Co-operative film fest
In different communities, we could show several different films about co-ops over a weekend, or a week.
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Develop Teaching Aids for Schools (all levels)
Most high schools have a stream of 'business classes' where students are taught a variety of skills for entrepreneurship, marketing etc. IYC is an opportune time to work with supportive teachers and develop some curriculum around the different co-op models out there. Curriculum could be aimed at a number of different age groups and classes. Resources could be made available online, including networks of co-op developers ...more »
1 commentMost high schools have a stream of 'business classes' where students are taught a variety of skills for entrepreneurship, marketing etc.
IYC is an opportune time to work with supportive teachers and develop some curriculum around the different co-op models out there.
Curriculum could be aimed at a number of different age groups and classes. Resources could be made available online, including networks of co-op developers etc. who could speak to students.
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Create a Co-operative Map of Alberta
Add your commentWhether online and/or on paper, a co-op map would show people where they can support co-ops in their community.
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Suggest IYC be the theme for an issue of Alberta Views
1 comment65 % of Albertans are members of a co-operative. Let's share our ideas and stories in a provincial magazine.
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Co-operative Park Calgary-donate park contents with co-op theme
1 commentCo-operation among co-operatives
The idea is to create a legacy project for co-ops serving members in Calgary, with co-ops and credit unions coming together and donating the contents of a park. Focus is an all-ages, all-abilities park donation, with a focus on sharing the co-op message of co-operation and the benefits of the co-op model.
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Coop business dragon's den
Add your commentHave larger coops in Alberta contribute to a one time investment pool for a coop business dragons den, the larger the pool, the more attractive the prize and could have a range of categories e.g. largest job creator, most green,
Winning businesses should be required to bank at CUs
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Participate in the national Co-op Development Fund
The Canadian Co-op Association is proposing a national Co-operative Development Fund to help meet the need of (especially) start-up and newer co-operatives for capital investments. They propose that co-ops & credit unions invest in a national Fund as a long-term legacy project of the IYC. See: www.coopscanada.coop/en/coopdev/Development_Fund. I think that the concept paper will be made public shortly after the CCA ...more »
Add your commentThe Canadian Co-op Association is proposing a national Co-operative Development Fund to help meet the need of (especially) start-up and newer co-operatives for capital investments. They propose that co-ops & credit unions invest in a national Fund as a long-term legacy project of the IYC. See: www.coopscanada.coop/en/coopdev/Development_Fund. I think that the concept paper will be made public shortly after the CCA Congress at the end of June.
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Open a Cooperative Social Enterprise
Add your commentCreate a Business, cooperatively owned, and operating on Socially responsible, environmentally sustainable, principles. A profitable social enterprise that can sustain itself financially provide jobs, and contribute to the community.
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Host Tompkinsville; a play about the 1st housing co-op
1 commentLindsay Kyte is writing a play about the first Housing Co-operative in North America located in Reserve Mines, Nova Scotia. Performances of this play could be hosted by housing co-ops in a local school or church. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=55641531484
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Start a Co-op website
Add your commentcreate a website where the public can go to read, hear and see (blogs, youtube, links) how co-ops contribute to the well-being of our society and where co-op members can go to get info, best practices, share success stories and get inspired
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IYC booth at the Stampede and other Alberta festivals in 2012
1 commentCreate a display featuring the past present and future of Co-operatives in Alberta and feature this at summer festivals in 2012.
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Competition to pick a song for the IYC in Alberta
Add your commentHost a competition for song writers to create a song about the past present and future of Co-ops in Alberta
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Local IYC steering groups
Add your commentIt would be really exciting if there was a local IYC steering group in every community in which there is more than one co-op is present, working co-operatively to bring IYC to their neighbourhood or region.
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Promote Co-ops as a values based socially just alternative
Add your commentConnect Co-ops to the trend of socially responsible consumerism.
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Name a Mountain
Add your commentHave a Mountain in the Rockies of Alberta named or remaned Cooperative Mountain. Spend the day at the foot of it dedicating to the cooperative movement with music and festivities.
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Find your coop roots
Add your commentCompetition for young adults - 16 - 29 to develop creative ways of showing their coop roots how many coops are you part of? What do coops mean to you? Top 6 entrants get a trip to Mondragon with a proviso that they do a social media campaign as a group when they come back.
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Cooperatively owned hotel
Add your commentPeople are always on the move, attending learning events and conferences! Why not start a cooperatively owned hotel that can be used as venue space, and also a place to house out of town guest speakers, etc.
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July 7, 2012 Co-op Day Province Wide Party with webcast
An idea which has been circulating both provincially and nationally is that we pick one day where groups of neighbor co-operatives host an event together, the same event. For example, all over the province on July 7 local International Year of Co -operatives steering groups host pancake breakfasts or family BBQs and these are connected to each over through live video. So members in Pincher Creek can see the party in ...more »
Add your commentAn idea which has been circulating both provincially and nationally is that we pick one day where groups of neighbor co-operatives host an event together, the same event. For example, all over the province on July 7 local International Year of Co -operatives steering groups host pancake breakfasts or family BBQs and these are connected to each over through live video. So members in Pincher Creek can see the party in Edmonton.
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2012 Advertising Campaign
The Northern Alberta Housing Co-operative AGM introduced the idea of an advertising campaign with "chatter". Chatter is an advertising technique where the campaign unfolds gradually with pieces of information being added in chunks. Initially the viewer or listener doesn't know what is being pitched. This idea seemed to fit really well with the statistic that 65% of Albertans are members of a Co-op or Credit Union. ...more »
Add your commentThe Northern Alberta Housing Co-operative AGM introduced the idea of an advertising campaign with "chatter". Chatter is an advertising technique where the campaign unfolds gradually with pieces of information being added in chunks. Initially the viewer or listener doesn't know what is being pitched. This idea seemed to fit really well with the statistic that 65% of Albertans are members of a Co-op or Credit Union. So it could start with of 65 % ; are you one of the 65% ?; 65% Of Albertans are members of a Co-op Credit Union, Join the Party 2012 The International Year of Co-operatives.
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Button campaign with prizes
Add your commentBe caught wearing a "I am a Proud member of an Alberta Co-op button" and win a prize.
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Fly the Flag
Create a flag, or banner, featuring the IYC logo. All co-ops & credit unions in the province could be invited to fly the flag or post this banner in a prominent place. There could be optional room at the bottom for the logo of the individual organization. There is already a template banner available: www.ontario.coop/all_about_cooperatives/2012_the_international_year_of_cooperatives/iyc_2012_get_involved/iyc_products_and_customizable_templates. ...more »
Add your commentCreate a flag, or banner, featuring the IYC logo. All co-ops & credit unions in the province could be invited to fly the flag or post this banner in a prominent place. There could be optional room at the bottom for the logo of the individual organization. There is already a template banner available: www.ontario.coop/all_about_cooperatives/2012_the_international_year_of_cooperatives/iyc_2012_get_involved/iyc_products_and_customizable_templates.
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CO-OP SPARX
A cooperative is very different relative to it's private counterparts. Think Credit Union vs Bank. The motives are different and while sometimes the services may seem similar the underlying motivations are critically divergent. We should encourage this more broadly, though it can be difficult for a CO-OP organization to begin. My idea is that the cooperatives work together to create a foundation that serves to help other ...more »
Add your commentA cooperative is very different relative to it's private counterparts. Think Credit Union vs Bank. The motives are different and while sometimes the services may seem similar the underlying motivations are critically divergent. We should encourage this more broadly, though it can be difficult for a CO-OP organization to begin.
My idea is that the cooperatives work together to create a foundation that serves to help other small like-minded startups get off the ground and prosper. I suggest the name "CO-OP SPARX" as an interim handle. The foundation could be managed from staff from divergent CO-OP organizations and would exist to assist grassroots groups to mature, professionalize, and sustain their services.
The success of the idea is based on two assumptions.
(1) Successful cooperatives have serious business skills and resources that can help others succeed
>Mentorship
>Skills
>Meeting locations
>Bulk Discounts
>Excess Resources
(2) Cooperatives are full of mgmt and staff who are motivated by community service and the proliferation of the Cooperative movement.
Some benefits could be...
> CO-OP staff gain additional professional development experience in smaller projects that may translate to future opportunites at "home office".
> CO-OP orgs increase positive brand awareness and differentiation.
Thank-you for taking the time to read this idea!!
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Asking the Big Questions
Add your commentCo-ops and Credit Unions in Alberta have played a significant part in our economic and community history, as we look to the future what are the challenges and opportunities to which the co-op model is an empowering and constructive alternative? How do we address these questions as the leaders and members of Co-ops?
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Go big with Co-op Week
Add your commentTake advantage of Co-op week to share IYC and tell Alberta Co-op Story, like Earth Day
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CO-OPALOOZA , Co-ops Arts Festivals
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