Sessions

Session	Track
Fair Trade, Foreign Policy, and Global Solidarity- International Development in the IYC Rob Everts, David Branigan, Jesse Last In this International Year of Cooperatives, we recognize that not only do inspiring cooperatives call Boston home, but so do a number of inspiring efforts to develop cooperatives in developing...	Cooperative Connections
Experiments in Coop Academies Omar Freilla, Carlos Perez de Alejo, Noemi Giszpenc This workshop will examine recent experiments in creating education programs geared towards start-up worker cooperatives. Three such programs will be highlighted, taking place in the Bronx (Green...	Basics
Effective Meetings: Make Them Happen Melissa Hoover Like the sands of time through the hourglass, do you feel your life force slipping away in meetings? Throw away the hourglass! (Also, they have clocks now - get one of those.) This session aims to...	Worker Cooperatives Are...People!
Effective Meetings Presenter(s) To Be Announced	Worker Cooperatives Are...People!
Demystifying the Lending Process Maggie Cohn, Gerardo Espinoza, Christina Jennings This panel will discuss how worker coops can secure loans to finance their start-up and growth. We’ll share lessons learned by the Coop Fund of New England, one of America’s oldest sources for...	Basics
Daylong Intensive on Cooperative Development - at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (register separately) A brief schedule is below. For more background and information on the Daylong Development Intensive, go to:...
Cross Sector Co-operation: You Know You Want To, But Why? Erbin Crowell Co-operation among co-ops is a basic principle of our movement. Yet we rarely seem to get it right when it comes to working together across sectors. Why is this? How could it be different?...	Cooperative Connections
Contemporary History of U.S. Worker Cooperative Organizing Joe Marraffino Heard about Rochdale and Mondragon, but want to know more about the what happened recently here in the U.S.? Get a crash course on the waves of U.S. cooperative organizing in the 1970s, 1980s,...	Basics
Co-ops Seeding Co-ops: Finding and Sprouting Opportunities for New Enterprises Noemi Giszpenc Worker cooperatives are among the most entrepreneurial when it comes to helping new cooperatives start. How amazing would it be if every cooperative stepped up to the challenge of starting a new...	Growing Our Movement
Business Law for Cooperatives Thomas Beckett Introduction to business law for cooperatives. This will cover the basics of business law and risk management tailored to cooperatives, including choice of business entity, contracts &...	Basics
Building Multigenerational Cooperatives: Succession Planning and Turnover John Abrams The South Mountain approach – "We think about our work as the cathedral builders thought about theirs. We try to think for generations, as we try to design and build for generations." (John Abrams...	Sustaining Your Cooperative
Building a Cooperative "Ecosystem" in North America: Lessons from Around the World Hazel Corcoran, David Smathers Moore In some countries, the worker cooperative movement has built a web of interconnected co-op organizations and activities that create an environment that supports worker co-op formation and success...	Cooperative Connections
Being Your Boss's Boss Aaron Dawson A look at how worker coops grapple with the challenge of having worker run boards. Specifically, what are some challenges of a. having workers who most likely have little experience running...	Sustaining Your Cooperative
Ask An Expert Noemi Giszpenc, Tim Huet, Thomas Beckett, Chris Mackin, Edward De Barbieri, Newell Lessell Bring all of your questions and conundrums to the experts for their opinions and advice.	Sustaining Your Cooperative

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