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Co-operatives Fortnight, an interview with me!

2012-07-13 by mjr

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 podcast from http://s.coop/q1af … Continue reading →

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#coops14 continues: Guardian, Facebook, Cyberunions and Breakfast

2011-07-05 by mjr

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 the Co-operatives Fortnight Facebook page. I’m not … Continue reading →

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Re: Cyberunions Podcast: Building links with the Co-operative Movement

2011-06-21 by mjr

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 available in Ogg as well as … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Benefits of Mailing List Software

2011-05-19 by mjr

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 and switch over to using mailing list manager software. … Continue reading →

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#Budget11 – one #coops response

2011-03-23 by mjr

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 UK co-ops and the budget, … Continue reading →

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What’s a Good Payment Service?

2010-10-01 by mjr

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 total. Interviewees suggested that councils should … Continue reading →

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Forthcoming Attractions

2010-09-09 by mjr

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 September 2010 Futures North, Leeds, 11 September 2010 Bristol Business Show, … Continue reading →

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Welcome Back

2010-08-19 by mjr

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 I fell ill just … Continue reading →

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Doing Business the Co-operatives 2010 Way

2010-06-27 by mjr

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 to try … Continue reading →

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The Phone Co-op 2010

2010-02-07 by mjr

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 proceedings included a speech … Continue reading →

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