Invest in your community manager and into your community.
People Matter Over 60% of coworkers come from working from home (DeskMag). They are perfectly capable of working from home, but come to cowork because of the human interaction, the friendships, and the serendipity that happens while coworking. All of these benefits are not caused by having amazing furniture, a cute secretary, or a state …Continue Reading
Community Manager Tip: Simple ways to create a coworking culture
Four ways to create a coworking culture: Open with a core group of members that believe in the coworking mission of creating a friendly workspace community. The group doesn’t have to be large, but your starting members will set the tone and atmosphere for the community. Design the space to encourage collaboration and conversations while …Continue Reading
Coworking is ripe for business centers: Three Reasons Why
Less than 20 years ago executive suites where were coworking is today; rapidly growing but trying to figure out how they fit in with the current work environment as technology and work culture rapidly changes. Here are three reasons why business centers are in a great position to grow with coworking. 1. Virtual office …Continue Reading
A brief history of coworking
How coworking got started: The Timeline 1999 ‘Coworking’ was first used in 1999 by Bernie DeKoven describing collaborative work supported by computer and new technologies of the day. 2005 Coworking, as we know it today involving a physical space, started in 2005 when Brad Neuberg used the term to describe a physical space where independent …Continue Reading
I talk with Confluence about Denver Coworks.
This article was originally posted on Conlfuence-Denver and written by Ivy Hughes. Denver is one of only five cities with a coworking coalition designed to promote its plethora of coworking spaces while also creating a vast coworking community. In December, Denver joined Seattle, Toronto, Boulder and Austin in its efforts to foster a tight group of freelancers via …Continue Reading
How your price structure affects your coworking culture.
As space owners and coworking catalyst we work hard to create a culture and community that we view best fits the individuals in the neighborhood and our current members. We take careful considerations of the design of the space, the amenities, and events that will be held there. But do we think about how the …Continue Reading
Why I don’t fear the VC backed coworking spaces.
This week the massive 30,000 sf.Galvanized Space opened in Denver with the backing of several VCs in the Front Range. They have lightly hugged the term coworking (they spell it as co-working), but are creating a space for the startup scene in the downtown area. They have private offices, permanent desks, and a hot desking …Continue Reading
Forced density helps create community
Creating a sense of community and camraderie when starting a coworking space is one of the greatest challenges. After having Creative Density opened for over a year and building a growing community of coworkers I realized one of the best moves was forcing people to work in close proximety at first. When I first started …Continue Reading
Quiet Zones: A growing differentiator.
Adult only showings in theaters are not what you’d expect anymore across the US. Don’t be surprised if you get ‘shhhhhed’ if you crinkle candy wrapper too loudly or tapped on the shoulder by turning on your cell phone. Adult only showings are no longer shunned into the dark neighbhorhoods with blacked out posters, but …Continue Reading
Collaboration Builds Awareness: The Coworking Passport in Toronto
I have long said that a coworking space’s competitors are not other coworking spaces but the lack of awareness. Rachael of Camaraderie in Toronto believes this as well and lead the creation of the Toronto Coworking Passport. The Toronto Coworking Passport is a collaborative effort of 7 coworking spaces to build awareness of the rapidly …Continue Reading
I am Craig Baute. I study trends, international cultures and their economies, and coworking. I founded Creative Density, the Denver Coworking Coalition, and a coworking space in Toronto since entering the coworking world in 2009. I am focused on helping space owners create amazing community workspaces, and helping small towns revive their downtowns through coworking.
'Important' facts: I wear flip-flops, eat a lot of cookies, and appreciate good high-fives.