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* What is a co-working community? | * What is a co-working community? | ||
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* What is it like to belong? Metaphor? | * What is it like to belong? Metaphor? | ||
| + | ** Live your values at work | ||
* What are the services? | * What are the services? | ||
| + | ** Place | ||
| + | *** Mailing address | ||
| + | *** Conference rooms | ||
| + | *** Cafe | ||
| + | *** Space that fits your moods and business needs ... together, alone, outside, inside, up, down, serious, play | ||
| + | *** Shared or dedicated work space | ||
| + | **** Shared table | ||
| + | **** Dedicated desk | ||
| + | **** Dedicated office | ||
| + | ** Commuting | ||
| + | *** Parking space | ||
| + | *** Bike storage...indoor + showers | ||
| + | ** Learning | ||
| + | *** Weekly learning sessions | ||
| + | *** Learning communities | ||
| + | *** Sustainability Library | ||
| + | **** Free research | ||
| + | ** Business Greenhouse Services | ||
| + | *** Green (3D)business design | ||
| + | *** Web-based business platform - website, collaboration, social networking, multi-media | ||
| + | *** Resource network for professional services - website, accounting, legal, marketing | ||
| + | *** Funding | ||
| + | *** Mentors ... relationships | ||
* What are the expectations for belonging? | * What are the expectations for belonging? | ||
| + | ** Foundationally | ||
| + | *** Love what they do | ||
| + | *** Heading north...shared values around sustainable communities, environments and economics | ||
| + | *** Learning and sharing ... going deeper and sharing the experience | ||
| + | *** Energy of the whole increases ... in it's many forms... symbiotic | ||
| + | ** Specifically | ||
| + | *** you join in to create sustainable operations at the Green Garage | ||
| + | **** no waste, low energy, carbon neutral, | ||
| + | *** do a chore | ||
| + | *** accountable for your energy usage, cover cost of space | ||
| + | *** collaborate with other businesses and Green Garage community services | ||
==== Who Belongs ==== | ==== Who Belongs ==== | ||
Latest revision as of 11:00, 4 March 2011
return Co-working Community Design Center
FAQ's
Important Background
- What is this place?
- Why are you doing this?
- What is a co-working community?
Why Belong
- What is it like to belong? Metaphor?
- Live your values at work
- What are the services?
- Place
- Mailing address
- Conference rooms
- Cafe
- Space that fits your moods and business needs ... together, alone, outside, inside, up, down, serious, play
- Shared or dedicated work space
- Shared table
- Dedicated desk
- Dedicated office
- Commuting
- Parking space
- Bike storage...indoor + showers
- Learning
- Weekly learning sessions
- Learning communities
- Sustainability Library
- Free research
- Business Greenhouse Services
- Green (3D)business design
- Web-based business platform - website, collaboration, social networking, multi-media
- Resource network for professional services - website, accounting, legal, marketing
- Funding
- Mentors ... relationships
- Place
- What are the expectations for belonging?
- Foundationally
- Love what they do
- Heading north...shared values around sustainable communities, environments and economics
- Learning and sharing ... going deeper and sharing the experience
- Energy of the whole increases ... in it's many forms... symbiotic
- Specifically
- you join in to create sustainable operations at the Green Garage
- no waste, low energy, carbon neutral,
- do a chore
- accountable for your energy usage, cover cost of space
- collaborate with other businesses and Green Garage community services
- you join in to create sustainable operations at the Green Garage
- Foundationally
Who Belongs
- Who can belong?
- Who would I be working with?
- How green does my business need to be?
- Do you need to be a start-up? Can I be a current small business?
- Are there different ways to belong?
How does it Work
- Are you renting space? Leasing?
- What's it worth to you?
- What go I get out of this?
- How long can I stay in the building?
- Can this change? How can we change it?
- How do resolve conflicts in the group?
- How do I leave the green garage?
- How are decisions made?
- How can I join the co-working community?
- Where does the money go?
