PPT-Steps to Starting a Cooperative

Margaret M Bau Cooperative Development Specialist USDA Rural Development January 20 2016 Ways to Form a Coop Member Initiated Start up idea dreamed up and explored by the eventual members. COOPERATIVE GAMESThe arena is a circle about 30 feet in diameter with aclearly de Creating an Economy that Works for All.. The Inspiration. Mondragon is the top industrial group in the Basque region, ranked 10. th. in Spain with 80,000 personnel, a presence in 70 countries, and winner of the 2013 . Karl A. Smith. Engineering Education – Purdue University. STEM Education Center/Civil Eng – University of Minnesota. ksmith@umn.edu - http://www.ce.umn.edu/~smith/. Faculty Development Days. Bismarck State College. Phase 2. What have we learned?. The model – learning from existing projects. Tulse. Hill project. Starting with a conversation about the change people want to see. Defining outcomes locally. Working differently with ward councillors. A solution that seems simple. My motivation. -It feels good to live in a community. -Members of the community complete each other’s abilities. -It gives me the pleasure of creating economic and social values. Culturing a Democratic Food Economy. . Jonah Fertig . January . 2014. A food system where….. People have access to healthy local food. A food system where….. People have good jobs working the land and cooking food. COOPERATIVE GAMESThe arena is a circle about 30 feet in diameter with aclearly de Karl A. Smith. STEM Education Center / Technological Leadership Institute / Civil Engineering – University of Minnesota &. Engineering Education – Purdue University. ksmith@umn.edu - http://www.ce.umn.edu/~smith. Cooperatives for Rural Business Creation. Jim Crandall, Associate Director. Holdrege, NE. jcrandall3@unl.edu. UNL Extension Entrepreneurship Action Team. Brief Discussion Topics. Cooperative Businesses Enterprises (Multi-owner). BY HOPE & VICTOR. Background. Women Workers’ Cooperatives . . At 2000. . year of . the . cooperative!. !!. 15. th. . CUHK Committee. Negotiation. Special Service period. (11:00PM-1:30AM). Release burden of workers. Studies . Looking Ahead. Why might critics fear an emphasis on teamwork?. What are the two types of grouping that this chapter will focus on?. Can You?. identify the differences and similarities between cooperative groups and collaborative groups?. Topic . 3: Credit. It consists of 5 two-hour-long workshops:. Topic . 1: Basic . Money Management & . Budgeting. Topic 2: Banking & Basic Financial Transactions. Topic 3: . Credit. Topic . 4: . Chapter 7: Cooperative Learning. Robert J. . Marzano. Research & Theory on . Cooperative Learning . One of the most popular instructional strategies in education. 1867 W.T. Harris. St. Louis, MO. Tom Decker. Director of Cooperative Development. NCBA. NCBA . Founded in 1916. Who we represent. What we do. How we do it. FACTS ABOUT CO-OPS. Well over 30,000 co-ops in the U.S.. 1 in 3 Americans are co-op members.