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20th Mar, 2019

Find An Expert

By |2023-04-17T15:21:03-04:00March 20th, 2019|

We all go further when we go together Our consultants help you operate better, so your impact is greater. As a team, we bring on-the-ground experience, practical know-how, and a sense of collegiality to our co-op community. Our collaborative structure allows you to benefit from the combined expertise of the Columinate team: you get access to decades of proven experience that transcends community [...]

1st Mar, 2013

Deliver the Benefits of Co-op Capitalization to Owners

By |2023-05-05T20:08:03-04:00March 1st, 2013|

Our culture has a lot of beliefs about money that range from its worship to seeing it as the root of all evil. Food cooperatives especially have been historically conflicted about capital, once seeing it as the cause of destructive economic practices, to the point that raising money was once practically shunned. This left many cooperatives under-capitalized and some of them had to close [...]

7th Apr, 2022

What to Know About Owner Capital Campaigns

By |2023-05-05T20:05:15-04:00April 7th, 2022|

Raising capital is especially important for cooperatives, which don’t have a typical ownership structure that banks or lenders are used to. Mobilizing the co-op’s membership to raise funds through an owner capital campaign can be an excellent strategy.

24th Mar, 2023

Co-op Cafe 2022

By |2023-03-24T18:10:24-04:00March 24th, 2023|

The Co-op Principles Song! Music and Lyrics by Shawn Furst and Mykle Hansen, with animations by Sarah Mirk See ALL the Co-op Cafe videos. Read about the Co-op Cafe in the Columinate Library Co-op Cafe 2022 Videos The [...]

9th Apr, 2020

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By |2023-06-21T14:47:01-04:00April 9th, 2020|

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28th Dec, 2017

Autonomy and Independence: What’s Up with Principle Four?

By |2023-05-05T20:05:53-04:00December 28th, 2017|

By Ben Sandel Cooperative principle four: Autonomy and independence. What do you think about it? Or perhaps a better question is—do you ever think about it? In my consulting practice, I sometimes lead activities designed to get people thinking and talking about cooperative values and principles. I’d never accuse my clients of having forgotten a cooperative principle, but based on the lack of interest, perhaps principle [...]

27th Sep, 2016

Video Field Guide: Membership Growth

By |2023-05-05T20:06:49-04:00September 27th, 2016|

Ben Sandel is a board leadership consultant and capital campaign expert working with startups and established co-ops helping them to reach their fundraising goals using best practices and clear planning gleaned from a multitude of successful fundraising efforts from food co-ops and startups nationwide. In this short presentation, Ben imparts some great top-level wisdom about how to plan and organize a successful campaign and [...]

7th Dec, 2023

Caring and Connection: Examples from history show the heart of cooperatives

By |2023-12-07T14:13:54-05:00December 7th, 2023|

The feeling of safety and belonging are also common needs and aspirations. It is why solidarity is a core cooperative value. A cooperative is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and/or cultural needs and/or aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled enterprise. —International Cooperative Alliance Statement of the Cooperative Identity

9th Sep, 2015

Amplify Cooperative Impact through Participation

By |2023-05-05T20:06:26-04:00September 9th, 2015|

The democratic structure of cooperatives allows people the opportunity to have a real influence on business goals and outcomes through their investment, patronage, feedback, and aspirations.  It’s one of the most defining features of cooperation, especially compared to other business models where social or environmental impact may be considered incidental.  In cooperatives, concern for community is one of our principles and purpose.  In 2012, [...]

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