Re: [Coworking] Building a community

[Alex Hillman]

Deskmag just published a piece on this topic: 

http://www.deskmag.com/en/community-building-tips-before-opening-a-space

-Alex

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On Saturday, July 7, 2012 at 12:23 AM, Alex Sante wrote:

Hello everyone,

I'm new to the group, and I am fascinated by the co-working movement.  I am also interested in starting one locally in South Florida.  I've read numerous articles, and most of them suggest building a community before attempting to open a location, which makes sense of course, but how exactly does one go about doing that?

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[Tony Bacigalupo]

Short answer: Start making lots of friends. 

Medium answer: Go to places where people gather and get to know them as people. Organize events of your own around things you are interested in. Ensure there is beer nearby.

Long answer: http://deskmag.com/en/community-building-tips-before-opening-a-space

[Alex Sante]

Thanks for the link.  I just finished reading the article, and it was full of nuggets of information. 

[Frauke Godat]

And here some processes to build community (the global The Hub network uses hosting as an operating system to build, support and innovate with the community): http://www.deskmag.com/en/how-to-be-a-good-host-165

Best,

Frauke

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