My Top 10 Moments from GCUC 2019 (a Completely Biased Account)
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
March Convo: Attracting Office Members to Your Coworking Space
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
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
Remote work looks great from the outside. You get to work from home; you can be a digital nomad wandering the world with your laptop;
Last week, two people who know me well both expressed confusion as to what I’m up to with Coworking Content. Is it a business? Is
I say it all the time because it’s true: coworking has nothing to do with desks and wifi. If all you need is a place
Updated 1/7/2023 One of the most powerful aspects of content marketing is that it can be used for just about anything. Coworking spaces, dog walkers,
This week a small business owner said something that made me want to scream. We were chatting on the sidewalk in downtown Santa Cruz and
If you’re looped in to coworking circles, you likely heard the collective squeals of delight last week when the AP Stylebook announced it would no
I spend a lot of my time thinking about stories. What I’ve found is that they’re everywhere. We are, in no small way, collections of
Jennifer, one of our community managers at NextSpace Santa Cruz, gives great hugs. You know the type of bear hugs that make you feel like
How are you feeling right now? It’s a pretty simple question, but it’s also a powerful one. How often do we stop and check in
A couple of weeks ago, I was thinking about how many of my friends and colleagues struggle with overwhelm, anxiety and depression. So I posted
If I see another article about how open workspaces are bad, I’m going to scream. It’s a tired old conversation that we long ago laid
If you follow coworking on social media, you’ve likely see the news that WeWork is no longer paying for meat for its employees. As Fast
I received a record number of responses to last week’s Coworking Out Loud Newsletter, so I decided to republish it here. If you want to
Let’s do a little thought experiment. What would happen if you lost your coworking space? I mean the actual building, with all your cool interior
A recurring topic of conversation during my record store years was around that period in music history when blues and early R&B—styles created by black
I was recently chatting with a fellow Peers Conference attendee in Austin, Texas. We were at a post-event happy hour swapping stories about working alone,
I spent my first year coworking in the wrong space. The long-story-short is that it just wasn’t a good fit for me. I didn’t really
Note: The following was originally published in the Coworking Out Loud Newsletter. I received such an enthusiastic response that I decided to republish it here.
Bennett Roesch was a fabulous part of the NextSpace Santa Cruz coworking community. He was known for juggling in the common space, organizing group plank
This is less a blog post and more a question: How can coworking space operators, service providers and industry pros better include coworking space members
Each year, when the Global Coworking Survey comes around, I post all over social media that workspace operators, coworking members and everyone else should take
Loneliness is a huge problem. Despite our tech-connected world, people are alone and hungry for authentic connection. The problem is so serious and widespread that
Talking to coworking people about the importance of community is, as my dad would say, preaching to the choir. Most of us coworking professionals understand
Liz Elam has a unique, insider’s perspective on the global workspace industry. Executive producer of the Global Coworking Unconference Conference and owner of Link Coworking
Emergent Research and GCUC (Global Coworking Unconference Conference) just released their 2017-2022 Coworking Forecast. As usual, the annual forecast is full of interesting data and
The best way to predict the future of coworking is to share your experience in the Global Coworking Survey. The survey is open to space
I had an unpleasant realization recently. I was at a retreat with some of my coworking friends and we were talking about the importance of
A couple of years ago, digital marketing agency Heroic Search shared their top tips for marketing a coworking space. I wanted to delve deeper, so I asked some coworking