In honor of the 2012 International Year of Cooperatives, StrongerTogether.coop has upped the ante on prizes for this year’s My Co-Op Rocks video and photo contest. Six winning filmmakers and shutterbugs will receive up to $1,500 in gift certificates at any co-op (or a donation to their favorite charitable organization). So spread the word to
It’s 2012, the International Year of Cooperatives (IYC)! Today, we’re announcing a new Massachusetts state wide initiative: OPERATION COOPERATION http://operation.coop Our goals are to: highlight the importance and power of the Massachusetts cooperative economy; to forge better cooperation across our co-op sectors; to increase citizen awareness and support for our cooperative economy. Find us online:
PRESS RELEASE Wednesday, February 22, 2012 Contact: Supriya Kumar, skumar@worldwatch.org, (+1) 202-452-1999, ext: 510 Membership in Co-operative Businesses Reaches 1 Billion Co-ops offer democratic alternative to shareholder-owned businesses. Washington, D.C.—-The United Nations has designated 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives, providing a great opportunity to raise the profile of an important organizational tool for
The annual CCMA Conference will be hosted by the Weavers Way Co-op in Philadelphia June 14-16. Plan now to attend; top-notch workshops include a series for new co-ops plus excellent speakers and networking. For more information, go to: http://www.ccma.coop. The conference will be preceded by a super one-day cross-sector co-op conference by the Philadelphia Area
Mass Farmers Markets, The Mass Dept. of Ag Resources and the Cooperative Development InstitutePresent: 2012 Farmers Market Managers Professional Development Seminar Building a Strong Foundation for Success Where: Hoagland-Pincus Conference Center222 Maple AveShrewsbury, MA 01545Driving Directions When:Tuesday March 20, 2012 from 8:15 AM to 4:15 PM EDTAdd to my calendar It is the off season
What is the Power of Love? Dear Co-operator, Happy Valentine’s Day, and Happy Black History Month. We hope that the power of love is at work in your heart, in your cooperative, and in your neighborhood. We are Bound Together Martin Luther King Jr. preached in 1960 that everybody is “tied in a single garment
The 2012 Upstate Cooperatives Summit will be in Syracuse, NY on Saturday, March 31st. The event is free or very low cost, open to the public, and is primarily being hosted by Syracuse-based Cooperative Federal Credit Union and the Onondaga Small Business Development Center. All sectors of the cooperative economy are invited, though cooperatives for
For news and information on co-op development centers throughout the U.S., see the Winter 2012 issue of NetWorks, the CooperationWorks! newsletter.
Did you know that 2012 is the International Year of Cooperatives? Perhaps you are asking yourself what is a cooperative. Cooperatives are a form of shared ownership in which a group of members share the risks and benefits of jointly owning a business. One of the larger cooperatives in the US and worldwide is located
National Good Food Network WebinarIt’s Viable … Now What?From Feasibility Study to Business PlanThursday, January 263:30 – 4:45pm ETFree! Register Now When considering creating a business, most often the first step is to conduct a feasibility study. Designed to establish if a business opportunity exists, a completed feasibility study does not determine how you intend
