Hiring a General Manager
A brief guide to Co-op Manager Hiring
Most Popular Resources
NASCO Institute 2004 Program Guide
Program guide for NASCO Institute 2004, "Beyond the Co-op Wall: Connecting with Local Communities."
History of Housing Coops
Presented at NASCO Institute by Jim Jones (Collective Seeds Consulting Cooperative)
A history of group housing cooperatives in North America. A look at both student and community based cooperatives, starting in 1873 and continuing to the present. How did we all get here? Why aren't there co-ops like ours in other countries? What events in our country have influenced and affected our cooperatives?
Distributed Software and Cooperatives
Presentation from a workshop at NASCO Institute 2017.
"What's the Password Again? Distributed Software and Cooperatives" by Alli Nilles
Strengths-Based Leading and Other Modern Tools to Manage Remarkably - NASCO Institute
Session materials from "Strengths-Based Leading and Other Modern Tools to Manage Remarkably," which was led by Nick Coquillard (Inter-Cooperative Council - Ann Arbor) at NASCO Institute 2014.
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Unpacking Violence: Liberation Within Chaos
This presentation and workbook are from a workshop titled U"npacking Violence: Liberation Within Chaos" presented by the D.O.P.E. Collective Savion Mingo, Jason Cathcart, and Caitlin Blue at NASCO Institute 2017.
NASCO Institute 2013 Program Guide
Program guide for NASCO Institute 2013, "A Fire in Our Bellies: Food Justice & Cooperatives."
Debunking Cooperative Myths - Video
6 Common Misconceptions about Cooperatives:
#1: "A co-op? That's like ... a hippie grocery store, right?"
#2: Co-ops are Basically All Non-Profits
#3: Co-ops Aren't Scalable
#4: Co-ops Have No Structure
#5: Co-ops Are Only For Rich White People
#6: Co-ops Don't Have an Economic Impact
Recorded for the North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO) Shared Resource Library - http://www.nasco.coop/resources
NASCO Institute 2020 Session Recordings
Below, are the recordings for NASCO Institue 2020 sessions by room. Please share lessons learned with your cooperatives and communities.
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