Announcing the Co-op Clinic Virtual Workshop Series: Weathering the Storms

A photo of a frog on a leaf in the rain. Text reads: The Co-op Clinic presents a virtual workshop series "Weathering the Storms" for worker cooperatives to deepen skills and build capacity. November 6 - strategic decision making. November 13 - operations and human resources. November 20 - cooperation among cooperatives. Interpretation in English and Spanish. usworker.coop/workshops

Join the Co-op Clinic for a highly interactive training series tailored to both startups and established worker cooperatives, presented in English and Spanish with interpretation.

This 4.5 hours workshop series is a space for deepening education and growing capacity for worker-owners. There will be designated space for both start up coops and established coops to dive in further. Co-op support organizations and the co-op curious are welcome to attend, but the training will be oriented for worker-owners as the audience.

Three Thursdays in November: November 6th, 13th, and 20th
Time: 8:30-10:15am PT / 9:30-11:15am MT/ 11:30-1:15pm ET

Over the course of three weekly sessions, you will explore core capacities that strengthen the democratic control and business development of your co-op:

  • Session 1: Decision-making

  • Session 2: Operations and HR

  • Session 3: Cooperation among cooperatives

Space is limited so register soon to reserve your spot.  This event is not free yet we offer sliding scale options ($200 to $600). USFWC Members have access to discounted pricing. 

Register before September 15th to receive an additional 20% discount!

Pricing

Event pricing is based on a sliding scale. Please register at the level that corresponds to your organization's annual budget.

Additionally, pricing is discounted for active USFWC member organizations. If your business is listed in this directory, you may register as a member! If not, you are invited to join the USFWC.

If you feel called to support scholarships to this event, please pay at a higher tier rate or donate here.

Benefits For Registrants Include:

  • Access to 4.5 hours across three bilingual workshops (with visuals, chat engagement, interactive and discussion portions)
  • Access to recorded content (in Spanish and English) for 6 months after the workshop
  • Access to bilingual (in Spanish and English) tools and presentation slides shared during and after the workshop
  • Learning, building, and sharing experiences and tools with workplaces across the country

Week 1: Decision-Making

This first week will help your cooperative:

  • Improve how your co-op distributes decision-making strategically, and empowers workers so your processes better reflect everyday life at work
  • Review the diversity of management structures
  • Review the nuances of structure, process, threshold, and voting. We’ll also review how to address dynamics of seniority as you engage with these.
  • Identify how to get unstuck, whether your co-op gets stuck in decision bottlenecks, analysis paralysis, or how to vet what should be on an agenda.

Week 2: Operations and HR

This second week will help your cooperative:

  • Get organized! Learn a new tool to sort through all your Ops & HR responsibilities
  • Improve your compliance
  • Understand the USFWC Worker Benefits Program
  • Design your policies to improve your workplace culture through evaluations, wellness, and member engagement

Week 3: Principle 6: Cooperation Among Cooperatives

This third week will help your cooperative:

  • Think directly about the business development for your co-op
  • Learn cooperative approaches for shared marketing
  • Review ways cooperatives across industries have solved similar problems
  • Get inspired by the diversity of models being tried across the world

Preparing for the virtual series

Registration Cost

Cancellation & Refund Policy

Sponsorship & Scholarship

Questions or Comments

Please plan ahead as training access will be limited to the registered email.

You will need to register separately if you plan to have multiple people join from multiple computers / email addresses.

Event pricing is based on a sliding scale. Please register at the level that corresponds to your organization's annual budget.

If paying for multiple registrations as a business / organization is not financially possible, please can share a computer in person. 

Additionally, pricing is discounted for active USFWC member organizations. If your business is listed in this directory, you may register as a member! If not, you are invited to join the USFWC.

If you feel called to support scholarships to this event, please pay at a higher tier rate or donate here.

No Cancellations or Refunds

We do not offer a cancellation or refund for this event, however we are able to transfer your registration within your business / organization if we receive notice at least 5 business days before the event begins.

If you would like to sponsor this event, please reach out to maria@usworker.coop to learn more about our sponsorship options!

In addition to our sliding scale pricing, we have a limited amount of scholarships for USFWC members. Please reach out if your team at consulting@usworker.coop if you are in need of a scholarship to attend this event.

Please email us at consulting [at] usworker [dot] coop:

  • If you have any questions
  • If you are donating your ticket
  • If you are no longer able to attend and need to transfer your registration