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Co-ops 101

3:00pm to 5:00pm
212 - 1737 West 3rd Ave

Co-ops 101 is BCCA's introduction to co-operatives and the co-op movement. Designed to be relevant and interesting everyone from new co-operators, employees at co-ops and credit unions, or anyone interested in the co-op movement, it's an excellent way to learn more about co-ops.

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Start co-operating.

Are you interested in starting a co-operative? Do you work for a co-op or a credit union and want to learn more about the co-op sector? Does the idea of co-operation interest you?

That's why we're here. Come and learn all about the co-op sector, co-operatives, how and why to start one, and how the BCCA can help you as you think of ways to build a co-operative economy.

Learn about co-op business basics.

Learn about the history of co-ops, different kinds of co-ops ranging from consumer co-ops to worker co-ops to nonprofit co-ops at this workshop.

Participants will also explore how to take their idea towards the development of a co-op, including:

  • The co-op development path
  • Assessing a business idea
  • Feasibility and business planning
  • The nuts and bolts of starting a co-op
  • Support and assistance from the BCCA and the co-op sector
  • Access co-op development support.
If you are representing a group that is exploring co-operation as a business idea, taking a Co-ops 101 course allows your group to register with the BCCA as an "Emerging Co-op" and access ongoing BCCA support, including access to co-op development experts, ongoing advice, discounted training and education, and more. 

Attend in-person or via teleconference.

Join other co-operative entrepreneurs in the BCCA's Vancouver offices to learn about co-ops and how to get yours started.

Contact Information

Phone: 6046623906
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Co-ops 301 - Rules Writing Intensive

10am to 3pm
212 - 1737 West 3rd Ave

This full-day highly interactive workshop will empower you to co-operatively make great decisions for your co-op. You will leave the workshop with a solid understanding of your Rules, what is required of them, and why they are of benefit to your co-op. You'll also have the capacity to update or write your Rules.

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Rules Writing Intensive.

Rules (aka co-op by laws) provide the map for your organization to function and answer important questions such as, How can members join the co-op? Or What is everyone’s responsibilities?.

Drafting rules can be a challenging undertaking to create, revise, and review.

This full-day highly interactive workshop will empower you to co-operatively make great decisions for your co-op. You will leave the workshop with a solid understanding of your Rules, what is required of them, and why they are of benefit to your co-op.

Learn the ropes and plan for success.

To make the most of it you will need to bring:

  • An electronic copy of your co-op’s Rules
  • If you don’t have current Rules, your co-op’s ideas and action plan towards incorporation
  • Questions that you or have about your Rules as they currently exist
  • Identified areas that you would like to address, review, or revise.
  • Pack a lunch as well!

Please note: This workshop is not legal advice, and the facilitator cannot offer legal advice or provide legal services. If your co-op needs to seek out a lawyer for assistance, the BCCA can connect you with experts in the field.

Attend in-person in Vancouver.

This workshop will be held in-person in Vancouver. If you can't make it to the workshop in person, BCCA training sessions are available by webinar or teleconference. We'll make it happen. Just get in touch.

Exceeding the Vision - Top 20 in 20 Gala

10am to 10pm
Valhalla Inn

Top 20 in 20 is a celebration of accomplishments and a great learning opportunity! This extraordinary one-day event will be packed with power panels, a one of a kind tradeshow, engaging networking opportunities, and an awards gala honouring northern women who have made positive contributions in their community.

The Power Panels, this year, will focus on how 20 sucessful entrepreneurs “Exceeded their vision”. We have asked them to speak on “What’s Hot and What’s Not” in growing a business. They will share what they have learned from their experience in operating a business. The panel presentations will be open to women, men, youth, as well as local organizations interested in learning about: 

  • Productivity and Profitability
  • Procurement
  • Business Leadership, Circles and Clusters
  • Youth and Social Enterpreneurship

Tradeshow and networking

LUNCH
Buffy will share her journey in building a Multimedia Business

AFTERNOON
Power Panels: 20 successful women entrepreneurs share "What's HOT and What's NOT" in growing a business

EVENING
Top 20 in 20 Platnium Awards gala, Dinner and AGM

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Register before October 31st to save 20%

Contact
Fabiola Martinez
PARO Centre for Women's Enterprise
807-625-0328
info at paro.ca

Five Qualities for Cultivating Strong Communities

Date: Thursday, October 30, 2014
Time: 12 - 1 pm Eastern

Speaker: Joe Schaeffer

Understanding community has always been central to Dr. Joe Schaeffer’s work. As an academic and teacher he has engaged thousands of people, from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences, to answer a single question: What would people be like, within and with each other, in a world that you would like to be part of?  Joe has distilled the responses he heard into five qualities of character which are exemplified by people who demonstrate the capacity to create and sustain resilient, strong communities. Joe’s latest book, Living Community, explores these qualities of character and makes an important and unique contribution to the field by moving beyond the "how-to" of community building to focus deliberately and clearly on the attitudes and practices that we must cultivate within ourselves to successfully realize the full benefit and possibility of community.  Join us and learn more about the five qualities of character for effective community-building.

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Community Benefit Agreements: An Exciting New Tool for Social Enterprises

2pm to 3:30pm Eastern

Community Benefit Agreements (CBAs) are agreements between developers and coalitions of community organizations interested in mutually reinforcing goals of community and economic development. CBAs address a broad range of community needs and allow community organizations to play a role in shaping a project, to win benefits that are tailored to their community, and to ensure developer's act in the best interests of the community.

This interactive presentation will look at how the community benefits movement has reframed the new development model.  And we will look at specific community benefit campaigns, what they have accomplished, and how.  Social enterprises are uniquely suited for assisting with CBAs, because of their twin goals of social good and market orientation. We encourage everyone to join us as we learn more about this powerful tool that is emerging as a trend in cities across the country.

Attendees are highly encouraged to review this interactive tool:  www.forworkingfamilies.org/sites/pwf/ASK/

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Presenters:

Felicia Couts, coordinator of the Winning Goals coalition initiated by the SE/SW Community Benefits Coordinating Council, in Washington, DC

John Goldstein, Campaign Director, Partnership for Working Families

Find out more here: http://www.forworkingfamilies.org/sites/pwf/ASK/home.html

Social Economy Charter Conversations

12pm - 1pm Eastern

The Ontario Social Economy Roundtable (OSER) has identified the need to develop a Social Economy Charter to provide a common language and scope that will work to increase our cohesion and effectiveness.

The Charter will guide and inspire the work of OSER and all those working to build the movement in Ontario. It will support the handful of individuals and organizations who are working collectively to build a strong social economy to be confident that they are expressing the views of a broad constituency as they provide guidance to an increasing number of powerful allies. To learn more click here.

On Tuesday October 7 at 12:00 noon, OSER will be hosting a webinar to share more about the process of hosting a “charter conversation”. A charter conversation is a hosted meeting where people come together to spend an hour or two focusing on 2 or 3 open ended questions about principles and values. Hosts will then be able to upload notes of the group’s contribution to a Google Doc to make it part of the province-wide discussion.

Download the charter consultation package as a pdf here, or as a word document here.

Register for the webinar here

 

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