Workshops

The success of your business depends on YOU. Do you feel that you have all the skills you need to contribute positively to your collective? The CSB has put together some workshops and trainings to enhance the skills you bring and to make your contributions sparkle even more.

You can access these workshops in several ways:

You can take the training at the Workshop Desk in the Director’s Office.
You can take Orientation, Signature Responsibility and Cash Management by clicking on icons below.
You can schedule a workshop for your committee or All Staff.

If you have other preferences or requests, let us know. Some workshops, like hiring or catering, are better done with the Hiring Committee or Catering Committee because each business has their own culture. Just let us know.

New Comanager Orientation

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."

Students at Orientation

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	Audience	Link to Training	Quiz
Signature Responsibility	Payroll Managers, Bookkeepers, Procard holders, Consultants		Request a ticket for the OWL Quiz for Signature Responsibility
Cashout	Cashout Committee and/or anyone who handles cash		Request a ticket for the OWL Quiz for Cash Management
CSB Orientation	New Comanagers
Required Training		Audience
Procard		Procard Holders
Bookkeeping		Bookkeepers
Payroll		Payroll Managers
Recommended Workshops		Audience
Hiring		Hiring Committee
Inventory & Purchasing		I & P Comanagers
Facilitation		Required for anyone who wants to lead a meeting
Catering		Catering Committees
Marketing & Advertising		Advertising Committee
Dot/Star		Dot/Star Committee
Customer Service		Comanagers
Workshops Available on Request
Pricing	Mediation	Team-Building	Goals
Diversity	Co-op Management	History of Co-ops