# Free Coworking Days **URL:** \ **Category:** Event Ideas\ **Created:** [November 8, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.coworking.org/t/free-coworking-days/5952 "2016-11-08T16:58:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![magnifyc](https://forum.coworking.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@magnifyc](https://forum.coworking.org/u/magnifyc)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.coworking.org/t/free-coworking-days/5952/1 "2016-11-08T16:58:20Z")
What days & hours are best to have open coworking. I am in a college town of 150k (including students). I was thinking weekly friday evening after 6pm. ---
**Author:** ![bfi](https://forum.coworking.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bfi](https://forum.coworking.org/u/bfi)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.coworking.org/t/free-coworking-days/5952/2 "2016-11-16T14:20:41Z")
We do an open coworking every Tuesday Morning from 8am to noon > **···** > > On Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 4:32:57 PM UTC-6, [magni...@gmail.com](mailto:magni...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > What days & hours are best to have open coworking. I am in a college town of 150k (including students). I was thinking weekly friday evening after 6pm. ---
**Author:** ![Matt](https://forum.coworking.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@Matt](https://forum.coworking.org/u/Matt)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 9:56am UTC](https://forum.coworking.org/t/free-coworking-days/5952/3 "2016-11-17T09:56:44Z")
Are you a physical cowork space or someone arranging a weekly cowork meet? Just curious to hear if people do this kind of thing in their cowork space for the public to come and try it out all at one time? Sounds like (at least for us) it could pack us out, and could be abused? > **···** > > On Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 10:32:57 PM UTC, [magni...@gmail.com](mailto:magni...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > What days & hours are best to have open coworking. I am in a college town of 150k (including students). I was thinking weekly friday evening after 6pm. ---
**Author:** ![BernieJMitchell](https://forum.coworking.org/user_avatar/forum.coworking.org/berniejmitchell/32/351_2.png) [@BernieJMitchell](https://forum.coworking.org/u/BernieJMitchell)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.coworking.org/t/free-coworking-days/5952/4 "2016-11-17T13:22:16Z")
We do “Write Club #DeepWork” here @WorkHubs - [⚡️Creators Write Club ⚡️ | Meetup](https://goo.gl/yIcUYo) 😉 > **···** > > Have a remarkable day > > Bernie J Mitchell > 0777 204 2012 > > [Do you use Trello?](http://berniejmitchell.com/blog/) > > [www.berniejmitchell.com](http://berniejmitchell.com/) > > Sent from my mobile device > > \*Unless we agree otherwise, this email conversation is confidential. > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 9:56 AM, Matt G [he...@deskcowork.co.uk](mailto:he...@deskcowork.co.uk) > wrote: > > > Are you a physical cowork space or someone arranging a weekly cowork meet? Just curious to hear if people do this kind of thing in their cowork space for the public to come and try it out all at one time? Sounds like (at least for us) it could pack us out, and could be abused? > > > > On Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 10:32:57 PM UTC, [magni...@gmail.com](mailto:magni...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > What days & hours are best to have open coworking. I am in a college town of 150k (including students). I was thinking weekly friday evening after 6pm. > > > – > > > > Visit this forum on the web at [http://discuss.coworking.com](http://discuss.coworking.com) > > > > * * * > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Coworking” group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [coworking+...@googlegroups.com](mailto:coworking+...@googlegroups.com). > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![alex](https://forum.coworking.org/user_avatar/forum.coworking.org/alex/32/338_2.png) [@alex](https://forum.coworking.org/u/alex)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.coworking.org/t/free-coworking-days/5952/5 "2016-11-17T18:18:37Z")
In my experience, the exact timing matters a lot less than being consistent. Pick a schedule where it’s often enough that people don’t forget about it, but not too often that it gets overwhelming. Weekly or every other week is where I usually suggest people start, and then adjust accordingly. A bigger issue than the timing is the communication. A lot of “open coworking” sessions I see people promote are written with the assumption that the reader already knows what to expect…and most people have never experienced anything like coworking. It’s your job to set those expectations! The three most important facets of promoting something like this are: **1 - Keeping it low-impact and casual.** Make sure you communicate what’s going to happen. Should people bring work with them? Or is it just hanging out? Different variations are going to appeal to different audiences (and some will convert into members better than others). Pick, focus, and communicate. **2 - Write like you’re writing to a person.** This sounds obvious but SO many invites I read are just carelessly written to nobody. When you’re writing your invite (for [meetup.com](http://meetup.com), a facebook event, email blast, whatever) imagine that you’re writing to a specific person who you’d ACTUALLY invite. In fact, maybe start you draft that way, by picking someone you hope will attend and write a personal invite to them. Just make sure you’ve been specific (vs assuming they know things), as per step 1. **3 - Small is better, especially to start.** Lots of meetups go for “max audience” or “fill the room.” Adjust your goal - maybe even put a cap on sign-ups to start - to make it easier for the people who show up to actually get to know each other. THAT is the part that most meetups actually miss, and why attendance drops off quickly…without relationships, there’s not much reason to return. I specifically dove into three of the best practices for open coworking meet-ups in this post, with a REALLY good example of well-crafted communication: [https://medium.com/@alexknowshtml/ive-been-going-to-this-coworking-space-but-e3befd6cbf6b#.icqzippms](https://medium.com/@alexknowshtml/ive-been-going-to-this-coworking-space-but-e3befd6cbf6b#.icqzippms) Whatever you pick, my #1 tip is to focus and give yourself some time for it to catch on. Even when you do everything right, [it can take between several weeks to a few months for things to REALLY feel like you’ve hit a stride](http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2011/10/the-importance-of-rhythm-rituals-for-coworking-communities/)! -Alex > **···** > > * * * > > **The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.** > > Better Coworkers: [http://indyhall.org](http://indyhall.org/) > > Weekly Coworking Tips: [http://coworkingweekly.com](http://coworkingweekly.com/) > > My Audiobook: [https://theindyhallway.com/ten](https://theindyhallway.com/ten) > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 8:22 AM, Bernie J Mitchell [ber...@berniejmitchell.com](mailto:ber...@berniejmitchell.com) wrote: > > > We do “Write Club #DeepWork” here @WorkHubs - [https://goo.gl/yIcUYo](https://goo.gl/yIcUYo) 😉 > > > > > > Have a remarkable day > > > > Bernie J Mitchell > > 0777 204 2012 > > > > [Do you use Trello?](http://berniejmitchell.com/blog/) > > > [www.berniejmitchell.com](http://berniejmitchell.com/) > > > > Sent from my mobile device > > > > \*Unless we agree otherwise, this email conversation is confidential. > > > > > > – > > > > Visit this forum on the web at [http://discuss.coworking.com](http://discuss.coworking.com) > > > > * * * > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Coworking” group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [coworking+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:coworking+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 9:56 AM, Matt G [he...@deskcowork.co.uk](mailto:he...@deskcowork.co.uk) > wrote: > > > Are you a physical cowork space or someone arranging a weekly cowork meet? Just curious to hear if people do this kind of thing in their cowork space for the public to come and try it out all at one time? Sounds like (at least for us) it could pack us out, and could be abused? > > > > On Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 10:32:57 PM UTC, [magni...@gmail.com](mailto:magni...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > What days & hours are best to have open coworking. I am in a college town of 150k (including students). I was thinking weekly friday evening after 6pm. > > > – > > > > Visit this forum on the web at [http://discuss.coworking.com](http://discuss.coworking.com) > > > > * * * > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Coworking” group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [coworking+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:coworking+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout).