Coworkationers are all about collaboration. An important partner with the same spirit is “CoWorkLand”, a German Coop with 200 rural Coworking-Spaces in its network. The “CoWorkLand”-team gives support and advice for founders of Coworking-Spaces from their headquarters in Kiel at the North Sea Coast.Members of “CoWorkLand” are part of a strong network which is characterized by constant and versatile exchanges. They can rely on the knowledge and the experiences of other members.Together, members are able to promote Coworking across regions, in the media and politically. Networking-events and a Slack-forum are additional ways of communication for members, who can also get involved in the development of the Coop at the AGM.“CoWorkLand” relies on both qualification and advice to support founders of Coworking-spaces. The “Starter-Kit” contains all the material a founder needs to start and manage a Coworking-Space, from “Terms & Conditions”-templates, through an insurance-checklist to guidance for “Health & Safety”.
Newcomers learn from experienced experts in the series “How to Cowork”. “CoWorkLand” is also a “Community of Practice” – helpful advice from colleagues is what the Coop prides itself on.The Coop also gives its members visibility, giving its members access to private customers and big corporations through its booking-platform. As a part of a network even a small space can be attractive to a big corporation. And the booking-platform is not only there FOR the members, it’s also owned BY the members of the Coop. Together, members decide on the prices and what’s being done with the profits, which is either investment in rural, social projects or distribution through shares in the Coop.PopUp-Coworking has become another important pillar for “CoWorkLand”. They can now research the “future of work” in the suburbs and in rural communities through their Coworking-Containers and existing member Pop-Ups. At “CoWorkLand” you don’t plan Coworking in theory – Pop-Up testing periods inform you about the actual need in a community. A “CoWorkLand” Pop-Up Coworking-Space is a prototype that’s meant to be developed and changed while it’s being used by a community – not a living-room, but rather a “living room-lab”. The lab gives “CoWorkLand” data, which combined with additional data from interviews with users of the Pop-Up Space enables the team to supply a future founder of a “regular” Coworking-Space in that location with a data-set for an informed decision.Many “CoWorkLand”-members are also interested in the collaborative concept of Coworkation. And here at Coworkationers.com is where we are going to tell their stories.