In this interview, we’ll talk about:

• Jan and his space, The Association Place
• How to attract and serve a very special niche
• Having to change plans, again

0:00 – Hi!

1:15 – We started operating 9 months ago

2:06 – There used to be carriages parked here

3:38 – I’m very proud of being a beer lawyer

5:17 – Belgium has special legislation for international associations

7:38 – With time, you learn with it

10:13 – Visiting coworking was always in the program

11:41 – The focus was more on the community than the facility

13:09 – We could see how coworking and communities were evolving

15:55 – We have a lot of success with our monthly events

17:47 – You’d be surprised how Super Mario can be used for an association

20:08 – We’d like to invite you to Brussels on the 26th of November

22:37 – Elies is the soul of The Association Place

24:06 – We are a team of 3

27:26 – People identify with our physical space

28:52 – Bye!

Speakers

Jan Lichota

Jan has been working in tourism, media, associations, education, and beer. From 2024, he’s managing a new coworking space for associations in Brussels.

The Association Place gathers the international and European associations community in Brussels. It aims to convene, connect, collaborate, and build a thriving community of association professionals.

Check his space, The Association Place:

https://www.visit.brussels/en/professionals/associations/the-association-place

Fanny Marcoux

I’m your host and passionate about coworking, remote working, nomading, freelancing, and marketing. Many -ing in there.

During the day, I help ecommerce managers migrate to Google Analytics 4 and optimize their webshop for conversions.

I also post every day on LinkedIn, where you can follow me:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/fannymarcoux/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this interview, we talk about:

• Pauline and her community, Coworkies
• how to make the coworking industry better
• the secret ingredient to coworking

0:00 – Hi!

1:05 – I was the Chief Happiness Officer of a coworking

2:06 – How about we go out and explore other spaces?

3:09 – Over the last 9 years, we visited over 550 coworking spaces

4:51 – The secret ingredient to coworking are their teams

6:04 – I didn’t know what was a Chief Happiness Officer or a coworking space

8:26 – Finding the right people to work in a space was so challenging

10:15 – Our story is the same as so many other people in coworking

12:46 – Is this helping coworking in getting better?

15:45 – We are busy all the time, and it’s rewarding

17:15 – We are working on new features, a 2nd book, more retreats

18:33 – We would love to grow the team

19:28 – There’s no right profile to be a community manager

21:08 – There are plenty of jobs in coworking spaces

22:34 – It takes a lot of time to travel

23:46 – Reach out!

25:11 – Bye!

Speakers

Pauline Roussel

Pauline is the founder and CEO of Coworkies, co-initiator of Hack Coworking, and author of the book ‘Around The World in 250 Coworking Spaces’.

Coworkies is a global job board setting the hiring and recruiting standards for the coworking and flex industry.

Check her community, Coworkies:

https://www.coworkies.com/

Fanny Marcoux

I’m your host and passionate about coworking, remote working, nomading, freelancing, and marketing. Many -ing in there.

During the day, I help ecommerce managers manage their Google Analytics and optimize their webshop for conversions.

I also post every day on LinkedIn, where you can follow me:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/fannymarcoux/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this interview, we talk about:

• Ondrej and his space, Le Rucher Creatif
• how to properly fill in public project calls
• building with purpose and impact

0:00 – Hi!

1:57 – We were traveling for 9 months, and ended up in Troyes

3:26 – We showed what we wanted to build

4:44 – We had this need, and were not alone

6:06 – There’s a need for a community space

8:09 – We built it on four pillars

9:39 – In service of the territory

11:51 – We are here to enable others to be able to do

13:06 – It went from a very empty space to what it is today

16:21 – Something that we had to learn

18:09 – We were afraid that we will need to close everything

20:15 – Be a compass

22:06 – One of the biggest mistakes is to wait

24:38 – The other error is to not have the resources

25:50 – Are we still within our values?

27:46 – The mindset is different

29:08 – One of the place why you come here

31:37 – Come to Troyes!

32:08 – Bye!

Speakers

Ondrej Svoboda

Ondrej is a multi-passionate entrepreneur active in education, startups, and coworking. He co-founded Le Rucher Creatif and is now its president.

Le Rucher Creatif is the first third place in its region and provides a space to meet up, share ideas, learn, and create positive social, environmental, and economic impact.

Check his space, Le Rucher Creatif:

https://www.le-rucher-creatif.org/

Fanny Marcoux

I’m your host and passionate about coworking, remote working, nomading, freelancing, and marketing. Many -ing in there.

During the day, I help ecommerce managers migrate to Google Analytics 4 and optimize their webshop for conversions.

I also post every day on LinkedIn, where you can follow me:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/fannymarcoux/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.