Growing Inequality

1% of the world’s population holds over 50% of its wealth.

UNDERSTANDING OUR CURRENT POSITION IS IMPERATIVE IN CHARTING OUR FUTURE.

Growing Inequality

80 people hold the same amount of wealth as the world’s 3.6 billion poorest people.

UNDERSTANDING OUR CURRENT POSITION IS IMPERATIVE IN CHARTING OUR FUTURE.

Growing Inequality

In 2 years, the 14 richest people in the world saw their wealth increase by 11% or $157 billion.

UNDERSTANDING OUR CURRENT POSITION IS IMPERATIVE IN CHARTING OUR FUTURE.

The World We Live InIs Dominated By The Conventional Corporation.

The Co-operative Business Model Is The Better Business Model.

Better At:• Creating & Sustaining Jobs• Strengthening Local Community• Empowering People

Growing InequalityUNDERSTANDING OUR CURRENT POSITION IS IMPERATIVE IN CHARTING OUR FUTURE.

Sustainable Returns Distributed Profit Among MembersEmployee & Membership CultureCommunity DevelopmentShared Equitable GrowthDemocratic ControlEntrepreneurial SpiritCollective Social Conscience

Co-operatives Count

Quarterly ReturnsProfit

Return on InvestmentAsset Turnover

Future ProfitInvestor Relations

Balance SheetStock Value

Corporations Count

What if the worlds largest corporations were co-operatives?

If Apple was a Worker Co-operative:Each of Apple’s 97,000 employees would have received a dividend check of $407,000 in 2014.

UNDERSTANDING OUR CURRENT POSITION IS IMPERATIVE IN CHARTING OUR FUTURE.

What if the worlds largest corporations were co-operatives?

If Walmart was a Purchasing Co-operative:Each of the 11,400 individual Walmartlocations would have received a dividend check of $1.4 million in 2015.

UNDERSTANDING OUR CURRENT POSITION IS IMPERATIVE IN CHARTING OUR FUTURE.

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Research Shows Most People Don’t Understand Us.

When People Do Understand,

They Prefer Our Business Model.

The Preferred Business Model

More likely to:• Buy products from co-operatives• Buy services from co-operatives• Seek employment & membership• Affiliate with co-operatives

UNDERSTANDING OUR CURRENT POSITION IS IMPERATIVE IN CHARTING OUR FUTURE.

Awareness Makes A DifferenceEMPOWERING EMPLOYEES & MEMBERS TO BE ADVOCATES OF THE CO‐OPERATIVE MOVEMENT

Why We First Need To Focus On Our Employees And Members

Awareness Makes A DifferenceEmpowering Employees & Members to be Advocates of the Co-operative Movement

Start on the inside to build the Co-operative Brand.

Awareness Makes A DifferenceEmpowering Employees & Members to be Advocates of the Co-operative Movement

Most co-operative employees and members do not know the global co-operative story.

Awareness Makes A DifferenceEmpowering Employees & Members to be Advocates of the Co-operative Movement

Employees are looking for a higher calling in their daily work.

Awareness Makes A DifferenceEmpowering Employees & Members to be Advocates of the Co-operative Movement

“6/10 people entering the workforce say a sense of purpose is part of the reason they chose to work for their current employer.”

(Deloitte, 2015)

Awareness Makes A DifferenceEmpowering Employees & Members to be Advocates of the Co-operative Movement

Employees need to know they have a share in the positive impact made every day by co-operatives.

Awareness Makes A DifferenceEmpowering Employees & Members to be Advocates of the Co-operative Movement

Inspiration & information enhances employee engagement.

Awareness Makes A DifferenceEmpowering Employees & Members to be Advocates of the Co-operative Movement

Boosts Employee Morale & Retention.

Awareness Makes A DifferenceEmpowering Employees & Members to be Advocates of the Co-operative Movement

Attract the most qualified prospective employees,Especially Millennial Candidates.

Awareness Makes A DifferenceEmpowering Employees & Members to be Advocates of the Co-operative Movement

Co-operative Culture:GENERATING SHARABLE ENTHUSIASM INSIDE EVERY CO-OPERATIVE

Thematic storytelling & educational tools offer self-discovery of the global good being done by co-operatives.

Co-operative CultureGenerating Sharable Enthusiasm Inside Every Co-operative

PHASE 1Employees 250 million people worldwide.

PHASE 2Employees + Members250 million + 1 billion people worldwide.

PHASE 3Employees + Members + Non‐Affiliated Public7 billion people co-operatively share this planet.

Rollout Plan:Our first steps are important. They will point us in the right direction.

Phased education builds upon itself to develop concrete understanding.

Co-operative CultureGenerating Sharable Enthusiasm Inside Every Co-operative

The diversity of co-operatives must be accommodated with flexible & customizable resources.

Co-operative CultureGenerating Sharable Enthusiasm Inside Every Co-operative

You& the Co‐op you work for

Your Region

Your Country

6.2 Million EmployeesIn the Americas.See the Impact.

300 EmployeesAt CCA Global.Be the Impact.

250 Million Employees In the World.

Imagine the Impact.

Co-operative CultureGenerating Sharable Enthusiasm Inside Every Co-operative

Connect the individual story to The Co-operative Story.

Co-operative CultureGenerating Sharable Enthusiasm Inside Every Co-operative

Co-operative CultureGenerating Sharable Enthusiasm Inside Every Co‐operative

Passion

Understanding

Sharing The Message

Co-operative ImpactUNDERSTANDING THE POTENTIAL OF A UNITED MOVEMENT

Co-operative ImpactUNDERSTANDING THE POTENTIAL OF A UNITED MOVEMENT

• 2.6 Million Co-operatives • 250 Million Employees• 1 Billion Members

There are 250 million co-operative employees around the world.

6.2 million in North, Central & South America.

Co-operative ImpactUNDERSTANDING THE POTENTIAL OF A UNITED MOVEMENT

250 million … faces representing co-operatives everyday.

Co-operative ImpactUNDERSTANDING THE POTENTIAL OF A UNITED MOVEMENT

250 million … voices telling the co-operative story. To their friends, neighbors, & politicians.

Co-operative ImpactUNDERSTANDING THE POTENTIAL OF A UNITED MOVEMENT

250 million … families recognizing a connected livelihood with their co-operative employer.

Co-operative ImpactUNDERSTANDING THE POTENTIAL OF A UNITED MOVEMENT

1 billion… members finding success through connection.

Co-operative ImpactUNDERSTANDING THE POTENTIAL OF A UNITED MOVEMENT

Awareness: BUILDS BRAND. UNITES THE MOVEMENT

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