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It’s not Coworking if: you’re renting desks

coworking
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If you’re renting desks via leases instead of cultivating community via memberships, it’s not coworking.

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First three steps to build your community

community
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I think I’ve identified three distinct phases to a community marketing plan.

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Openness and Transparency

business
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Two words that have been bastardized into near meaninglessness (or at least misunderstanding) by marketing drones. Thank goodness Tara Hunt, in her brand new book (just released today!) “The Whuffie Factor“, has this to say:

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Important! – Membership Drive for Monday March 9th: IndyHall v2.0

community
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As you may have heard by now, we’re considering moving IndyHall into a new, larger office on the other side of Market Street, 20-22 N. 3rd St.

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3 Guidelines for Business you can learn from Who’s Line is it Anyway

business
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Last night I was at National Mechanics for the PANMA spring social, and fashionably late as usual. That didn’t keep me from staying late and having some great discussions. One of them was with Aaron “Shaggy” Hoffer-Perkins. Shaggy (best nickname ever. jinkies.) is a partner in...

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Beehive Baltimore Coworking opens February 2nd with 25 members.

coworking
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Congratulations to Dave Troy, Newt Fowler, and the whole Baltimore community for what might be one of the fastest paced “call to action” to “space openings” I know about.

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IndyHall part of the feature in Philly Weekly

coworking
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IndyHall and a number of other (but hardly all) of the members of the fabulous geek scene we’ve been a part of over the last 2 years got a really great FRONT PAGE feature in this week’s Philadelphia Weekly.

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Excuse me, waiter, there’s a starfish in my Chinese food.

business
2 minute read

A new food->coworking metaphor just showed up in my feed reader. New York Times food reporter Jennier 8. Lee gave the presentation above at Taste32008 conference, a partner program to the TED event.

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What I learned from watching Harvey Milk: A Roadmap for Community Organizing

community
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“My name is Harvey Milk, and I’m here to recruit you” That’s a war cry, if I ever heard one. Over the weekend, I sat down to watch Milk, a documentary about the life story of Harvey Milk as the first openly gay public official.

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Geeks who Give – Philly’s Tech and Creative Community band together for Philabundance

community
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How far we have come. There was a time where I was stepping out into the world and despite the quality of the industry connections I did have, I felt very alone. I longed for a scene. Not the San Francisco tech scene. Not the New York tech scene. I longed for a scene that embr...

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Freelancer Client Services Pro-tip: Be on the Communication Offensive

business
3 minute read

I’ve communicated with a lot of professionals in my short career. I’ve also spent most of my career working virtually, so I’ve got increasingly good at communicating. In some ways, my policy has become to over communicate.

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Does coworking have a hyphen?

coworking
2 minute read

Some would say, “Tomato, Tomato, Potato, Potato, Let’s call the whole thing off”.

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so everybody can win

elsewhere
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I’ve been talking to a lot of people about the weird spot I’m in, career wise.

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doing something better

elsewhere
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In my last post (just a few hours ago, I know), I mentioned how I was most fulfilled when I was doing.

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I know I'm transitioning, but I'm not sure what to

elsewhere
4 minute read

I’ve spent some time catching up on videos from FOWA London 08, including highlights of some of my good friends giving really great presentations about things that they believe in and think are important.

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you’re only screwed if you suck

business
3 minute read

I hate to add to the droves and droves of commentary and confusion around the fact that our economy is, well, not doing so well.

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how long can organic communities self-moderate?

community
3 minute read

I’ve been involved in a lot of talk recently about community building versus community development, or even community design.

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Rant: Coworking vs. Incubator

coworking
5 minute read

Recently on the coworking list, the “what is coworking” debate has flared up again, this time comparing it to an incubator.

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the importance of a clubhouse

coworking
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This past weekend we celebrated the one year anniversary of IndyHall’s grand opening. I’ve been making it a point to clearly define what we were celebrating, for a reason. At our party, I added some clarity to the point.

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don’t miss this weekend

community
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This is the weekend to end all weekends.

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