February 27 Coworking Convo: Staying Engaged and Inspired as a Community Builder
As you may know, I spent 20 years working in record stores. When I was at Streetlight Records in Santa Cruz, CA (where I spent
It’s time to reclaim the word coworking. Because somewhere along the way, it started to lose its meaning. Coworking became shorthand for flexible office space;
I was at a networking event recently, and the host kept talking about the community: how strong it was, how much they valued it, and
Growing up in Utah, most of my family was within an easy drive of each other. So for holidays, we would all go to grandma
Belonging is one of those things that’s hard to describe, but you know it when you feel it. So how can you assess (and increase)
In a recent Coworking Convo, we talked about how to re-engage your coworking ghosts: the people who stop coming in, don’t engage with anyone, hide
Updated October 15, 2025 Coworking, when done well, is a social capital supercharger. The word “capital” refers to assets or resources that can be used
This is a guest post by DeShawn Brown, CEO at Coworks, a software solution for today’s flex and coworking spaces. (And one of our amazing CJ
My thinking about community is evolving. Because I believe there’s something deeper than—yet intimately connected to—community, and that is a sense of belonging. Here’s what
This post was updated September 25, 2025 Of all the lessons the Covid era taught me, one of the most important is that weak social
Getting people to come to your events can be challenging. Your members like the idea of having events and programming, but they may not show
Dear coworking, You continue to impress, inspire, and lead the way into the future of work. The evolution of our industry from scrappy space operators
Updated 7/11/25 Heads up, friends: Coworking Day is right around the corner. This international holiday tends to sneak up on space operators. But you want
Coworking has a problem. We’re asking a lot of community managers and, in return, many of them are a few steps from burnout, if they’re
Years ago I was in Austin speaking at the Peers conference. At the afterparty I was chatting with an attendee who had tried coworking but
When someone visits your coworking space, what do you do with them? I imagine you do your best to make a good impression while you
On a recent Monday, the power went out in our whole neighborhood. Inside Kiln Park City, my home coworking space, you heard a collective “Noooo”
This is a guest post by DeShawn Brown, CEO at Coworks, a software solution for today’s flex and coworking spaces. (And one of our amazing CJ
I have had some big feelings this week and I have a confession to make: I questioned whether the work I do and everything I’ve
Updated Nov 11, 2024 Coworking isn’t the solution to our current loneliness epidemic. But it can be part of the solution. By providing people opportunities
Brand strategy best practices say you should “niche down until it hurts.” But let’s flip that. What if we niche down until it hits? Until
If your coworking community is limited to the people inside your space, you’re missing a huge opportunity. As a coworking space operator, the best thing
This morning at 8:45 a reminder pinged on my partner’s phone to register our resident 8-year-old for Lego Club at the local library. If she
Something cool is happening in the coworking world: A growing number of data nerds are nerding out on famously hard to track things, including the
A newish coworking space operator recently told me that she hadn’t heard of Coworking Convos. My immediate response was, “Oh, you have to come! You’ll love
One of the loneliest moments of my life was on a dancefloor, with hundreds of other humans. It was New Year’s Eve sometime during my
I’m a recovering impatient person, so keeping this project under wraps has been super challenging, but I can finally share the news: I wrote a
GCUC Salt Lake City is right around the corner and the lineup and participant lists are packed with industry all-stars. Not only will GCUC attendees
When I moved back to Utah after living in Santa Cruz, California for 28 years, I knew no one in the local business community. I
2023 has been an amazing year for coworking. The movement continues to grow, we’re recovering from pandemic challenges, we’re back in-person at our spaces and