Having good meetings can make a huge impact on the satisfaction members have with their coop, and can also be a powerful way of encouraging deeper involvement from all of your membership. NASCO has worked with groups across the continent for over thirty years, and has also cultivated connections with the broader cooperative and non-profit sector, and has used these connections to build excellent training materials for groups looking to improve their meetings.
Four roles of a facilitator at group meetings.
Statement of Co-op Identity: The Rochdale Principles. Adopted by the International Cooperative Alliance in 1995.
This is a PowerPoint presentation from a workshop presented at NASCO Institute 2010 by Kim Penna from College Houses and Erin Hancock of the Canadian Cooperative Association.
A checklist of privileges that apply to heterosexual people.
A checklist of privileges that apply to men.
A checklist of privileges that apply to men and women who conform to cultural gender norms.
A handout on ways for straight people to counteract heterosexism and heterocentrism (oppression of people based on sexual orientation).
This handout was contributed by Laird Shaub for a workshop titled "But Seriously Folks...A Close Look at the Two-edged Sword of Humor in Meetings; How to Encourage the Good Kind, and Put a Lid on the Bad" at NASCO's 2008 Cooperative Education and Training Institute.
Tips for having the hard conversations in your group, developed at the 2007 Anti-Oppression Action Camp
