The 6th Co-operative Principle recognizes that “co-operatives serve their members most effectively and strengthen the co-operative movement by working together through local, national, regional and international structures.” How can different types of co-ops (including Food Co-ops, Farmer Co-ops, Credit Unions, Worker Co-ops, Energy Co-ops & Artisan Co-ops) work together across sectors to grow our businesses, benefit our members, and influence policy makers? These presentations explore successful examples of collaboration, and the strategies that made them work.
- The Emergence of Co-operative Business Associations, National Cooperative Business Association Conference, 2013
- Cross-Sector Collaboration & The Co-operative Decade, American Association of Credit Union Leagues, Boston, MA, August 2013.
- Cross Sector Co-operation: You Know You Want To, But Why? National Worker Cooperative Conference, Boston, MA, June 2012.
- Cross-Sector Collaboration for a Co-operative Economy, National Co-operative Business Association conference, Minneapolis, MN, October 2011.
- Working for a Sustainable Future, Northeast Organic Farming Association Summer Conference, Amherst, MA, August 2010.
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Looking Toward 2012: Cross-Sector Collaboration for a Thriving Co-operative Economy
The 6th Principle of Co-operation recognizes that “co-operatives serve their members most effectively and strengthen the co-operative movement by working together through local, national, regional and international structures.” And yet, co-ops rarely take advantage of opportunities to work together across sectors to grow our businesses, benefit our members, and influence policy makers. Our panel will describe successful examples of collaboration in New England, Seattle and Austin, and the strategies that made them work. A portion of the program will be an open discussion on how we can take cross-sector co-operation to the next level for 2012, the International Year of Co-operative
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