Coworking Values Podcast

Hello gals and guys! We are here in another podcast, with our guest Ed Goodman. A man that is close to our hearts in every discipline. He is the founder of Freelance Heroes, a community for freelancers across the industries in the UK.

In this podcast we talk about what freelancing means and all the nuances that come with use of the word. Is it fully recognized by the government? How do you register? And Ed also talks about how the freelancing community is faring against the Covid19 crisis.

What is Ed's prognosis on the current crisis for the Freelancers?

So, for me, it's it kind of -- the analogy that I fit with this is like nuclear fallout, the speed of which the developments and changes of our lives, in all aspects, happens so quickly that we're all up in arms, about how we manage our family, how we manage our work, how we manage our finances, and slowly I think that's starting to settle down.

And for some people, it's settling quicker than others. And actually, there are many businesses who are being incredibly affected, unaffected, or at least they're transitioning to different aspects of their work. 

For me as a trainer -- a  lot of my training is now being delivered online as opposed to face to face. And I'm not seeing a dramatic, albeit slightly below dramatic downturn in training. Yet, although I suspect that may change, of course, as clients themselves battle with their own budgets. But the main challenge from that we're seeing is, on one hand, businesses are continuing to thrive and succeed. And that's fantastic. And long may that continue. 

And there's a need there for actually, because of this work, some businesses are looking certainly for freelancers and looking for support from other freelancers to help them, which is great, because, on the other side, many freelancers are fine, they're losing work, the contracts being cancelled, that work has already been done, is not being paid for now, that in itself is a whole debate around people paying their suppliers quickly enough in the first place. But now, it's almost like I haven't got the money to pay, it's just not gonna happen.

So freelancers are not only, you know, kind of budgeting for work that they've done, but they're not resting. Even that income and also now not receiving any future income because contracts are being pulled, some freelancers are able to diversify and find ways of attracting new income, some freelancers are struggling to make that point as well.

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Hi folks! You're tuning in yet to another Coworking Values Podcast. You're here with us, Zeljko and Bernie and our guest Jeannine van der Linden (our boss!). Jeannine is the founder and manager of De Kamer - a network of coworking spaces in Netherlands. She is also the president of the European Coworking Assembly. 

We are going to be talking about anxieties, rent, panic and changing perspectives to be able to work through the current crisis that the whole world is facing. Jeannine shares some very important insights on how the coworking community can sustain themselves during this trying time. And how taking bold stances is essential in achieving sustainability. 

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For this Podcast, we have Alex Hillman, Co-founder of Indy Hall, a coworking space in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 

In this podcast, Alex talks about his community's reaction to the COVID19 crisis: what they did, how they started to prepare, and how they are keeping their community intact. He shares thier fears and struggles, the fears as many businesses have had and are having

What does Alex say about how any coworking community or business can figure out what works?

You may not know what your community would want to do online, it's not your job to do it for them. It's your job to figure out what they're already doing and say, Hey, would it be cool if we found a way to do that together, and then use the online tools to do this, now is an unprecedented time to experiment. 

Not everything needs to be the most valuable or perfect because everybody is figuring everything out. I'm gonna talk more about some of the most experimental stuff that we've tried out. Just to give you an idea of how much range there really isn't these tools, and maybe inspire you to be able to say yes to a member. 

Links mentioned in the Podcast

Slack [http://slack.com]

Zoom [http://zoom.us]

Discord [http://discordapp.com]

Group Buzz [http://groupbuzz.io]

Tandem [http://tandem.chat]

Google Docs [http://docs.google.com]

Alex online

Alex on Indy Hall [https://www.indyhall.org/about-us/meet-the-team/]

Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexhillman/]

Twitter [https://twitter.com/alexhillman?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor]

Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/alexhillman]

This podcast is brought to you by Cobot [http://cobot.me] - a coworking management software.

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We are going to talk about the current crisis the world is facing and how it is affecting businesses. We discuss how the Corona Virus Disease (Covid19) and everybody is self-isolating to help flatten the curve and what it means for the Coworking community. And how everyone is trying their best to get through self-isolating order.

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Another Podcast is up! And this time we have Stephanie Brisson of TechSpace Berlin with us. 

And we'll be talking about how coworking accommodates and prepare for the spaces their client needs and their contingency plans for growth from startups and scaleup enterprises.

In this podcast, Stephanie also tells us about the in and outs of managing coworking and the community they build within these coworking spaces. And how building a community within these coworking spaces have worked out so far. 

What does she think about that?

Stephanie says: "It's a guess but at the same time it's also something that we think will work and we tested, and I keep saying this over and over again you need to have an idea figure it out, know what you want. Do it, learn from it and then do it again. 

Maybe in the same way because it was super successful or tweak it or kill it. If it doesn't work. And I think because we're surrounded by those scale-ups that are always iterating on their ideas and doing it every you know so often so quickly and we get inspired by that and use that same methodology."

Stephanie on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-brisson-8030b233/] 

Stephanie on Twitter [https://twitter.com/StephBrisson] 

This podcast is brought to you by Cobot [https://www.cobot.me/en]- software for coworking spaces.

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In this episode, Željko interviews one of the pillars of European coworking, Alex Ahom.

In this podcast, they chat about beginnings, endings, burnt out and the 'business of work.' Alex shares about moving to Germany seven years ago, he had to learn to connect and meet up with people. 

How he found people who had a problem and the solution turned out to be coworking. 

How did he do this?

Alex says:

"So I started to reach out to different entrepreneurs, different kinds of people, different people in the area, to speak about work had worked in recruitment. 

Before Apple, I've worked in marketing and media. So I reached out to media types, recruiters, marketeers people in tech companies and startups. 

And I would find that many of them weren't happy with their job. 

They were unhappy with their career progression. 

They weren't satisfied with their boss with their life. 

So they didn't have the right place to work. 

They weren't part of a community. 

They didn't feel fulfilment from what they did. 

And that struck me because I've always had those things. 

I've always had friends at work. 

I've always had people around me that say, well, you should go into this or that, and if you ever did, we would support you. 

Alex Ahom on the Adidas Game Plan A blog [https://www.gameplan-a.com/authors/alex-ahom/]

Alex on Twitter  [https://twitter.com/theledge80?lang=de]

Alex on Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexahom/]

The last post from Shhared [https://www.instagram.com/p/B4U3obMIsaK/]

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In this episode recorded in Warsaw at the 2019 Coworking Europe event we hear from Dina Sierralta who is an agile coach from Hamburg.

Dina is a long term coworking advocate, community generator and fan of human autonomy. 

Here we touch on are people happy at work? When do people do their best work in a company setting and what is they need to be able to do that. 

Where is the line between told to have initiative and being told what to do? 

And what the hell is agile working anyway? 

Dina on Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/in/dina-sierralta/]

Smidig - Agile Coaching company  [https://www.smidig.de/]

Elemental Workplace | Neil Usher [http://elementalworkplace.com/]

Coworking Manifesto on Coworking Wiki [https://wiki.coworking.org/w/page/35382594/Coworking%20Manifesto%20%28global%20-%20for%20the%20world%29]

Using the Coworking Manifesto as a Framework for all [https://allwork.space/2019/01/using-the-coworking-manifesto-as-a-framework-for-all/] by Aayat Ali [https://allwork.space/author/aayat-ali/] on AllWork

Mainyard Studios Bow Road London [https://mainyardstudios.co.uk/tower-hamlets-private-offices-coworking/] - Jan Letocha [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-letocha-a947a7a/]

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We recorded this podcast with Marc Navarro at Coworking Europe in Warsaw 2019.

Mark is a well-known consultant and friend to the coworking industy in Europe.

He also runs the Coworking Academy at the C U Asia conference and is head of content for the long-running annual Coworking Spain conference. 

We talk about how a coworking can connect with the local area and Marc shares how his team did this in a space in Barcelona in 2013. 

We also talk about the role of conferences for the coworking industry and how the quality and helpfulness of the content presented is more important than ever. 

We asked Marc to share his strict plan for ensuring that speakers at Coworking Spain have great talks and slides; also, the effort he puts into making there is an equal balance of male to female speakers. 

You can get tickets to all the conferences mentioned in this podcast here

Coworking Spain 2020 [https://app.nimble.com/api/v1/messages/tracking/click/4ea5dca87834d85e560001f0/4ea5dca87834d85e560001ef/5e4c322cec8d8377df13697e/] 

CU Asia [https://app.nimble.com/api/v1/messages/tracking/click/4ea5dca87834d85e560001f0/4ea5dca87834d85e560001ef/5e4c322cec8d8377df136980/] 

Coworking & Coliving Conference  [https://app.nimble.com/api/v1/messages/tracking/click/4ea5dca87834d85e560001f0/4ea5dca87834d85e560001ef/5e4c322cec8d8377df136982/]

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Marc online

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Instagram [https://app.nimble.com/api/v1/messages/tracking/click/4ea5dca87834d85e560001f0/4ea5dca87834d85e560001ef/5e4c322cec8d8377df13698a/] 

Twitter [https://app.nimble.com/api/v1/messages/tracking/click/4ea5dca87834d85e560001f0/4ea5dca87834d85e560001ef/5e4c322cec8d8377df13698c/]

(Marc 'doesn't do' Facebook.)

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Good Ideas Project  [https://app.nimble.com/api/v1/messages/tracking/click/4ea5dca87834d85e560001f0/4ea5dca87834d85e560001ef/5e446695f92ea1b887ef2bb4/]

Samantha on Linkedin  [https://app.nimble.com/api/v1/messages/tracking/click/4ea5dca87834d85e560001f0/4ea5dca87834d85e560001ef/5e446695f92ea1b887ef2bb6/]

The Melting Pot 2018 Social Impact Report  [https://app.nimble.com/api/v1/messages/tracking/click/4ea5dca87834d85e560001f0/4ea5dca87834d85e560001ef/5e446695f92ea1b887ef2bb8/]

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In this episode Željko speaks with Tamara Kojic the CEO of Mokrin House a co-living project in Mokrin, Serbia.

This conversation took place at the CCCSEE Coworking and Co-living conference in Serbia 2019.

Mokrin House - 

https://www.mokrinhouse.com [https://www.mokrinhouse.com/]

Girls Rock Camp - 

https://youngfeministfund.org/grantees/rock-camp-girls-serbia/

Coworking Co-living Conferance 

https://cccsee.com [https://cccsee.com/]

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