Coworking With Iris

In early 2016, Grind and Verizon launched a coworking space in Verizon's iconic New York headquarters. Benjamin and I talk about the particulars of forming this historic strategic partnership between a communications giant and a coworking pioneer.

I'm live from GCUC Canada in Montreal, chatting with Shannon Richards of The Two Twenty. We talk about her role as a community manager.

I chat with Carel Talens about how Bisner helps coworking spaces engage their community through their member interaction and collaboration platform.

I'm chatting with Jamie Russo about her role in bridging coworking and office business center culture and how the this year's Global Workspace Association conference in Las Vegas is geared towards both.

Ashley Proctor joins me to chat about GCUC Canada, now in its second year. We chat about the people attending, speaker topics and my favorite, the unconference! I also ask Ashley about COHIP - the coworking insurance program she founded, and managing life and work between three cities and two countries.

Iris talks with Maya Delano, master of time and space in her community. Maya has been a community manager with NextSpace Santa Cruz for 3+ years and has developed a daily set of practices which enables the NextSpace team of community managers to keep their to do lists at a comfortable size, their operations running like clockwork and their communities buzzing along, happily.

Coworking with Iris is a weekly talk show Friday’s at 10 AM Pacific via Google Hangouts On Air. Iris and guests from the coworking movement chat about topics relevant to shared workspace communities and welcome input from participants about what’s happening in their community and the rapidly expanding coworking universe.

Tiffany Jones is the Technology and Operations Manager for the 8 NextSpace locations and has managed the rollout of Nexudus Spaces to NextSpace’s enterprise. She’s worked hand in hand with Adrian Palacios to customize Nexudus to NextSpace’s needs. In the 15 month process of onboarding of Nextspace onto Nexudus, Tiffany has helped Adrian’s team identify multiple feature sets that they have implemented across the platform. She will be able to speak about making Nexudus work for unique situations, multiple spaces and common issues experienced with Nexudus.

Coworking with Iris is a weekly talk show Friday’s at 10 AM Pacific via Google Hangouts On Air. Iris and guests from the coworking movement chat about topics relevant to shared workspace communities and welcome input from participants about what’s happening in their community and the rapidly expanding coworking universe.

After our last show on using Nexudus to manage your space, Adrian posted several links that answered some questions we raised and some specific links to some great resources. I posted them in the Google Group, if you're not a member there, you should be! https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/coworking/X4X_V-QwrRA

Iris talks with Jerome Chang, architect and founder of BLANKSPACES. Jerome designs spaces which allow for a variety of working styles to flourish, from collaborative spaces to team offices and solo, focused work areas. With a focus on maximizing space to maximize revenue, Jerome will share with us his best tips for making sure your space is well designed, fosters collaboration and helps you get the most bang for your square footage buck.

Melissa Mann Saubers, founder of Cowork Waldo and co-founder of the KC Coworking Alliance joins Iris to chat about creating a regional shared workspace alliance.