{"id":4082,"date":"2015-05-20T13:05:07","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T13:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ukgcucco0.web01.sundaramdesign.com\/?p=2652"},"modified":"2015-05-20T13:05:07","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T13:05:07","slug":"gcuc-2015-coworking-conference-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gcuclegacysite.wpengine.com\/gcuc-2015-coworking-conference-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"GCUC 2015 Coworking Conference Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Mike McKeown, <a title=\"The Best Workplace\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebestworkplace.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Best Workplace<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week I participated in the 2015 <a href=\"http:\/\/ukgcucco0.web01.sundaramdesign.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Global Coworking Unconference Conference<\/a> (GCUC) in Berkeley, CA. While I don\u2019t personally operate a coworking space, I approached the conference from the POV of a design and workplace strategist. The coworking community has always had an appeal to me, a certain buzz I continue to try to pinpoint, both personally and professionally. Happy to say, GCUC delivered.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A common thread throughout the conference was the notion that\u00a0\u201cwe\u2019re not competitors, we\u2019re collaborators.\u201d While coworking has built an authentic and\u00a0enviable community, and there was plenty of fun to be had,\u00a0GCUC proved to be so much more.\u00a0Coworking is serious business, demonstrated by a great lineup of events. The conference was three days jammed packed with \u201ceverything coworking\u201d. From Day One\u2019s Camp GCUC delivering a crash course\u00a0in coworking, to several panels of experts and unconference sessions,\u00a0capped\u00a0off with\u00a0coworking tours in Berkeley and San Francisco, people walked away loaded\u00a0with new knowledge, skills, and their heads generally spinning with motivation to harness the power of the greater global community&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebestworkplace.com\/2015\/05\/18\/gcuc-2015-coworking-conference-recap\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full article \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Mike McKeown, The Best Workplace Last week I participated in the 2015 Global Coworking Unconference Conference (GCUC) in Berkeley, CA. While I don\u2019t personally operate a coworking space, I approached the conference from the POV of a design and workplace strategist. 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