At-a-glance programme
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What's happening on the day?
10.00am - 10.20am
| Forum | Session title | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Welcome | Welcome and update from Co-operatives UK | Rose Marley, Co-operatives UK |
10.30am - 11.30am
| Forum | Session title | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Communications |
Communicating your co-op's USP |
John Owens and Matt Leigh, Instruct |
| HR | Preventing and addressing sexual harassment at work | Emma Bagshaw, Seabury Legal |
| Governance | Inherited assets: A double-edged sword? | James Wright, Co-operatives UK |
| Finance | Triple bottom line reporting: Using sustainable development goals | Colin Curtis and Andy Young, TBL Services |
| Membership/culture | Building working relationships and culture in the 'new normal' of hybrid working | Chris Hood and Brad Taylor, Advanced Workplace Associates (AWA) |
11.50am - 12.50pm
| Forum | Session title | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Co-operatives and the wider world | Adapting your co-operative to changing consumer trends and behaviour | Chris Noice, Association of Convenience Stores |
| Communications | Reaching young people through digital communications | Matt Bell-Watson, Priestley |
| HR | Covid case studies around discrimination of those shielding/pregnant | Gary Morrison, Co-operatives UK |
| Governance | Governance/legal update | David Alcock, Anthony Collins Solicitors |
| Membership | Co-operative approaches to product development | Kayleigh Walsh, Outlandish |
1.50pm - 2.50pm
| Forum | Session title | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Communications | Creating online content on your phone | Tom Clarke, Lewis Valentine and Sophie Hukin, SharpFutures POD |
| Membership | Writing a membership engagement strategy | John Atherton, Co-operatives UK |
| HR | The motherhood penalty | Joeli Brearley, Pregnant then screwed |
| Governance | Making cognitive diversity work in the boardroom | Neil Tsappis, Demyst Board Sciences |
| Finance | A guide to grant funding for co-ops and community businesses | Cailen Kinney, Co-operatives UK |
3.10pm - 4.10pm
| Forum | Session title | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Co-operatives and the wider world | Combating the climate emergency | Barry Clavin and Joe Hulme, The Co-op Group |
| Communications | What makes a good media story | Iain McCallum, Freelance Communications Consultant |
| Membership | Creating strategy in co-operative ways (without boring committee meetings) | Adrian Ashton, Consultant |
| HR | The menopause at work | Kate Fielding, Co-operatives UK |
| Governance/finance | Financial distress – role and responsibilities of the board and warning signs and options | Lindsey Cooper, RSM Restructuring Advisory LLP |
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