National Conference on Social Entrepreneurship
PASIG CITY – NATCCO’s Knowledge Resource Center (KRC) and partner, Bayan Academy, conducted an exposition entitled: “Starting, Professionalizing, and Scaling-Up Social Enterprises: A National Conference on Social Entrepreneurship.”
Rose Gob, NATCCO Knowledge Resource Center Unit Head, gave the rationale of the event: rationalize factors and share best practices on how economic progress is accelerated by social enterprises.
Philip Felipe, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of Bayan Academy, proudly introduced Bayan Academy’s thrust to help social enterprises through education – teaching upcoming social entrepreneurs business ethics.
Marvin Beduya, Senior Fellow and Mentor of Bayan Academy spoke about start-up and acceleration of social enterprises by presenting their new publication “The Social Enterprise Model Tapestry, 10th Anniversary Edition.”
John Francia, Executive Director of Social Economy Action Research Foundation (SEARCH) gave his thoughts and experiences in organizing community-based social enterprises.
“Social Enterprise is about people . . . business of people,” he said.
Other guest speakers included: Salika Maguindanao, Co-Founder of Maranao Collectibles; Melissa Yap, Founder of Got Heart Foundation; and Cecile Cabañas, Board Secretary of San Pedro MPC.
After the discussion and forum, BPI Foundation’s Executive Director, Ma. Terersa Lea Calalang, and Forest Foundation Philippines Executive Director Atty. Jose Andres Canivel expressed appreciation for Bayan Academy and the NATCCO Network’s direction.
The second part of conference was “Capacitating & Professionalizing Social Enterprises.”
Carlo Sagun, Program Director of Bayan Academy briefed participants on Bayan Academy’s Degree and Non-Degree programs.
Ramon Jocson, Program Director of Bayan Academy introduced Experience Design, philosophy, and methodology beyond MESEDEV.
Thus, the 2nd batch panelist were introduced William Barry Camuque, Program manager of Segunda Mana, Johanna Jeraldine Santos, Program Director of Bantay Kalikasan ABS-CBN Foundation, Mary Rose Gob Unit Head of Natcco KRC.
Gob also gave the history of NATCCO when it started in 1977 with just five (5) trainings and only focusing on credit and savings. Today, NATCCO is the largest co-op federation with 837 members. Gob mentioned also about how KRC was established.
The 1st wave of change is not just education but more of knowledge management for the coop network since it aims to uplift the managers of the cooperatives. 2nd Wave of change KRC Department not just project, Doc. Ed Morato gives training design like co-op lamp, and LMMD. Gob, shared about the balance of job, consultancy, doing program and business plan and also the impact of MESEDEV as unit head: “During classes, my stress is replaced as I learned the impact of KRC to our members. I also gain confidence to my classmates who are going through the same experiences. The pain and with the same passion of helping people.”
“I learned self-mastery, I learned to master my fears but most of all life’s wisdom to guide you in doing your functions or roles. You cannot help other people if you don’t know how to help yourself. So, I gained confidence with the help of my Guru Doc. Ed Morato,” she told the students.
Presently, step by step they are reaching on their vision as unit authority to cooperative development using wholebrain approach in education.
Dr. Ed Morato gave tribute to the late Gina Lopez who encouraged him to institutionalize Bayan Academy.
Last part is about scaling-up and making social enterprises bankable: The Case of Four Social Enterprise. Doc. Morato invited four speakers to tell how they develop social inputs. Rodmark Barriga, owner of Palamigan Co., Dale Franco Llentic, founder and CEO of Carbon Cycle Processing, Inc., Robi Del Rosario, Founder and CEO of UPROOT Urban Farms, and Nicolo Aberasturi, owner of Down to earth.
The ultimate goal of the event is to show that supporting and investing in social entrepreneurship is an earnest and worthwhile endeavor.
Webinar on Job Evaluation using Factor Comparative Approach!
As part of fast-growing unit of Education, Training and Consultancy, Knowledge Resource Center wind up successfully their first ever free web seminar on Job Analysis and Job Evaluation at the NATCCO Headquarters. This seminar includes discussion on the procedure for determining the duties and skill requirements of a job and the competency of the person you need to hire.
QUEZON CITY – In cooperatives, it is necessary to be aware of the purpose of Job Evaluation to determine if the positions a co-op’s Human Resource Department has created has clear qualification levels entailed and if the tasks are appropriate.
For participants to be aware and implement those standards, Ms. Mary Rose Gob of NATCCO Network Knowledge Resource Center showcased the process of job evaluation and shared the steps and methods of collecting data for job analysis through questionnaires, observation, and participant logs.
Moreover, Quantitative techniques to evaluate Job description and job summary, relationships, responsibilities and duties, standard occupational classification were also provided. Gob mentioned that there are three types of Job Evaluation; First is Ranking, Second is Classification, and Third is Factor Comparison. Advantages and Disadvantages are also taken up in the conference.
The seminar had 13 participants. This exceptional topic was written and developed by Ms. Mary Rose L. Gob. This year, KRC scheduled six webinars with different topics that could help your cooperative to become more successful like billionaire co-ops.
By Ma. Claudette Risa G. Bataller
Immersing learners in actual cases, and other methods
MANDALUYONG CITY – Education is one of the core co-op values. While lectures are the most popular, or the “default” method of teaching, there are other methods. And when a teacher uses a variety of methods, it ensures increased interest and better recall.
As the saying goes: “I hear, I forget. I see, I remember. I do, and I understand!” And by ‘doing’, it means immersing learners in actual cases.
The Third Wave of Learning Methodologies and Materials Development (LMMD) began on February 18-22 at The Legend Villas to teach co-op trainers that there are many ways to teach.
The 5-day module on general learning for training of trainers headed by the NATCCO Knowledge Resource Center (KRC) in partnership with Bayan Academy was attended by 13 participants from 7 cooperatives coming from Luzon and Mindanao. The said training focused on introducing a learner-centered approach and to enable participants to create and manage training programs, as well as to write their own case studies.
The first day was led by Prof. Mike Lopez of Bayan Academy. His topic Learning to Think Creatively started with identifying the major types of case studies, which was just a preparatory stage for the next 4 days of program.
Structured Learning Experiences, Role Playing and Dramatization by Prof. Mila Milagros of Bayan Academy followed on the second day.
Then, Learner-Centered Paradigm; The Lecture Method; The Case Method was facilitated by Ms. Mary Rose Gob on the third day. Participation became dynamic when the fourth day continued with Game-based Learning; Self-paced Learning and Online Learning Method assisted by Ms. Ivy Senibe, Human Resource Officer of Most Holy Rosary Cooperative. Finally, the Last day was about Case Writing/Materials Development.
By Ma. Claudette Risa G. Bataller