COVID-19 response + update
Office Nomads exists to help our members get to know and connect with each other. To help support people who are struggling with loneliness, isolation, and frustration centered around trying to work from home.
Over the last 12+ years the bulk of that work has happened in person. We’ve always leaned on IRL (“in real life”) interactions with our members to help build more meaningful and lasting connections. And for 12+ years, we’ve heard from thousands of members and visitors who tell us how it’s really helped them.
During these last few weeks it feels like everything about out work is being challenged.
But amid the uncertainty and anxiety, one thing has emerged: our community’s resilience.
Our first virtual lunch, with special guest stars: two 5-day-old baby goats!
As our in-person connections have had to slow to a minimum, our digital channels have absolutely lit up. We’re having important (and completely ridiculous) conversations. We’ve started having lunch together over video chat. As one of our members, Peter, put it:
As a rule, coworking spaces are constituted of people with an uncommon degree of flexibility in how (or at least where) they go about their day. This suggests that one can think of them not as having a unique vulnerability to this type of emergency, but as having a unique gift to give in the face of it. I've been trying to turn my head around to think of this hunker-down period not in terms of building a bomb shelter, but in terms of building a victory garden. - Peter S.
While things are certainly not normal right now, the last few weeks have shown us more than ever before that Office Nomads is not about our space. It is about our people.
This post will provide a space for us to update you on our operations and how you can connect with us if you’d like. Here are the current updates:
Updated: Temporary Closure
For the safety of our community and our neighbors, Office Nomads will be closed until at least April 6. We think that for the safety of our community and our neighbors this is the most prudent step towards keeping everyone healthy.
Join us Online
Let’s continue to support one another while we’re all working from home for the time being! Become an Online Member of Office Nomads and you’ll get looped into our member mailing list and our community’s Slack. You can also take advantage of all our online events - weekly work sprints, virtual snack, and more. Head on over to our contact form to let us know you’re interested and one of us can get you started with a new membership pronto.
All in-person events are postponed
Yes, even snack.
Ugh, this one is the hardest as we love nothing more than bringing people together, but for the time being we’re doing as much as we can virtually and are postponing the rest until the victorious day comes and we can celebrate in person together.
We really can’t wait for that day. <3
Helpful Resources for Remote Work
There are now hundreds of thousands of people attempting to work remotely who are woefully unprepared for the challenges they face. We want to help.
Our community has been talking a lot about ways we can be helpful, so here is a list of some useful resources that we want you to know about:
Making Remote Work Work – our members best advice on successful remote work (both for employers and remote workers)
The Ultimate Guide to Remote Work from Zapier - these fine folks have been doing this right for years. You can learn so much from them!
Remote: Office Not Required – from the founders of 37 Signals.
We will be adding to this list and to this post as the situation develops.
In the mean time, please take care of yourselves, take care of one another, and we absolutely can’t wait to see you IRL when this thing has passed us.