Communications Membership & Events for the CCIN – Branding.coop

• Lead Member Branding.coop
• Categories Strategy

Established in 2016, branding.coop provides hands-on support and guidance to organisations wishing to promote their cooperative identity. 

Since June 2016 Nicola has managed the communications, membership and events for the Co-operative Councils’ Innovation Network, providing a centralised point for CCIN Members, prospective members and other organisations wishing to find out more about the Network.

This hands-on support has included:

• Liaison with partners and stakeholders to ensure that the Network is Action Focussed.
• Co-ordinating the recruitment and retention of CCIN membership and management of the membership database and prospects
• Managing the CCIN website, councils.coop, print and social media platforms, acting as brand guardian
• Organising the CCIN’s Annual Conference and managing the Network’s participation at political conferences, events, and exhibitions
• Promotion of Member projects using Case studies. These have grown from 70 to 260 in the last four years
• Support to the Network’s governance: Executive Oversight Committee and Values & Principles Board
• Monitoring the delivery of the CCIN Strategy and Action Plan
• Management of the Network’s online Membership Forum

In the last four years the Network has grown from 19 Members to 66 Councils and Member organisations from across the UK. 

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