Peer Network
MadWorC Members can utilize this network for an assortment of great offerings or needs! You can offer to teach your skills on Excel or other spreadsheet programs, design or social media knowledge, or even things like Midwestern foraging and herbalism, canvas stretching, coding, baking, and so much more! And you can request all of the same! It's a wonderful network set up here in Madison that thrives on the foundation of mutual aid, and MadWorC members have access for free!
Email coordinator@madworc.coop for access to the Peer Network or to setup a Peer Network event for the community!
There are three major goals of our Peer Network:
It builds stronger and more formal relationships between worker-owners at different cooperatives, creating more opportunities for worker cooperatives to engage with each other (Cooperation Among Cooperatives).
Worker-owners gain skills that allow for job mobility, whether within their cooperative or in a new cooperative endeavor. This supports the cooperative principle of Education and Training.
Cooperative businesses are strengthened by adding new skills among members and by building up existing skills among more members. For some cooperatives, this might mean that the co-op will finally have a member who can manage IT systems. For other cooperatives, this might mean that the co-op will have multiple members trained in finances, creating redundancy and more ability to share the workload.