Is coworking getting more professional ? Definitely. Have a look at this BetaHaus Hamburg’s video

In Brazil, two coworking spaces in 2008, twenty in 2011… How many in 2012 ?

Do coworking and crowdsourcing belong to the same family ?

“With the advent of new communication technologies and networks on the Web 2.0, traditional work processes seem to be becoming increasingly obsolete. Crowdsourcing and Coworking are the hottest trends of the year and both are very similar in their approaches”.

“The working models of the future are no longer devised in the upper echelons of big business. They often occur among the very young in non-traditional settings. And sometimes putting this bit of “here” and “there” together leads to the same ideas and goals. We can probably describe it as a “movement” or perhaps even as a “trend”. Two of these movements that have been lurking around the creative industries for some time are crowdsourcing and coworking. They both have similar tonality and also share a common background – they represent a new way of working. In addition, they complement each other perfectly for a “Future Workplace (…)”

“(…) Both approaches – crowdsourcing and coworking – are based on the fact that people who work in virtual and physical networks can in this way create a higher value collectively than if they acted independently. This is also true for problem-solving, innovation and creative output.”

Read the rest of the article on Crowdsourcing.org

Coworking in Mongolia

(picture Philippe Verstichel)

The 1st Coworking Germany Barcamp takes place on July 8-10 in Wuppertal

Morning Everybody, who has joined the Cowo Conference in Brussels and the Jelly Week in January, we want to invite you all to our 1st Coworking Germany Barcamp in one month.

We would be very happy, if you guys could come and if you send us your
proposals for presentations, workshops or open discussions.

REGISTRATION: http://cowobarcamp.eventbrite.com/
CALL FOR PAPERS: anni.roolf@dezentrale.eu

You find some press information attached, also about the second idea:
Here you can also participate, even if you don’t come to our barcamp.

WE CALL FOR COWORKING PICTURES!

Our Barcamp will be the starting point of a touring exhibition — with the next stop on the Coworking
Europe Conference Berlin in November. And perhaps a second stop in your country? We hope,
you like this project and spread the word within the coworking community. This would be so great!
We need pictures in high resolution (more details in the press information).

Best, Anni (Conference Organizer for Coworking Wuppertal)

PS: The source of the pictures in the directory “Material Call for Coworking Pictures”

is deskmag. You can use it to spread the word, if you mention this source.