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What to Expect at Next Week’s Workspace Design Show 2023!
by: Workspace Design Show With only a few days until The Workspace Design Show returns to London’s Business Design Centre, on 27-28 February 2023, here is a taste of what to expect. The show brings together striking features, a thought-provoking programme of talks featuring a whole host of speakers, from developers to architects and their blue-chip clients, along with accomplished exhibitors showcasing the latest workplace interiors innovations. All of this incredible content aligns perfectly w
How Have The Recent Societal Disruptions Transformed The Coworking Model?
Don’t miss the Coworking Symposium 2022! Leading up to the Coworking Symposium 2022, a scholarly conference on coworking and flexible workspaces we sat down with event organiser, Marko Orel to discover all about the conference and what attendees can expect from this year’s event. Who is Marko Orel? Marko Orel is an organisational sociologist who works as an assistant professor and a head of the Centre for Workplace Research (CWER) at Prague University of Economics and Business. He specialise
How to Create Value in and for Communities
Gareth I. Jones, founder of TownSq shares his thoughts leading up to the London Coworking Assembly event taking place on 2 August: Coworking to Rebuild the City: Helping People Create Value in and for Our Communities. “What I'm really interested in, and what we're hoping to achieve with the workshop is for everyone to see the depth and conceive the range of ways that the space can provide value to a community. Whether it is the community within, or the community around it,” says Gareth. The wo
Unpacking Coworking
What is coworking and what does it entail? This is a question we seem to come across often, because people don’t always know what it means. So, this blog, based on a podcast: The Biggest Problem with Coworking, unpacks coworking, what it entails, and factors that affect people’s decision to get into coworking. What is coworking all about? Coworking is often mistaken for freelancing. It came about as a solution for creative people's problems when they were working from home. They were in need
Creating a Blog Plan with a Purpose
Sandrine Coosemans the founder of Smart Alpaca Marketing presented at the Bloggers Meetup and gave insight about creating a blog plan with a purpose. Smart Alpaca Marketing focuses on helping content creators organise, optimise, and monetise their expertise to make a livelihood from it. In this episode Sandrine talks about the various types of blog posts, cornerstone content, and creating a plan with Airtable. As there are different types of blogs out there, what are some of these types and wo
Coworking Alliance 2022: Bringing Together Cooperative Coworking Leaders
Written by: Gugu Mthimkhulu The annual Coworking Alliance Summit is looming and the coworking community has a lot to look forward to. Giving more insight on the ins and outs of the upcoming summit, we have Ashley Proctor of Creative Blueprint and Hector Kolonas of Syncaroo who are both co-producing the yearly event. The pair also give some insight about the power of collaboration and how the Coworking Alliance Summit is fostering a safe space for needful conversations in coworking. The Cowor
Piotr Boulangé: How Understanding Coworking’s History Might Help Us Predict The Future Of Work
Written by: Gugu Mthimkhulu It is crucial for people in the coworking industry to understand the history of coworking. Not only does it serve as a reference and comparison point, but it can help predict the future of work as well. Founder and CEO of Multi Cowork, Director of Founder Institute Warsaw, and a Coworking Expert, Piotr Boulangé delves deeper into how coworking’s history can be used to predict its future. It's important that when defining new coworking trends and ideas, we try to fi
Elena Giroli - Managing a Community and Handling Changes in a Pandemic Era
Written by: Gugu Mthimkhulu It has been nearly two years since the outbreak of the Coronavirus. Even though the world has quickly adapted to the changes brought about by the pandemic, there are still some notable and unavoidable shifts and changes that are still visible within society. To highlight these changes and shifts in the coworking community specifically, we have Caterina Maiolini, Community and Partnerships Manager of SALTO Systems and Elena Giroli, Change and Communications Manager o
Starting 2022: Projects We Are Working On
Written by: by Gugu Mthimkhulu The start of a new year is another chance to get things right and to set the scene for the rest of the year. Speaking to Bernie J Mitchel, we get to learn more about The Coworking Values Podcast, its purpose, and what to look forward to going forward. What to expect from the European Coworking Assembly Listeners can expect to have more people from the European Coworking Assembly (ECA) community doing podcasts in the new year. The ECA will also be exploring doin
Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, Accessibility – and Revenue
Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Accessibility are important for all independent coworking spaces. Independent coworking spaces are close to their community and it is important that they consider and embrace all the members of their surrounding communities and so lead in making them more accessible and diverse. This kind of leadership is important. It is also clear from the research in this area that consciously choosing to foster a diverse community within a business, drives revenue. As it ha