New Iowa Group

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CoWorking Needs Assessment

With the opening of the “Impromptu Studio” by our friends and fellow NIEC members Daniel Shipton and Abbie Shipton, there is quite a buzz around Central Iowa about the concept of “Coworking”.  The Des Moines Business Record published a feature article just recently that you can find in the “Files” section at www.new-iowa.biz.

You may be interested in learning more about coworking in other regions by visiting these sites: Sandbox Suites, LaunchPad, Office Nomads, or Cube Space.

This trend in use of shared office spaces refers to the relatively new practice of individual workers or even very small companies with only a handful of employees renting office space that is shared with other individuals in similar situations.

Rather than enduring the isolation of a home office or guiltily sipping lattes while draining free Wi-Fi at a local coffee shop; small business owners working out of a home office, freelancers and other telecommuters can rent inexpensive office space by the month (and sometimes the day) with full access not only to a range of office services, but also a community of other people just like themselves.

Several NIEC members are researching this concept and are finding that one very positive outcome of the coworking philosophy is that it (intentionally or not) values community. As you know, “community” is one of the main reasons we started the Coalition. Even though computers and the Internet allow us to work anytime, from anywhere they cannot replicate the personal bonds formed with co-workers and clients or the sense of community and meaning derived from a sharing a physical space with other people.

With this in mind, we constructed a survey that will help us to evaluate the Central Iowa market for “coworkng” and answer some of our basic questions.

Please assist us with this effort by taking a few minutes and give us your responses to the survey.

To contact us:

Phone: 515-255-0776

Mobile: 515-710-8116

E-mail: new-iowa@mchsi.com

www.new-iowa.biz

Tell Us… What Is On Your Mind?

Interested in CoWorking?

Please take a moment and help us with this brief survey

Interested in CoWorking?

Please take a moment and help us with this brief survey