Re: [Coworking] Anyone been through a move?

[Jonathan Markwell]

When we moved 4.5 years ago we called it a weekend-long "comoving party".
It was loads of fun.

We were only moving a few hundred meters down the street. We had almost
enough people turn up to create a human chain passing tables and chairs
from the old space to the new.

I recommend a planning session at least a week before, probably a series of
them. We didn't and it made things much more stressful at times than it
could have been. Either way your members will help make sure that nothing
gets missed. Getting the internet connection ordered and installed as soon
as possible should be your top priority beyond that. It was impossible for
us to get a standard connection in the timeframe we had, we had to start
with a wireless solution instead.

Good luck! :)

On 13 February 2015 at 16:38, Chad Ballantyne 
wrote:

> 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
> 705-812-0689
>
> On Feb 13, 2015, at 11:24 AM, Alex Hillman 
> 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.”*
>
>  100x this.
>
> There’s nothing worse than stressing yourself to the limit during a move
> AND feeling like everybody hates you. :)
>
> --
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> On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 10:45 AM, Andy Soell  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
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Jensen
>>>
>>
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Re: [Coworking] Anyone been through a move?

[Jensen Yancey]

First off, I want to thank everyone so much for the replies, over the last 
month I've gone from thinking the impending move (it's not our choice, the 
building has been sold and we're being forced out) almost certainly meant 
that we were finished, to thinking that this is actually a huge opportunity 
for us, and a lot of that is because of this google group.  It's not ideal 
timing, but we've found a new location that I think will be even better 
than our current space, and a landlord who really believes in what we're 
doing.  The interesting thing is that it's a brand new building and if we 
sign on, it'll be built out to our specifications, so as soon as we're 
confirmed, I'm thinking we'll have an open house for the new members to 
talk about how they want it to be built out.

On Friday, February 13, 2015 at 10:38:37 AM UTC-6, creativespace wrote:
>
> 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
> ch...@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
> 705-812-0689
>  
> On Feb 13, 2015, at 11:24 AM, Alex Hillman  > 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.”*
>
>  100x 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  > 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 
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Jensen
>>>
>>  
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Re: [Coworking] Anyone been through a move?

[Chad Ballantyne]

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 
705-812-0689 
> On Feb 13, 2015, at 11:24 AM, Alex Hillman  
> 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.”
> 
> 100x 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  > 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 
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Jensen
> 
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[Coworking] Anyone been through a move?

[Jensen Yancey]

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.yan...@gmail.com

Thanks!

Jensen

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