BARCAMP VIENNA MAY 29/30 2010 TWITTER: #THEWORKSCZ #COWORKING

www.theworks.cz Dave Ruzius

COWORKING; WHAT, WHAT NOT AND GETTING STARTED

EXIT

Workers are leaving the office (or not even going there…)

>By Choice Freelancers>By Opportunity Telecommuters>By ‘Luck’ The Laid-Off

TREND

Accelerating Trend

>Companies hiring more and more on a contract basis>Companies scaling down offices (and office space) >Governments are creating incentives for startups and independent workers

Working from Home

>Pyjama>Freedom>No travel>Responsibility>Manage your time>No gossips

PYJAMAS FAIL

FAIL

ALONE…. (BUT NOT QUITE)

ALONE ?

Working from Home

>Distraction>Productivity>Creativity>Social Contacts>Work / Life Balance>No gossips

THE THIRD PLACE

“Third places exist on neutral ground and serve to level their guests to a condition of social equality. …. conversation is the primary activity and the major vehicle for the display and appreciation of human personality and individuality.”

NEED FOR 3 PLACES;HOME, WORK,THIRD PLACE

Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons, And Other Hangouts At The Heart Of A Community by Ray Oldenburg

WORK?

>Limited interaction / contact

>No continuity

>Not a working context

>Expensive Coffee

WORKING @ THE THIRD PLACE

COWORKING

Coined in 1999

First used for a community and ‘space’ in 2005

Spreading globally

>Community>Collaboration>Openness>Accessibility>Flexibility>Sustainability

COWORKING

COWORKING WORLDWIDE

CZECH REPUBLIC (& SK)

Theworks

Coffice

Creators

Locus

HUB ?

Brno Coworking Center

Jihlava

Bratislava

VIENNA

VIENNA

NO HIGHER GOAL

NOT AN OFFICE

COWORKING IS A THING YOU DO, NOT A PLACE YOU GO TO !

>Community>Collaboration>Openness>Accessibility>Flexibility>Sustainability

FIND PEOPLE, NOT REAL ESTATE !

NO HIGHER GOAL

NO HIGHER GOALS

COWORKING MAY HOWEVER LEAD TO “SERENDEPITY” (accidental discoveries)

>Community>Collaboration>Openness>Accessibility>Flexibility>Sustainability

NO HIGHER GOAL

NO POLITICAL MOVEMENT

NO POLITICAL MOVEMENT

COWORKING MAY HOWEVER LEAD TO “SERENDEPITY” (accidental discoveries)

>Community>Collaboration>Openness>Accessibility>Flexibility>Sustainability

Diversity of opinionEach person should have private information even if it's just an eccentric interpretation of the known facts.

IndependencePeople's opinions aren't determined by the opinions of those around them.

DecentralizationPeople are able to specialize and draw on local knowledge.

AggregationSome mechanism exists for turning private judgments into a collective decision.

WISE CROWDS

CULTURAL CHALLENGES

>Reserved>Formal>Privacy>Not emotional>Not very flexible

>Community>Collaboration>Openness>Accessibility>Flexibility>Sustainability

CULTURE

>Educate and Evangelize the Coworking Concept>Online and IRL community of international independent workers, entrepreneurs and startups>Mixed professions (wise crowd?)>Casual and Irregular Coworking Events (Jellies)>Online environment to share skills, knowledge, best practices

CULTURAL CHALLENGES

THEWORKS

BENEFITS

>WORK!>Evangelise Coworking>Meet the Community IRL>Bounce ideas around>Discover opportunities for collaboration>Share resources and service providers

>finance/tax/legal, Consulting, Funding, etc.

JELLY

JELLY

WWW.THEWORKS.CZ

>Runs on NING

>Private “Facebook”

>Profiles, Events, Private Project Spaces (Huddle), File Share, Blogs, Forum, Q&A, Marketplace

STUFF

FUTURUM

>Build the community on TheWorks

>More Jellies

>Presentations / Events / Workshops

>WorkCamps ;)

>SPACE?

>Collective Projects

>Explore Incubator Type of Services

FUTURE

GETTING STARTED

>READ •Google Group, Coworking Wiki, TheWorks

>COMMUNITY FIRST !>EVANGELISE>JELLY!

WEBEXPO

www.webexpotour.net

www.webexpo.net

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