Each For All host Dale McGladdery explores the world of Platform Cooperativism with Nathan Schneider, one of the organizers on the first conference on Platform Co-ops, and Stephanie Guico, a freelancer and board member of Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada.
Our thanks to Erin Hancock of the Co-operative Management Education program at Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, for the guest introductions.
Show Notes:
01:57 – Nathan Schneider
Nathan Schneider is a scholar-in-residence of media studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. His interest in co-op economics lead him to co-organize the first conference of platform co-ops with Trebor Schultz. Schneider and Scholtz have published a book on platform co-ops named “Ours to Hack and to Own”.
- Nathan Schneider’s Website: nathanschneider.info
- Twitter: @ntnsndr
- Book: Ours to Hack and to Own, Edited by Trebor Scholz and Hathan Schneider, OR Books
- The Internet of Ownership: ioo.coop, resource for the emerging online democratic economy
- Platform Cooperativism Consortium: platform.coop
- Liquid Democracy (software)
- Loomio (software)
- DemocracyOS (software)
35:38 –Stéphanie Guico
Stéphanie Guico is a freelance co-op consultant and board member of Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada. She has an extensive background with co-ops and platform co-ops. Stéphanie and Dale discuss platform co-ops in Quebec.
- Stéphanie Guico’s website: sgui.co
- Twitter: @stephanieguico / Linked In: Stephanie Guico
