[Coworking] The Style Of Coworking…

2013-10-24 Thread Imran Ali
… I've just picked up a great new title *The Style Of Coworking *by Alice Davies http://alicesstudio.co.uk/, a kind of coffee table book of coworks around the world. Largely focussing on design, it's still a great compilation of spaces and their philosophies, but also shows that coworking is

[Coworking] Re: Local (coworking space) currency and Bitcoin

2013-10-24 Thread Eli Malinsky
Hi We have not done our own currency but its come up a dozen times. We've hesitated because we didn't want to treat 'niceties' as something that required/was worthy of 'payment'. We worried that it would make the vibe dependent on these currency exchanges. that said, we see a ton of benefits

[Coworking] Re: Local (coworking space) currency and Bitcoin

2013-10-24 Thread Cristina Santamarina
Hi Will, Interesting experiment, please keep us posted! Encouraging the members to give back to the community (even if it has some way of compensation) doesn't sound like a problem to me. Are you going to establish some kind of equivalences? Or will you give a fixed amount of LOLs to anyone

[Coworking] Co-working opportunity in Elst, The Netherlands

2013-10-24 Thread mail
Hi, we have a coworking opportunity in Elst, the Netherlands, which I just launched. Not sure if we do it in the way other people do, as we offer an all-in price with office furniture, Mutual canteen and meeting room and internet access. Can anyone tell me if this is normal or too much ?

[Coworking] Ideas for Facilitating Coworker Mingling?

2013-10-24 Thread Kate Catlin
Hey Coworking group - First of all, thanks for being awesome! I'm the Community Manager of a new coworking space called Grand Circus (grandcircus.co) in the heart of downtown Detroit. We've got floor to ceiling windows, the perfect proximity to coffee shops and cafes, and we're now one of

[Coworking] Re: Conducting Research on Coworking in Southern California

2013-10-24 Thread Remy C
Hi You could join this group https://www.facebook.com/groups/544352345654377/that deskmag has just launched last days here. It is part of a bigger projecthttp://www.kisskissbankbank.com/the-new-deskmagto gather all works on coworking and help start new ones. All the best, Le mardi 8

Re: [Coworking] Ideas for Facilitating Coworker Mingling?

2013-10-24 Thread Alex Hillman
It sounds to me like your tenants came to rent a cheap office, not to participate in a community. This is hard to combat after the fact, but it's also a very common issue when a Coworking space is opened before a community is built.  Also, odds are that if you're thinking of them as

Re: [Coworking] Ideas for Facilitating Coworker Mingling?

2013-10-24 Thread rachel young
Hi, To clarify, do you want socialisation (fun events for them to attend and get to know one another) or do you want collaboration (working together on a project)? If you want socialisation, I'd suggest plugging away at some events, even recurring events so that they can see there are multiple

Re: [Coworking] Ideas for Facilitating Coworker Mingling?

2013-10-24 Thread Tony Bacigalupo
Kate, to build upon what Alex is saying, I'd suggest that you conduct an experiment that could give you some valuable insights. I call it the Coffee/Beer Strategy. To shift your mindset (and theirs!) from thinking of the people in your space as tenants and into a mindset of them as members, you