Christian Schmitz from SALTO interviewed Ashley Proctor on the occasion of her marking two decades in the industry in addition to the upcoming Coworking Alliance Summit. Beginning with Xpace in 2004, one of Canada’s first coworking spaces, Proctor went on to found Creative Blueprint, develop multiple coworking alliances, and launch significant projects including the world’s first Coworking Health Insurance Plan and the 105,000-square-foot 312 Main community hub in Vancouver.

As co-founder of the Coworking Alliance Summit, she reinforced the importance of maintaining the movement’s core values of community, collaboration, openness, accessibility, and sustainability while adapting to accommodate both independent workers and corporate teams in this evolving landscape of flexible work.

Ashley Proctor the force behind things like Coworking Canada, Creative Blueprint and The Coworking Alliance Summit joined Sophie Wade on the Transforming Work podcast, digging into what coworking is and how it’s evolved over the last 2 decades.

The London Coworking Assembly is hosting a day full of coffees, an interactive session with Ashley Proctor, space visits, walk and talks, lunch with UrbanMBA, masterminds with Bernie Mitchell, Cowork Plus with Stephen Carrick-Davies, and a live podcast recording with Caleb Parker – all alongside great local community builders.

The Bakersfield Californian has an excellent write up this week on Sierra Shared Spaces‘ first Community Hub. The co-creation process is underway, led by Justin Powers and Ashley Proctor and it’s exciting to see the community be a part of developing and planning the space from the earliest stages!

This Community Hub is going to cater to the unique needs of this underserved rural community, including being a valuable resource during natural disasters, and supporting the local business and nonprofit communities.

Ashley Proctor shares how the annual Coworking Alliance Summit is making two pretty big changes this year.

Firstly, the 2024 Summit is not only for coworking alliance members – anyone is welcome to purchase a ticket and participate. And secondly, thanks to generous support of 2024 Summit Sponsors and Partners – tickets are complimentary for members of ANY/ALL coworking alliances.

P.S. The theme for this year is Collective Ownership, not only on a space and alliance level, but also of the narrative of coworking as a movement.