Our final episode in the year 2016! Alex and Adam explore a brand new segment called "Catchphrase" in which they share a common mantra spoken by staff and members of Indy Hall.In this episode, the catchphrase is: ask the f*cking members.

The guys also describe a time-honored Indy Hall tradition, our community Town Hall. They recall the origin, purpose, and best (and worst) examples of Town Hall through our history.

They also, inadvertently, learn a valuable lesson out loud.

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In this episode, we're taking a critical look at this year’s Coworking Europe conference in Brussels. We look for a balance between the joy of seeing old friends and making new ones while examining an industry event that deserves to be stronger.

We also discuss a bothersome trend that we see in almost every conference, something that we’d like to see avoided in the future. We’ll share our highlights and lowlights from this year’s conference, and ask questions to help us find a way to improve our experiences and prospects of future events.

• Listen to Part 1: EP47 - Survivor’s Guide to Coworking Europe Brussels, Part 1

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In this episode, we're taking a critical look at this year’s Coworking Europe conference in Brussels. We look for a balance between the joy of seeing old friends and making new ones while examining an industry event that deserves to be stronger.

We also discuss a bothersome trend that we see in almost every conference, something that we’d like to see avoided in the future. We’ll share our highlights and lowlights from this year’s conference, and ask questions to help us find a way to improve our experiences and prospects of future events.

Past conference recaps:

• EP5 - Live from the Coworking Europe Conference, Part Uno
• EP6 - Live from the Coworking Europe Conference, Part Dos
• EP10 - What NOT to do while building your community...
• EP16 - How to Win at a Coworking Conference In 2016
• EP33 - The first totally "virtual" coworking conference

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In this episode we gain inspiration from a blog post written by Alice Dundon, a barista from Berlin, entitled "Behind the Bar: 5 Ways to Build a Meaningful Network in a Coworking Space."

Commenting on Alice's five points we shed some light on where and how we've experienced the pros and cons of these networking principles and address your most urgent networking questions with our usual not so traditional answers.

This episode is a newer format we will continue to play with and we'd love to hear your thoughts about it! Keep us informed with your work or things you've seen that have inspired you and we'd love to have you as part of the show!

• Video mention on the importance of listening: "It's not about the nail."

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When you think about a "classroom", what kind of room do you imagine?

In this episode, Raechel French gives her insight into the collaborative process she uses to designing innovative schools. You'll be amazed what you can learn from her process to apply to your coworking space!

• Raechel's blog
• Innovative Learning
  Environments + Teacher Change (ILE+TC)
• Learning Environments Applied Research Network (LEaRN)
• DLR Group

Raechel's recommendations on research and interesting people to follow:

• LEaRN
• Christensen Institute
• New Tech Network
• Buck Institute
• Anne Knock

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Trying something new this week! Tune in for this quick riff on the fact that members come...and members go.

How does it feel when you put in a ton of work to bring people together, build an awesome community, and...people still leave? Not great...but what if you could change that?

You might be falling into a trap that lots of people do, and over-indexing the wrong thing when prominent members of your community go away, and what you can do to turn it around.

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This week we tackle the idea of marrying a freelance coworking space with a childcare service. Among many other valuable steps, you'll learn how the first step in building this idea is separating and honing it into a more focused one.

Treat this week's episode as a primer, or a brainstorm if you will, to help you accomplish the creative jump into building your unique coworking space. Enjoy!

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This week [Alex] sits down with Mike Mehalick the engineer behind this very show to discuss an inside perspective on working within the Indy Hall community and what it means to develop professionally as a coworking college intern.

The discussion also touches on different insights into how to develop an audience with the college community and what it means to grow the coworking ideal amongst others.

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This week we're looking into the future, YOUR future. Pick up a pen and paper or some type of practical writing medium and listen along to this productive workshop that will help you develop your personal, professional and communal goals.

Let us know what you think of this "interactive homework" format and tell us what you found to be most valuable. Sharing your stories allows us to open up a dialogue about you and your community's goals, find a collaborative solution and potentially have you on the show!

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I've never had a better example for how little a special, fancy designed office matters. Until now.

Tune in for a brief collection of stories that might change your mind about spaces being designed specially for collaboration.

Among these stories is the incredible work being done at the "Liberty Village Residency Association" a collaborative, living community that was able to creatively flip a counterintuitive community space into a thriving one.

• EP16 - How to Win at a Coworking Conference In 2016
• EP20 - Ten Questions about the Future of Work
• EP27 - How to succeed with sponsors
• Bain Co-op

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