May 30 Coworking Convo: Turning Visitors into Members
Something very interesting is happening in coworking right now. People who have built a business around shared workspace now have no workspace. It forces the
Coworking was never about desks and wifi. I didn’t foresee a global pandemic being the catalyst to prove this to the world, but here we
Now is a great time to request press coverage for your coworking space. Your pivot to virtual coworking, your insights into work-from-home culture, and your
Your members are home. They may be scared, they may be overwhelmed and they may be isolated. Now is not the time to go into
Now is not the time to relax your content and community outreach. Now is the time to lean into your story, your purpose and your
Workspace news can be overwhelming. The industry side of the shared space sector makes a lot of noise about billion dollar valuations, grand spaces and
Every month, Action for Happiness creates a calendar of things to do to increase wellness, happiness and connection. The calendars are full cool ideas and
Like most people, I’ve had waves of frustration, fear and overwhelm about work, virus, future etc. Uncertainty is hard and my temptation is to overmanage,
A: Acceptance B: Breathe C: Create and collaborate D: Dig deep and distance yourself E: Engage with your people F: Focus on friendship G: Give
Late last year, I had an idea that wouldn’t leave me alone. I’m always on the lookout for ways to support coworking space operators—particularly with
Photojournalist Robert Capa used to say, “If your photographs aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.” Capa, who died in 1954, is considered one of
I really like Instagram Stories. But that’s a relatively new development. For a long time I didn’t get it, I didn’t really use it and,
It’s Saturday morning, I’m a pinch under the weather, and Shout and I are catching up on all the Kobe tributes. There’s a lot to
Passion can inspire us and it can drive us. But can it sustain us? If our business/space/project/company is sustained only by passion, what happens when
I read a lot of books. I kick back on the couch, flip on the reading light, and get lost between the pages. I’m usually
Time for some tough love: Stop thinking about content and create something today.
There’s an old saying in coworking circles that your competition is not other coworking spaces, but people working from their couch, or kitchen table, or…closet?
It’s Monday morning, I have a long-ass todo list, and I’m geared up to go into deep production mode between now and early-2020. But something
These two things are true: 1. Every Thursday I send out the Coworking Out Loud Newsletter. 2. Thanksgiving in the States is always on a
Women Who Cowork is changing the coworking game. What started as a blog post has grown into an international community of coworking space operators who
Last week, a woman at GCUC Canada told me the newsletter she sends out for her coworking space was, “the bane of her existence.” It
The last couple of months, I’ve been getting real with my Instagram marketing. I’m more active and more strategic on the platform and I’m spending
Still bathing in the afterglow of GCUC UK, I’ve readjusted back to Pacific time and have had a few days to let my London coworking
For Coworking Day 2018, I wrote an open letter to community managers. They are the heartbeat of coworking, they have an almost-impossible job, and they
What are you doing with your coworking space? What are you really doing? What would it look like if your space and community exceeded your
I’m obsessed with a song right now. I’m hesitant to tell you what it is because it’s a bit too on-the-nose, but the story falls
Have you ever had an idea for the greatest piece of content ever,
only to find that a few hours later you can’t remember what your great
idea was? It happens to me all the time.
I’m almost decompressed from a week in Denver, where the Women Who Cowork retreat, a workshop I taught on content and leadership, and GCUC USA
If you ever sit down at the computer with the intention of writing a post for your coworking blog and end up staring at a
Coworking makes us happier. We coworking lifers know this anecdotally, but there’s data to back it up. A study by Emergent Research and GCUC found