Ouishare

Wed 27 Sep 2017 8:33PM

Should We Get Active Connecting And Supporting Freelancers In OuiShare Universe?

Bernie J Mitchell Public Seen by 188

Brothers and Sisters Of OuiShare,

This is a call to action for us to connect the 'freelancers and independent economic agents' within the OuiShare Universe.

My proposal is to support the European Freelancers Week and then get active in the European Coworking Assembly to find ways to connect people, projects and coworking spaces in and around the OuiShare Universe.

We have collected so much information about working independently, how to run our own business and work with bigger organisations.

We need to share this knowledge to become sustainable agents ourselves and both help and learn from other people

In the next few weeks, there is the European Freelancers Week and then a group of us will go to Coworking Europe in Dublin with the Copass gang.

We have over 35 OuiShare Radio podcasts on "Brave New Work" about coworking and freelancing here: https://goo.gl/XeXiGb

The best way to help people is to connect with people already doing this work.
(Starting something new would duplicate good work others are already doing.)

If you are already acting, thinking, doing, organising conversations around this get in touch with me!
[email protected]

Get Involved Part 1!
Join the OuiShare "Freelancer Warriors" slack group here: https://goo.gl/L9QHpF

Get Involved Part 2!
European Freelancers Week here - https://goo.gl/LBtK64

European Event Tool Kit here - https://goo.gl/YVm6Sp

Coworking Europe Copass Camp here - https://goo.gl/JLRCsD

European Coworking Assembly here - https://goo.gl/3J2Lhh

My proposal again:
To support the European Freelancers Week and then get active in the European Coworking Assembly to find ways to connect people, projects and coworking spaces in and around the OuiShare Universe. Are You In?

Questions, challenges, ideas and ruckus making welcome!
Love Bernie

Alex Thu 28 Sep 2017 3:38PM

This is a great way to connect people in freelancing & coworking 👍🏽

Jeannine van der Linden Thu 28 Sep 2017 6:59PM

Coworking and Ouishare have been flirting with each other for years now. Our values are aligned if not idenrical and the overlap is great. I think it's time we went on a date. We can hold hands over the Freelancer's week, take a walk on the boardwalk, maybe win a teddybear at Coworking Europe.

Freelancers are only a part if coworking but they are an important part. I would really love to connect with the do-ers of Ouishare and start to connect up your projects and make new ones with coworking.

Francesca Fri 29 Sep 2017 10:35AM

Great initiative Bernie! Do you have a more specific ask apart from checking out the links you shared for people who want to get involved?

Alexandre Bigot-Verdier Fri 29 Sep 2017 3:29PM

I support this exploration of the future of work. As I am not a freelancer right now, I won't take an active part, but I am very curious about what it will lead to!

Poll Created Thu 19 Oct 2017 5:25PM

Should We Form An Active Partnership With European Coworking Assembly To Support Freelancers & Coworking Spaces? Closed Fri 3 Nov 2017 11:09PM

Outcome

by Bernie J Mitchell Wed 8 Nov 2017 2:33PM

Brothers and Sisters of OuiShare

The votes are in and we are now in an alliance with European Coworking Assembly

What does this look like?
1. This week it is collaborating on Bar Camp workshops and the closing party at Coworking Europe.
(See Picture below)

Going forward we’ll be looking to connect with freelancers who work in Coworking spaces. These people are the community in coworking and voices we need to hear and connect.

We’ll be posting updates on OuiShare Radio and asking questions as we go along.

Want to get involved?
Right now we are ONLY looking to connect with two types of people
A - Freelancers, indie workers, consultants who are based in a Coworking space in Europe
B. People who own or run a Coworking space in Europe
- email me direct [email protected]

Many thanks for people who voted, commented on the Loomio posts and who connected me directly.

Love Bernie ;-)

OuiShare has been 'formally' invited by the European Coworking Assembly (ECA) to form a partnership to support and explore coworking and freelancing in Europe.

Right now I am looking to be able to say yes!
And then we can work this out over time.
The deadline for this proposal is two weeks

At the time of writing this Loomio proposal, I would hope the outcome would be for people who work as freelancers, consultants and independent workers in Europe to become more connected and able to support each other.

Most coworking spaces which are interested or are members of the ECA are independently owned coworking spaces.
Many of these owners are known to OuiShare or have attended OuiShare Fest or OuiShare Drinks.

One frequent response that comes up from spaces is:

"We got in touch with someone at OuiShare and never heard anything back."

I would hope this is something we can change together.

European Coworking Assembly here - https://goo.gl/3J2Lhh

Other info

1. The OuiShare London team are co-organising the closing party with 400+ participants at https://coworkingeurope.net/ on the 10th Nov in Dublin together with the Coworking Assembly and Copass.

See the event here https://goo.gl/w6xyyv

2. There are also GREAT comments to consider on this last public Loomio coworking post here https://goo.gl/hCLq1T

3. If you are already acting, thinking, doing, organising conversations around coworking & Freelancing get in touch with me!
[email protected] or join "OuiShare Freelancer Warriors" slack group here: https://goo.gl/L9QHpF

Links for of our friends in coworking:
European Coworking Assembly - https://goo.gl/3J2Lhh
Coworking Europe - https://coworkingeurope.net/
Copass Camp - https://goo.gl/JLRCsD
Included.co - https://included.co/
DeskMag - http://www.deskmag.com/
Coworkies - http://coworkies.com/

P.S. I will follow up by with everyone to get a response!

Please ask questions and leave comments below.

See the event here https://goo.gl/w6xyyv

Love Bernie