Collecting Ourselves: A Cooperative Entrepreneurship Curriculum (Ebook)

‘Collecting Ourselves’ is comprised of 9 full workshops encompassing up to 16 hours of cooperative entrepreneurship training.

This curriculum can serve as content for a semester class in university, be used in regular community study groups, or be fodder for a retreat-style academy. It was developed for youth (teens to 30s), but is modular and adaptable for most age groups.

‘Collecting Ourselves – A Cooperative Entrepreneurship Curriculum’ walks participants through:

• an examination of the philosophy and practice of cooperation
• the meaning of “development” and “entrepreneurship” in their lives
• the steps required in starting a project in cooperative entrepreneurship
• an exploration of two of the most important steps – organizing people into a Steering Committee, and creating a Business Plan.

Authored by Emily M Lippold Cheney, as part of the Kris Olsen Traveling Cooperative Institute (TCI) and the Northcountry Cooperative Foundation.