by Rebecca Fisher McGinty | Jul 28, 2022
This is a re-published blog with permission from Maia Numerosky on her experience and learning from the Cooperative Leadership Certification Program. The original article is published in Spanish and can be found at this link, hosted on medium:... by Rebecca Fisher McGinty | Oct 7, 2020
More Democracy, More Life Picture an ideal world, functioning sublimely well. A problem arises–how does it get handled? Someone has an idea–what happens to it? There is a dispute between two people–how does it get resolved? Hopefully, your answer isn’t, “In an ideal... by Rebecca Fisher McGinty | Dec 18, 2019
COLLABORATION: The Gift of Collective Desperation (And Talking Your Way Through It!) Photo Credit: Jason Leung, Unsplash.com Whose job is it anyway? Most of us have been part of a team where smart, motivated people failed to generate the collaborative give-and-take... by Rebecca Fisher McGinty | Aug 31, 2019
Accountability. It’s a topic that comes up over and over again in our cooperatives, non-profits, organizing spaces, and even relationships. So, how do we support each other with clarity, care, and movement toward accountability? Well, often, you can integrate... by Rebecca Fisher McGinty | Mar 31, 2019
Erica Buswell is the VP of Programs at Maine Farmland Trust and she is one of our most recent graduates of the Cooperative Leadership Certification Program. Maine Farmland Trust is a member-powered statewide organization that protects farmland, supports... by Rebecca Fisher McGinty | Jan 31, 2019
The cooperative enterprise is a living organism; it is a society of people in a community supported by solidarity, and that awareness of this solidarity is the driving force we should place our confidence in. Arizmendiarrieta 2018 was a big year of growth for us. And,... 