My presentation at BarCampCanberra 2010 on the soon-to-be-opened Coworking space in Canberra, providing freelancers and the self-employed with affordable office space in a friendly cafe-like social workplace shared with other professionals.

2. OFFICE SPACE Affordable office space for freelancers, the self-employed and small business. Not run for profit. Community operated.

3. WHY? Address isolation of working from home. Help freelancers focus and have good work-life balance.

4. WHY? Share knowledge, build skills, bounce ideas. Create opportunities for collaborative projects.

5. SOCIAL Emphasis on socialising, collaboration, knowledge sharing. Try to attract the right sort of people to create positive vibe.

6. “ The idea of Citizen Space is to take the best elements of a coffee shop (social, energetic, creative) and the best elements of a workspace (productive, functional) and combine them to give indie workers the chance to have their own, affordable space”

7. OPTIONS 3-month rolling contract with own, dedicated desk. Casual, drop-in on hourly rate with “hot desks”.

8. COST Still working on it but it will be as cheap as possible, just to cover costs and subsidise rent of host company.

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14. FACILITIES Couch Library bookshelf Conference room Kitchen Even ...

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19. NEXT Desks to be installed end of February. Launch planned for early March.

20. Questions? Follow @CanberraCowork