6 episodes

The world of makerspace and hackerspace management is filled with decades of experience and talent, featuring some very interesting people. This podcast attempts to document their expertise and perspectives for the next generation of creative community managers and organizers.

Makerspace Managers Will Bradley

    • Technology

The world of makerspace and hackerspace management is filled with decades of experience and talent, featuring some very interesting people. This podcast attempts to document their expertise and perspectives for the next generation of creative community managers and organizers.

    Episode 5: Santa Rosa Hackerspace

    Episode 5: Santa Rosa Hackerspace

    Frici is assembling a core group of people interested in starting a hackerspace in Sonoma County California, but he’s got some questions. How do you get enough paying people to start affording rent? How do you proceed when you don’t have a space or 501c3 status yet? How do you create something from nothing?

    • 1 hr
    Episode 4: Catching Up with The Cedars Union

    Episode 4: Catching Up with The Cedars Union

    We talked with The Cedars Union at the start of the pandemic in July 2020, but here we catch up with them in July 2021 to see how they've adapted to uncertain times.

    • 1 hr 5 min
    Episode 3: Rachel Stanfield and Matt Bowdon (The Cedars Union)

    Episode 3: Rachel Stanfield and Matt Bowdon (The Cedars Union)

    The Cedars Union has been a Dallas-area art incubator and makerspace since 2015. They have shared and private studio and work spaces, and primarily function through artist residencies in a system of cohorts. In this episode Rachel and Matt chat with the host about surviving COVID, structuring membership and training, access and membership software, and blending art with making and 501c3 status.

    • 1 hr 16 min
    Episode 2: Zandi Dandizette (The James Black Gallery)

    Episode 2: Zandi Dandizette (The James Black Gallery)

    Zandi has been involved in running The James Black Gallery in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, since 2014. The gallery is a live-in, nonprofit, artist-run studio based in a home that’s as old as colonial Vancouver itself. In this episode they chat with the host about rescuing a struggling space, structure vs anarchy, cultivating diversity, managing burnout and residencies, establishing a healthy inspiring collaborative culture, being a positive leader, and handling conflict.

    • 38 min
    [Crosspost] Libre Lounge interviews Mitch Altman (Noisebridge)

    [Crosspost] Libre Lounge interviews Mitch Altman (Noisebridge)

    Makerspace Managers is all about interviewing people who've run makerspaces, but the Libre Lounge podcast beat us to the punch! Pop over there to hear their interview with Mitch, who founded Noisebridge.

    • 1 hr 4 min
    Episode 1: Jeremy Leung (HeatSync Labs)

    Episode 1: Jeremy Leung (HeatSync Labs)

    In 2009, Jeremy Leung and the host both helped start HeatSync Labs in Mesa Arizona, with backgrounds in organizing tech/hacker communities at their schools. Since then, they’ve both moved into other consultative/volunteer roles. In this episode they chat about starting out, handling difficult members, handling burnout, and making spaces inviting and inspiring.

    • 25 min

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