" and a great onramp for people who
> want to pitch in a little bit more. We still have a private #staffroom,
> too, but an incredible amount of things get handled in #indyhallops by
> members without our team even needing to get involved other than to say
> thank you.
>
> At the end of the day, we think of Slack as a first class "gathering
> place", just like our coworking space. A lot of our members primarily
> interact with each other online.
>
> *But since Slack only reaches a small % of the community, be careful about
> forgetting the people who aren't in Slack. *Lots of messages get missed.
> Treating it like a formal announcement channel can lead to major
> miscommunications. We especially make it a point to remind members to share
> and connect outside of Slack as well, lest it become a disconnected silo
> from the rest of the community.
>
> For what it's worth, Slack might be our most "active" place for
> conversations online but our email discussion list, powered by GroupBuzz
> , has 75%+ active participation. We combine the two
> - new GB posts actually get posted automatically into Slack - and have been
> able to keep the vast majority of our community in touch regardless of
> where they are.
>
>  Also I have been following these discussions and wondered if anyone would
>> be interested in joining a slack group about coworking. similar to this
>> google group.
>
>
> Some folks on this list have already started one of these! I've copied in
> Melissa Geissinger, who I think is modding among others. :)
>
> -Alex
>
>
> --
> *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.*
> Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com
> Listen to the podcast: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/podcast
>
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 3:44 PM, Cédric Bousmanne 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Greg
>>
>> Le mardi 15 sept. 2015 à 19:32, Gregory St. Fort  a
>> écrit :
>>
>>> Hey everyone! My name is Greg, I am the executive director of 100state,
>>> a 200+ member coworking community in Madison, WI. Has anyone used slack for
>>> internal communications with members?
>>>
>> ​
>> ​I'm planning to use it too, but our coworking space is not open yet. I'd
>> be interested in having feedback too.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Also I have been following these discussions and wondered if anyone
>>> would be interested in joining a slack group about coworking. similar to
>>> this google group.
>>>
>> ​
>> ​I would ! Please keep me informed
>>
>>
>>>
>>> -
>>> Gregory St. Fort
>>> www.100state.com
>>>
>>> --
>>> Visit this forum on the web at 

Re: [Coworking] Slack for Coworking

[Cédric Bousmanne]

Hi Greg


Le mardi 15 sept. 2015 à 19:32, Gregory St. Fort  a écrit :

Hey everyone! My name is Greg, I am the executive director of 100state, a 200+ 
member coworking community in Madison, WI. Has anyone used slack for internal 
communications with members? 





​

​I'm planning to use it too, but our coworking space is not open yet. I'd be 
interested in having feedback too.






Also I have been following these discussions and wondered if anyone would be 
interested in joining a slack group about coworking. similar to this google 
group. 








​

​I would ! Please keep me informed 







- 

Gregory St. Fort

www.100state.com








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