At long last! The 1st Edition of “This Way Out: A Guide To Starting A Worker Cooperative” is here! Trailer here: http://youtu.be/a0g4Z8hhqDgGo to http://www.mightysmallfilms.com/This_Way_Out.html to buy a copy. With tax and shipping and handling, it’s a very affordable $30. The video is in English, but there is a Spanish-language option on the DVD with a
Cooperative Teach-In Initiative We at the Toolbox for Education and Social Action (TESA) would like to announce the official launch of the“Cooperative Teach-In Initiative” as a part of the UN-Declared 2012 International Year of Cooperatives. The Cooperative Teach-In focuses on engaging colleges, universities, schools, and other communities on what co-ops are and how they positively
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
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
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
Food Co-op Initiative (http://foodcoopinitiative.coop/) and CDS Consulting Co-op (http://www.cdsconsulting.coop/) are pleased to present a series of all-new webinars addressing the specific needs of new food co-op organizers! The series of six live presentations will begin on January 10. All sessions will run from 2:00-3:00 pm EST (1:00 to 2:00 Central; 12:00-1:00 Mountain; and 11:00-12:00 Pacific).
The Fall 2011 issue of the Networks newsletter is out — check out the great work that cooperative developers are doing throughout the U.S.
The Toolbox for Education and Social Action is seeking two students in the U.S. to work as interns on a nation-wide education and outreach plan, the Cooperative Campus Initiative (CCI). See the listings on Idealist: Website Design Intern: http://www.idealist.org/view/internship/fsG5Jf8MfM3p/ Outreach Coordinator Intern: http://www.idealist.org/view/internship/WJ8gwwPt9fXd/
