The Phone Co-op 2010
Ed Mayo talking to the Phone Co-op meeting Yesterday I had the pleasure to be at the Phone Co-ops annual meeting, as those of you who follow me on identi.ca or elsewhere will already know. The...
View ArticleDoing Business the Co-operatives 2010 Way
Co-operatives 2010 On Friday, I was at this event in Plymouth. The basics of it are pretty well covered by John Atherton’s blog post. I led one of open surgeries on use of Social Media, which I’m going...
View ArticleWelcome Back
I’m back. Where have I been? I was in Portishead, Plymouth and Taunton in Co-operatives Fortnight back in late June/early July. I seemed to spend July flat out with work trying to catch up again, then...
View ArticleForthcoming Attractions
Members of our co-op will be attending: North Somerset Cycle Forum, Yatton, Somerset, 9 September 2010 A Roundtable Discussion about Bristol City Council’s Future Web Platform (#BCCWeb), Bristol, 10...
View ArticleWhat’s a Good Payment Service?
There was a lot of news coverage like Credit card fees being imposed by councils, says Which? earlier this week. People seemed outraged that councils were making a small surplus over the year in...
View Article#Budget11 – one #coops response
I’ve posted #Budget11 – one #coops response on UK.coop because it’s a bit long and I doubt many of the people reading this through software-related sites will want to read it. If you’re interested in...
View ArticleTop 10 Benefits of Mailing List Software
Particularly around local government, but also some not-for-profits and universities, I’m trying to persuade people to stop using huge Blind Carbon Copy (BCC) lists that they keep in their address book...
View ArticleRe: Cyberunions Podcast: Building links with the Co-operative Movement
John Atherton sent me a link to cyberunions discussing open-source and worker co-ops. In general, it’s a very good show and worth a listen by anyone from the union movement, in my opinion. It’s...
View Article#coops14 continues: Guardian, Facebook, Cyberunions and Breakfast
Thanks to the Guardian for publishing Why co-operatives matter written by two members of our co-op. Also today, I’m pictured being given a share by Giles Simon of our national co-ordinating co-op on...
View ArticleCo-operatives Fortnight, an interview with me!
For Co-operatives Fortnight this year (finished 7 July I think), I was a guest on the CyberUnions show. It was titled “This is What Democracy Looks Like in a Workplace” and you can download it as a...
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