Course I did with Earthworker Cooperative Katherine Cunningham

[[Session 1_ Intro for Starting a Worker Cooperative (student copy).pdf]] [[Session 2_ Setting the Foundations (student copy).pdf]]

Resources

Coop Manual.pdf Australia Co-operatives Manual.pdf Australian Cooperatives Investment.pdf Crowdfunding-for-co-operative-securities-BCCM (1).pdf [[Empowerment_Five-Fold-Path.pdf]] PRINCE2-activities-v5.2.pdf [[DragonDreaming_eBook_english_V02.09.pdf]] Earthworker Worker Coop Info Sheet.pdf scamper tool for ideation.pdf TheDemocracyPrincipleCoopHistory.pdf BCCM-How-to-Choose-Co-op-Type.pdf Deep Democracy A4 Decisioning Tools Handout.pdf [[CO-OP CHECKLISTS TEMPLATE_ Major decisions and tasks (Business & Governance) - Master copy.pdf]] BCCM-Capital-Builder-Business-Case-Template-Oct2020 With details.pdf

Books

The Empowerment Manual. A guide for collaborative groups. Starhawk. We used the Values exercise from page 33.  Also, The Five Fold Path to Productive Meetings, a chapter from the above book that is available for free from https://starhawk.org/pdfs/Empowerment_Five-Fold-Path.pdf

Getting our Act Together, How to harness the power of groups. Glen Ochre. www.groupwork.com.au   There are some EXCELLENT trainings available from this organization. Well worth the investment. At the very least, get the book! 

We The People; Consenting to a deeper democracy. A guide to sociocratic principles and methods. How to apply the principles and dynamic self governance to our workplaces, Governments and organizations. By John Buck and Sharon Villines. https://www.sociocracy.info/ there is a second edition of the this book now available, which looks great and further information can be found from this website out into the world of sociocratic perspectives. By NO MEANS the only way to get there, but one way to build democratic processes.** Sociocracy