UMass Amherst

Workshops

The CSB offers many opportunities for training to all co-managers through a series of workshops and classes.

Workshop
  • Required workshops kick off each semester on the day before classes begin. They introduce new committee members to the general responsibilities of their committee. Old committee members are also encouraged to attend as they get to network with co-managers from the other student businesses.
  • Additional workshops are presented Monday or Tuesday at 4:00pm: "Dollars and Sense workshop series" and range from Customer Service to catering. The subject matter varies each semester, so check the calendar.
  • All new co-managers hired during the first month of the semester are introduced to the student businesses in an All-Business new co-manager orientation. This conveys general student business information such as how to get paid, Student Business Cooperative Principles of participatory management, fundamental values and themes. Ada Hays missed the CSB orientation her first semester in Earthfoods. When she attended the second semester session, she said, "I’m so glad I came, this is great. But I wish I had come first semester because this would have answered so many questions and cleared up a lot of confusion."
  • In the last option, comanagers can form a group of students interested in a workshop topic and ask the CSB for a special intensive training. This can be scheduled within an all staff meeting or a time convenient to students.
Required Workshops
Workshop
Audience
Signature Responsibility
New Payroll Managers, Inventory & Purchasers, Bookkeepers, New Procard holders, Consultants, Cashout Committee, all co-managers that handle cash
Inventory and Purchasing
I&P co-managers
Cashout
Cashout committee and/or cash handlers
Hiring
Hiring committee
Procard
Procard holders
Bookkeeping
Bookkeepers
Payroll
Payroll Manager
CSB Orientation
New co-managers
Dot/Star
Dot/Star Committee
Recommended Workshops
Workshop
Audience
Facilitation
Required for anyone who wants to lead a meeting
Marketing & Advertising
Advertising Committee
Customer Service
All Co-Managers
Workshops Available on Request
Workshop
Audience
Pricing
All Co-Managers
Catering
All Co-Managers
Mediation
All Co-Managers
Goals
All Co-Managers
Team-Building
All Co-Managers
Co-Op Management
All Co-Managers
History of Co-Ops
All Co-Managers
Diversity
All Co-Managers