Colchester Gathering 2024
Details
18th September, Colchester, Essex
Tickets:
Tickets are available at Eventbrite.
- General admission (per person) - £65
- Reduced rate (out of work, low income, student) - £50
When
Wednesday 18th September, 9.00am - 7pm
With a social on Wednesday evening from 7.00 - 11pm.
Where
The Minories, Colchester (https://www.theminories.org/)
- Small art gallery and gardens, also home to Creative Coop (https://www.creative.coop)
- Capacity: The Front Room -25 people sitting and the Cafe Area 30 people sitting. Plus the garden.
- Food/Drink: Common Ground- Run as a co-operative by Common Ground Colchester, it provides affordable nourishing food, cooked by local people, inspired by local produce, supporting local growers & land-workers, contributing to the local food economy & paying local people a real living wage. Visit their site for menu: https://www.commongroundcolchester.co.uk/
Address
Event address: The Minories, 74 High Street, Colchester, CO1 1UE
Evening social location TBC
Practical information
Here's some info on getting around Colchester, places to eat and what to visit:
Accommodation directory + hotels in colchester
Agenda
Morning Sessions
- 9-10: Light breakfast & intro
- 10-11: Session 1 Show & Tell
- 11-11:30 break
- 11:30-12:30 Session 2 + Session 3
- 12:30- 1:00 Open session
- 1-2 LUNCH
Afternoon Sessions
- 2-3: Session 4 + Session 5
- 3-3:15 break
- 3:15-4:15 Session 6 + Session 7
- 4:15-5: Round up and Decision Making
- 5-7: Drinks in the Garden supplied by Creative Coop
Evening
7:30 pm onwards -Three Wise Monkeys -BASEMENT BAR
Co-Tech members are invited to propose sessions they’d like to happen (and preferably run) through the Forum: [1]
| Sessions | Theme | Lead |
| Session 1 (10-11am) | ‘Show & Tell’
A summary of what your coop has been doing? A chance to introduce yourself and your coop , update others on projects, challenges and changes in your coop |
Creative Coop -
Outlandish Agile Media Coop Common Ground |
| Session 2 (11:30-12:30) | The Future of CoTech
Now CoTech is part of Workers Coop what should be the next actions? What should we be aware of and what steps can be implemented to ensure a smooth transition. What opportunities does this bring and how can we harness the network and resources? See the Workers.coop wiki page and the File:CoTech workers.coop MoA for decision.pdf. |
Chris & Ben? |
| Session 3 11:30-12:30 | Are you integrating Ai into your workflow?
Are you using it for admin? creative, development or other services? – Is it a useful resource to grow and increase margins or a replacement for generic creative and rights issues? |
Rowena |
| Session 4 (2-3pm) | Are your processes and finance practices working for you?
- useful workflows and strategies you use to manage projects as a team What project management software are you using? What are your pain points with processes? What do you find is going really well? Finance - What are the pain points of your coop when managing finances? What software or strategies do you use to help? |
Ben & Polly |
| Session 5 (2-3pm) | The effects of greenwashing
Greenwashing is more popular than ever, especially amongst the more corporate agencies. With a lot of CoTech members targeting social good projects. How do we compete when agencies are using charities and social good projects as a optical mask for next to nothing to counterbalance their huge profits of working with companies like Barclays and Shell? Have any co-ops signed up a BCorp? |
Host discussion: Ben |
| Session 6 (3:15-4:15pm) | Latest development trends
What are people building sites with? What are the latest trends? Who is still using Drupal? |
Host discussion: Alan |
| Session 7 (3:15-4:15pm) | How does Business development work in your co-op?'
How could bid work better for us collectively? |
Polly |