This document discusses the opportunities and benefits of connecting coworking spaces. It aims to contribute meaningful solutions, enable success, provide inspiring work environments, and bridge divides. Entrepreneurship is seen as a driver of innovation and job creation. A virtual platform called "my.open" will allow for self-provisioning of memberships, room bookings, networking, and accessing financial and non-financial benefits to build communities and enlarge the coworking movement across differences.

1. Opportunities and benefits of
connecting spaces
CoWorking Meetup 5 February 2016

2. Overview
1. OPEN and Workshop17
2. The role of entrepreneurship
3. Creating a movement
4. Virtual platform

3. We want to:
• Contribute to meaningful solutions and development:
provide a platform, a coral reef.
• Enable others to be as successful as they can be, enjoy success off
others.
• Provide inspiring, comfortable, accessible and beautiful environment:
working and living are inseparable.
• Build and connect communities where trust, sharing and ideas flourish,
where people are equal and the playing field is accessible for all to
participate.
• Cross and bridge economical, social, cultural, geographical, professional
and other divides: we live in one world.
• Innovate: the way we work had changed, we need to change work
spaces and property models: we want to find new solutions.

6. Entrepreneurship and connecting
1. Drivers of change, innovation and job creation
2. Creating proximity
3. Connecting worlds:
• Entrepreneurs
• Corporates
• Professionals
• Policy makers
4. Creating communities (≠ networks)

7. Creating a movement
1. Neutral and a-political
2. High trust and level playing field
3. Across divides
4. Building solutions
5. Economic, social and environmental benefits

8. Virtual platform my.open
Layers:
• practical:
• self provisioning of all membership related admin and data
• room bookings
• purchasing extras: internet, bar
• social networking:
• connecting with other members
• social discussion and ideas exchange
• member benefits:
• financial benefits: reduced pricing on services and products
• non financial benefits: research, mentoring, access to
information and networks

11. Benefits
1. Self provisioning -> focus on community building
2. Enlarging the community:
• Self provisioning
• Social
• Benefits