Re: [Coworking] Team building for members?

2016-03-08 Thread Jen Thoemke
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 t

Re: [Coworking] Team building for members?

2016-03-08 Thread Trevor Twining
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 cou

Re: [Coworking] Team building for members?

2016-03-07 Thread Jen Thoemke
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 m

Re: [Coworking] Team building for members?

2016-03-07 Thread Trevor Twining
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

Re: [Coworking] Team building for members?

2016-03-07 Thread Tony Bacigalupo
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 m

[Coworking] Team building for members?

2016-03-06 Thread Elizabeth Trice
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. What are the best practices ou t there? -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworkin