CCMA 2016 Call for Presentations

The Consumer Cooperative Management Association (CCMA) conference is coming to the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA. from June 9 – 11, 2016, co-hosted by members of the Neighboring Food Co-op Association, with Franklin Community Co-op and River Valley Market as primary local hosts. 

CCMA 2016 is organized by NCBA CLUSA – The National Cooperative Business Association

The 2016 Theme is: Disrupting the Future – Cooperative Food in the Next Generation

Sessions take place within six tracks:

1)  Inspirational Strategies for Outdistancing the Competition

2)  Succession Planning & Leadership Development for the Entire Team

3)  2020 and Beyond: New Approaches to Cooperation

4)  Participatory Governance for Success

5)  Financing the Co-op Future

6)  Social, Economic, and Racial Diversity

Click here for the 2016 CCMA Call for Presentations: http://www.ncba.coop/images/CCMAcallforpapers.pdf

We invite you to consider what skills, experience and perspectives you and/or your co-op or organization might contribute to this national dialog. Please also forward this Call for Presentations to others you believe may be interested in offering a submission.

The deadline for submissions is midnight on Friday, January 15, 2016.