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Ready to share, connect, expand your network and most importantly, have fun? The Coworking Casino will open its doors, to all freelancers and coworking addicts, on May 16th at Betahaus Berlin. Unlike most casinos, you will not go out of this one with empty pockets or stomachs!
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CeBIT is the world’s leading event for digital business, IT and telecommunication. This annual trade show took place on the world’s largest exhibition grounds in Hanover, between the dates of March 5th to the 9th, of this year. There were also tons of high school kids running around in packs, stuffing their pockets with giveaway ballpoint pens, mouse pads and free candy. At the fair's center people could get to know more about coworking.
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Work in Progress, a conference organized by the Hamburg Creative Society, went into round two on march 1st. “Strategies for the working world of tomorrow,” was the mantra for the long, demanding and very educational weekend at Kampnagel. The event was filled with interesting talks, heated debates and a very involved audience. 9 hours, 5 speeches and 3 panels later, Deskmag is now ready to sum it up for you.
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The Coworking Conference Australia was held in Melbourne last week, bringing together space operators from the country’s 62 coworking spaces together to discuss how coworking creates value. Once in the same room, the movement’s leaders committed to the togetherness and sustainable growth of this industry to initiate the formation of the world’s first Coworking Industry Association.
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Ever heard of a stakeholder map? Or a service blueprint? Then the Global Service Jam 2013 is for you. Here’s to learning what it takes to offer great customer service in your business and how to detect and fulfill your customer’s need. Three parties will profit from the NorisCityJam, the Nuremberg spin-off: the participants, the organizer, and the coworking space. Event organization is a challenging experience, but ultimately rewarding, with long-term benefits.
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For the second year running, Texas will host the biggest coworking conference in the world. The Global Coworking Unconference Conference takes place at the Austin Music Hall on March 5 & 6. The GCUC, or “Juicy” as its commonly known, is the most important event of its kind and a bright spot on the calendar of coworking enthusiasts everywhere. The two-day event is split between an organized conference on the first day and an open-format unconference on the second.
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Coworking is based on cooperation. This topic, cooperation, is explored in depth in a recent book 'Together" from American sociologist Richard Sennett. Not all forms of cooperation stand for coworking or provide benefits for everyone. We look at what types of collaboration he distinguishes for us, taken from a section of his book.
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The first official coworking event to take place in the region, the Coworking Conference Australia, is just over a month away. The program, officially announced last week, includes presentations not only from the coworking community, but from corporate Australia and coworkers themselves, with topics exploring the theme ‘how coworking creates value’ amongst all sectors and industries.
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Growing everyday, the coworking movement is recognized as the future of office workers. After the New Year many people start coworking. Thus it's a good time to start with events, which can introduce you to coworking spaces - globally & locally. A few weeks later, two central meet-ups of the coworking movement will take place in Austin & Melbourne. Here's some information about what's coming up and where you can get your early bird tickets before prices rise.
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Christmas, Chanukah or whatever it is that you choose to celebrate is a wonderful time of the year. You get to spend quality time with your family and loved ones, take some time off of work, kick back and relax. But what do coworking spaces do when most of their members stay home and stuff their faces with cookies and turkey? Deskmag asked coworking spaces around the globe what they were planning for the holidays...
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The Bellevilloise in Paris' east buzzed with activity yesterday as 280 attendees came together for the third annual Coworking Europe Conference. Participants came from as far as the US and Australia, with over 30 nationalities represented. The programme on day one featured keynotes from a range of industries, and invited audience participation in the afternoon during panel discussions.
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The Coworking Europe Conference begins in a few days. Three hundred participants will fly, bus and drive in from all over the world to meet at the third edition of the European conference, held this year in Paris. More than 50 panels, workshops, barcamp sessions and parties are planned over the three days, from the 8-10th of November. For those attending, here are some preparation tips for the event; for those who are not able to attend, some ways to interact from afar.
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Day two into Social Media Week Berlin - one of 13 simultaneous events around the world - and it’s still off with a bang, with huge attendance at all three venues throughout each day. The week-long event kicked off with a networking breakfast at Naherholung Sternchen hosted by Artconnect Berlin, and was the perfect way to launch what has already been an open and collaborative event.
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There are a lot of events going on this summer for coworking spaces and their members alike. Beat the slow period by attending events and expanding your networks. Here are a few events that are taking place this summer in cities around the world: get in to the summer swing, get expansive, meet people and share your knowledge.
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While many space operators and their members are whiling their days away in the sun, the organizers of Coworking Europe are already working on the third edition of the Coworking Conference, to take place on the 8th to 10th of November in Paris. It is the first conference that will be used as a tool for urban development, as well as explaining how, with 350 million dollars, a “Coworking World Capital” could be created in a city center. For the coworking community, early bird tickets will again be available up until the 31st of July.
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Last January, thousands of participants took part in activities in all corners of the globe during Worldwide Jelly Week. It saw the creation of networks within spaces, across cities and between regions and countries, which sprang from the open nature of the event and the hours of coordination that went into making it possible. This year, bigger things are planned.
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Yet another Coworking Conference is taking place this year, this time in Tokyo - one of the fastest growing coworking hubs worldwide. On June 16, coworking space operators and - unlike conferences preceding it - a proportionately large number of current and potential coworkers will come together for a day of panel discussions and a tour through a coworking exhibition space.
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A rich and social breakfast set the tone for the second day of the Coworking Spain Conference on Saturday, held in Madrid's biggest coworking space, utopic_US. The participation levels of the attendees was once again high, with banter and light-hearted debate throughout the morning's presentations.
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Veterans and novices of the coworking world have come together and maxed the Coworking Spain Conference attendance. Two hundred people are expected to attend the 2-day event, held at the two biggest and most well known coworking spaces in Madrid, the Hub and Utopic_us.
