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October 2018
CW's Fall Member Meeting will be held October 1st-2nd at National Cooperative Bank's offices in Crystal City. Join us for a day of professional development that includes intensive workshops on worker co-ops and conversions and a high-level overview of housing cooperatives. Our business meeting on the 2nd will include elections for new board members. Planning to attend? Be sure you've filled out this survey!
Find out moreNCBA CLUSA is proud to announce that the second annual Co-op IMPACT Conference will be held October 3 – 5, 2018 in Arlington, Virginia at the Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel.
Find out moreREGISTER HERE In the second session of The Art and Science of Cooperative Development, participants will build upon and refine skills learned in Building Blocks while practicing application of the skills through interactive workshops, role plays, and case studies. In Toolkit Implementation, participants will go beyond the basics of cooperative development and delve into core of what makes the co-op development process tick. This intensive, outcome-based curriculum will help prepare participants to work with groups in establishing and growing their cooperative enterprise. Some of the topics covered include: Navigating power dynamics in groups [...]
Find out moreDecember 2018
Register Here Finance Fundamentals (formerly Session 3) is a five-day, webinar-based training that gives participants hands-on experience building their own Excel workbook to determine the feasibility of a start-up co-op. This training requires some knowledge of Excel (and registration comes with a free, two-hour introduction to Excel prior to the training) and will build participants’ knowledge of the program. Finance Fundamentals requires nightly homework assignments as well as a final exam. This intensive session demands participants learn and utilize practical skills for assessing feasibility and determining success factors for new cooperatives. This [...]
Find out moreMay 2019
CW's spring member meeting will be held in Washington DC from May8-9th. As the SBA gears up for the implementation of the Main Street Employee Ownership Act, we'll spend time hearing from members who've worked with their local SBDCs to support conversions to worker cooperatives explore best practices and lessons learned. We expect visits from USDA staff, NCBA's government relations, and SBDC employees. If you're a CW member who plans to attend, please register now! Please note, the meeting will be held from 9am-12pm ET on Wednesday May 8th and from [...]
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Building Blocks (formerly Session 1) provides a thorough but introductory overview into the field of cooperative development. This session lays out the basics of the cooperative model, including governance, feasibility, business basics, and memberships. Additionally, we’ll cover topics ranging from cooperative history to building your cooperative ecosystem. Participants will learn from case studies that delve into particular topics in co-op development, such as investment cooperatives, conversions, and assisting groups in low-resource communities. Additionally, tours to local Madison co-ops and ample networking opportunities this intensive, productive, and meaningful training. Check out the agenda. [...]
Find out moreSeptember 2019
CW members will gather in Crystal City, VA this fall for our fall membership meeting from Sept. 30th-Oct. 1st. Mark your calendar. Check out a draft agenda for the meeting here. Register for the meeting here to let us know you'll be there!
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Join 250+ of your fellow cooperators in Madison, Wisconsin, March 6-7, for Up & Coming 2020! With over 55 workshops presented by 50+ speakers, both consultants and peers, this is sure to be our best Up & Coming ever! We are excited to have Willy Street Co-op as our 2020 host!
Find out moreRegister Here. Site Visits Together we'll venture around Lincoln and beyond, exploring co-ops ranging from food to investment to producer co-ops! Some are burgeoning and some are in formation, but all offer interesting insight into their development process, challenges, and how they overcame them along them way. Take a sneak peak below: Open Harvest, Lincoln, Nebraska – This co-op formed first as a buying club in 1971. Open Harvest started in 1975. The cooperative grocery store has a loyal customer base and continues to redefine as competition has increased. With over 40 [...]
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