Xindanwei is the first coworking space created in China (Shanghai). The co-founder Liu Yan explains how to connect the global coworking community.

1. Creating Global Coworksphere Liu Yan, Co-founder, xindanwei

2. Xindanwei -New Work Unit Leading Coworking Community in China Based in Shanghai Start with One Space of 300sqm With 6000 members More than 60% members from abroad

3. From Made in China From Made in China to Created in China, but how?

4. We are not in lack of people with creativity and good idea’s

5. We are in great shortage of community that supports and creates leads, channels, scale, impact and resources

8. Membership Active Coworkers Start|Involve Start Events Projects Users friends MENTOR Time/Space

9. Global Network of Coworking Communities: What value does it bring to the coworkers?

10. Chinese Young designer wishes show product globally

11. Spanish Open Healthcare Provider wants to involve practitioners globally

12. We are living in a world where location no longer matters

13. Technology allows us to connect talents, leads, channels, resources no matter where they are.

14. But connectivity doesn’t mean we are ready to collaborate worldwide

15. It is the matter of BUILDING TRUST with someone you have never met

16. Could you trust someone without looking into his/her eyes?

17. Yes, I could trust him because he is a good friend of my friend and/or my friend recommend him to me Yes, I could trust her because he belongs to the same coworking community Yes, I could trust him because he contributes a lot to his community, and has a very good reputation

18. So this Trust is built on: +Friend’s Recommendation +Sense of Belonging +Good Reputation

19. We need to build a coworksphere to connect and build trust among the coworkers

20. Share(s): New social capital powered by Sharism philosophy Source: sharism.org Lifetime accumulating Activity driven Cross Coworking Community

21. Membership Active Coworkers Start|Involve Start Events Projects Users friends MENTOR Time/Space

24. We need the same tools and services to support the global collaboration among our coworkers to ensure efficiency, quality and consistency.

25. Can we share them in the way we share offices and printers to reduce the cost and consumption?

27. So, how can we work together?

29. Sharing benefits us all

30. Address: Yongjia Road 50, Xuhui District, Shanghai,China Website: http://xindanwei.com twitter:@xindanwei Email: [email_address]