Cowording Blog Competition Winner!

Thanks for participating in the Blog Competition, guys!  We’re super excited by the ideas and the inspiration.  And without further ado, here is our runner up, and our Blog Competition Winner!

Runner Up: My ideal workplace and co-working community

Andy Maddocks

It’s a place where a lot of really motivated, smart people work on a lot of really interesting startups, small businesses, projects and inventions and where people strive to make a positive, productive difference for their customers and markets. The space is designed to let people find and establish their preferred styles of working, and just work on what’s important, while not getting distracted by having to manage basic infrastructure things like food, telephones, Internet, etc. The opportunities to meet insightful people with different perspectives and backgrounds sets co-working environments apart from other kinds of work spaces. it creates opportunities to have conversations that generate new perspectives, expands and diversifies your social and intergenerational connections, and incites and provokes more innovative thinking.

And, it’s motivating to know that there really are a lot of people who like to pursue cool ideas that have the potential to turn into high impact businesses, inventions or solutions to pressing social problems.

And our Winning Submission!

Blake Anneberg

My ideal workplace would be closer to nature, living plants surrounding me, lots of greenery.
I made 2 haiku explaining my ideal space in the renewed One Broadway:

1. Work among the trees, no office noises or stress, plants and I can breathe.
2. Clouds pass the windows, gardens are natures startups, nurtures co-working.

Thus, instead of a theme like “Scandinavia area” or “Football zone”, I would argue that a more powerful unifying bond to the community will be a nature theme like “The Forest” or “Sun Room” Just don’t do a “desert” theme, I have lived in one and wouldn’t recommend it.

Keep a look out for Blake’s snack of choice in the C3 Snack Station, and keep the ideas coming!  We always want to hear from you.