Interns for coworking

[jesse]

Hi Folks,

Citizen Space wants to offer an internship. We need help with
outreach, events, maintaining the space and participating/enhancing in
the overall energy here. I just read some of the past posts in this
group about intern experiences and also know that IndyHall, Parisoma
and some other space have/have had interns

Any tips or feedback as we move forward with this?

Some questions:
--One or two interns? Dynamism w/two?
--Paid, college credit, and/or providing a desk?
--Should the intern focus on coworking space projects should member
projects also be part of the experience?
--How has an intern been valuable for your space?
--College intern or not?
--Advertise through craiglsist, colleges, twitter, etc.
--How long did your internship last for?
--Anything else?

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jesse taggert-general manager
citizen space
425 second st, suite 100, san francisco, ca 94107
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[todd@c4workspace]

We did a semi-internship. Maybe more of an extern-ship. We were
thinking of a coworking manager and a friend was striking out on his
own. So we brought on our friend, Chris Godfrey. He did his own gigs
but swapped out a FT desk for graphics work and general stewardship
duties. Alas, we lost Chris to Rackspace a few weeks ago. Good for
him, not so good for us.

Rather than the traditional undergrad intern you might look for grad
students or career changers as interns.

Be aware that if they are doing it for credit you will have
responsibility to report back on their performance. There may be
paperwork involved. :-0

Good luck! Looking forward to hearing how it works!

Todd O'Neill
Catalyst/Partner
C4 Workspace
San Antonio TX

[mac fowler]

Hi Jesse - Thanks for starting this thread, we're in the same place
with The Factory and I was about to write the just about same post :)

We're trying starting to talk with some local universities to identify
someone that's a hospitality mgt undergrad but maybe a minor in
business as well. I don't want to put out just a general "we need an
intern" broadcast mainly because of the economy here in MI, but rather
want to get a handful of excellent referrals from professors and our
members.

I'm really curious what others have to say on the idea of one vs. two
interns and that "dynamisim" with two, as well as if any other spaces
had their members involved in the interview process or not?

-mac fowler
http://workthefactory.com
http://macfowler.com

[Scott Tillitt / BEAHIVE]

We also have a semi-internship/externship thing going at BEAHIVE. I had just put out a call late fall through our various channels and got a couple people interested in helping out in a very informal way.

One has been great. She lives in the next town and moved there from the city (NYC) last summer -- so she wanted to get involved in the local community. She also had her hours reduced at her real job -- a foreign policy advocacy group she co-founded (she has a Masters in Econ).

We really lucked out with her. She was coming in just one day a week, though, and lately has been doing some paid part-time census work -- so we miss her.

--One or two interns? Dynamism w/two?

2 could definitely work if you have the work for them.

--Paid, college credit, and/or providing a desk?

Ours is unpaid. We would do college credit but haven't had to yet. We provide a full-time shared membership (no perm desk), but it hasn't bee used.

--Should the intern focus on coworking space projects should member projects also be part of the experience?

I think member projects would be great and we plan to offer that in the right situation. We have interest from members. Still thinking of how to structure it -- and waiting to get someone with more time to dedicate. I've thought member project work could be paid by the members.

--Advertise through craiglsist, colleges, twitter, etc.

All of the above, but we didn't push the college thing much and our response reflected that. Ours came through our own community.

I just yesterday put out another call: http://beahivebeacon.com/interns.html

Good luck,

scott.

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