Collaborative News
Smartsheet Creates Excel Like Software that is More Collaborative
3 December, 2012
This Software appears to have a lot of robust features and is arguably a superior product in many ways to its counterpart Excel. It is sold as software as a service, so users can expect to pay $15-$50 a month,..
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China and Germany still Deepening Scientific Cooperation
2 December, 2012
China and Germany have conducted in-depth cooperation in various fields including sophisticated manufacturing, information technology, green energy, the auto industry and high speed railways. The fruitful results have been seen in joint research and exchanges since China and Germany agreed..
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FDA Agencies Representing Different Countries Collaborate
1 December, 2012
For various FDA agencies across the globe, the idea is to increase understanding of each others regulatory systems and provide an opportunity to explore how to leverage each country’s resources to expand the safety net for both countries. Agencies will..
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Co-Op City In The Bronx Receives $621 Million Loan
30 November, 2012
Co-Op City in the Bronx, the nation’s largest cooperative housing complex, was set Wednesday to receive a government-insured $621 million loan that will require it to stay in an affordable housing program for decades...
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Ticonderoga is a small town in Essex County, New York and they are being investigated! They have qualified for a Communities Planning Grant from the New York Department of State to study the feasibility of creating a food co-op in..
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This is my proposal by John Keister
11 November, 2012
This is my proposal: Let everyone who understands the benefits and believes in the power of cooperation join together in building the worlds largest democratic cooperative on earth. This should be the goal anyone who truly understands the following statements:(1)..
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Co-opoly – The Game of Cooperatives
24 October, 2012
I got a chance to talk with Andrew Stachiw from The Toolbox for Education and Social Action, at the NCBA Cooperatives conference in Seattle Washington in early October. They have created a came called Co-opoly. Co-opoly is a unique game..
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Over 70 Percent Of Businesses Not Collaborating Effectively
22 October, 2012
Recent global research discovered an intriguing correlation between collaboration technologies and better business outcomes. Although many organizations recognize that improved collaboration would improve the way they conduct business, the vast majority are not using technology tools and processes to achieve..
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Cooperative Capitalism
20 October, 2012
I recently read an article - Noreena Hertz: A Post-luxe era needs Co-op Capitalism, “the world desperately needs a new form of Capitalism”, she writes. She says we are living in “Gucci Capitalism, because we overvalue status and undervalue equity”...
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Health Care Cooperatives
19 October, 2012
Here at Coop.org we have started to reach out to some of these health organizations, as we would like to be a channel to grow this sector and help with outreach. From speaking to a few organizations, it is clear..
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