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What to do with that pesky LinkedIn Newsletter.

Hello, it's your friend Bernie writing to you here.

I'm sure many of us ask this question every week.

I looked at all the LinkedIn newsletters I've subscribed to, and 90% are dead.

Part of it is keeping up the habit of writing, like making the actual words and then what to include.

I've been emailing nonstop every week for over fifteen years, for myself, for projects and work -

I recently started Bernie's Better Things, a daily, no-fluff, no-pitch newsletter to 'sharpen your coworking edge in 2 minutes a day.'

You can subscribe here .

?? Sharpen your coworking edge in 2 minutes a day. Subscribe to Bernie's Better Things for a daily, no-fluff, no-pitch newsletter.

The one thing that connects everything in our universe is the Coworking Values Podcast.

It is where we spotlight projects, issues, and events in the coworking world.

It is not about real estate waking up or the market - follow this newsletter here by our mates Lucy McInally and Caleb Parker ??

Future updates will not always be as big as this one, but I wanted to set the scene, and it will get tighter and sharper over time.

There are many things in one place, and they are all part of the same family—they rarely get seen together in public!

What is the Coworking Values Podcast about?

It is over 150 episodes about the grittier things like:

Inclusion, diversity, equity, menopause, neurodiversity, young people, older adults, affordable workspace, creator economy, local coworking, refugee projects, 15-minute city, parenting, childcare, collaboration, openness, sustainability, workflow, project management, writing, economic inclusion, loneliness, The Belongfulness Project , accessibility, and community.

I'm sure there is some other stuff....

What have I missed?

Always in beta

Also, it is always in beta. It was already going in some form when Emily Breder and I started Ouishare Radio in 2014, just before Lisa Gansky 's Mesh Conference in San Francisco.

2018, we moved it out to be Coworking Values Podcast , and ?eljko Crnjakovi? (Jack) snapped the whole thing into shape and turned it pro.

Since then, Jose Antonio Morales , Tony Bacigalupo , and Emily Breder have become regular co-hosts on projects and topic tracks.

Building our podcast universe

We're working on our Coworking Values Podcast universe, and this newsletter includes all the bits we left out, links, and projects from guests we want to share and go further on.

We made a LinkedIn page here - Coworking Values Podcast as part of the European Coworking Assembly universe.

In the last few weeks, we've welcomed these guests:

Laura Agnew Building Communities in Unlikely Places

Tracy Wilson Making The Sustainability Shift

Doris Schuppe #Coworking25: Celebrating 25 Years Of Coworking

Iris K. Unveiling the Soul of Coworking

Matthias Zeitler Crafting Communities

Jon Alexander The State of Belonging: Repairing Our Social Fabric

Dom Hyams The Power of Disability-Led Marketing

Jeannine van der Linden A Blueprint for Accessible Coworking

Lucy McInally ?The Inclusive?Coworker

Matthias Hollwich New Aging In Community: the Future of Space

SHAMENA NURSE-KINGSLEY The Intersection of Work and Parenthood

Peter Block Small Groups, Big Changes: Impact On Coworking Conversations

???You can listen on Zencastr - here .

Or wherever you listen to podcasts.

In production, we have:

Chauntelle Lewis

Eva Sanz Sanz

Sarah A.

Thank you to our co-creators

We work on a co-creator model to make the Coworking Values Podcast a sustainable project.

Co-creating is a way of going beyond 'advertising and sponsor slots for better connection, education and relationship building - see the example below about event space.

Our current co-creators are:

David O'Coimin , founder of Nook Wellness Pods

Christian Schmitz from Salto

Shira Nathan from Rayon.design

Kofi Oppong , founder of Urban MBA

We're making a floor plan using?Rayon Design ?for next Tuesday's event in London.

Please read this post about?Event Space Design That Works , which shows how we did the room at the Workspace Design Show London.

Rayon Design ?is a collaborative online design tool that is as easy to use as Canva or Miro .?

Whether you want to move the desks around your space or build space from scratch, design your?project for free here ?in Rayon today.

Join us in person next week in London

Don't miss an epic coworking conversation

The mix of people and the format of Remixing Community For A Citizen Groove on Tuesday will mean you leave with a deeper understanding of how to take action in your work and to help continue to build the London coworking industry and community in London.?

The whole day is conversations that matter and free-flowing interaction; we are sure you'll have conversations you never thought you could have about community.?

Our event is for you if you want something more energising than a bland exhibition and conference small-talk networking!

?? To get your ticket, head here .

We will welcome over 50 people on Tuesday who are:

• People own, run, or manage London coworking spaces, from big shiny ones to local grassroots indie spaces.

• People who supply software, I.T. and door locks to the workspaces.?

• People from Greater London Authority, Local Government and public services.?

• Education, NGO's, charities, activist groups and community support groups.?

• Founders, creator economy freelancers, coaches and accountants.

• Real estate companies, Housing Associations and architects.

?? To get your ticket, head here .

Our friend?Joyce Ogunade , Head of the Affordable Workspace Programme for the London Borough of Islington, will lead you all in an "Ask Me Anything" with the Author of "Citizen's"?Jon Alexander ?to set the stage for the day.

Afterwards, you can join small group conversations and unconference sessions for the rest of the day.

Breakfast and lunch are included on the day. Please come for as much time as works for you.

?? To get your ticket, head here .

Creator Write Club

We'll be at the Creator Write Club at Creative Works Space from 10 am - 12 pm.

Join Elena Giroli and me for coffee and writing.

In our experience, the magic happens when small groups of people meet informally to work together and discuss their work.

?? RSVP here on Luma

We've been meeting in London's indie coworking spaces since 2008.

Every week, creators, authors, freelancers, academics, YouTubers, comedians, parents, marketers, bloggers, developers, event managers, journalists, activists, musicians, poets, lawyers, sailors and other independent self-starters meet to support each other.

We welcome beginners and long-term pros - don't be shy!

You don't need to be a coworking space member to participate; we are all about connecting people.

?? RSVP here on Luma

Takeaways and Calls to Action

After Tuesday's Remixing Community For A Citizen Groove at Peckham Levels , we hope people will join in to take everything further; we're pointing people to projects that are already happening.

1. European Coworking Day 2024

One of the best ways to raise awareness of your coworking, neighbourhood, or flexible workspace in London is to hold an 'open doors' day.

In 2019, a group of us started?National UK Coworking Day , but COVID killed it, and we all moved on.?

But the collective effort of doing that day, connecting with other spaces and, most importantly, connecting with people in our local area was a good story to run with.?

Register your space now on European Coworking Day to get going.

Help for marketing your European Coworking Day event?

From the first week of May to the 22nd, we'll hold a weekly sprint coaching call to discuss marketing strategy and event communications for your coworking day event.

(Facilitated by Scrum Master Emily Breder and Bernie J Mitchell )

To RSVP for the sprint call, subscribe to the London Coworking Assembly?event list here .

For European Coworking Day, you can run a coffee morning or a rock concert.

The best thing to do is keep an event you already do on the 22nd and make it bigger!

For example, Creative Works E17 has the Creator Write Club running on May 22nd, which they could use as their European Coworking Day event.

2. Are you in the LinkedIn Coworking Group?

You can join here if you are not a member, and we'll let you in.

We've been in this group for years!

Last month, a group of us worldwide committed to going 'all in' and making this a healthy, active, and connected place for coworking conversations guided by coworking values.?

Tony Bacigalupo Jeannine van der Linden Ashley Proctor Jerome Chang and me!

You can start by heading?to this?post by Laura in the LinkedIn group ; it's?about next Tuesday's event.

Here's a fun fact:?The?Coworking LinkedIn Group ?was started in 2007 by Chris , who invented the hashtag!

3. Cowork Plus

The new COWORK PLUS project brings active, existing conversations and projects together to help them connect and progress.

View Cowork Plus

We aim to change how we approach coworking spaces and community engagement in our rapidly evolving world. We will collaborate to make this project groundbreaking.

So far, we've co-created this event with?Laura, ?Stephen ?from?Face Work , Kofi Oppong of?Urban MBA and Jeannine van der Linden of the European Coworking Assembly .

The?Open Source Cowork Plus Framework Guide ?contains ideas and stories to ignite conversations before, during, and after this event.

Thank you for your time and attention

Have a remarkable day.

Be careful out there.?

It is a jungle.

?? Bernie