Join NCBA CLUSA and our Year of Co-ops Film Fest sponsors on Thursday, July 31 from 1-2 p.m. EDT to explore the art of storytelling through video.
Designed to accompany our Year of Cooperatives Video Storytelling Campaign, this webinar will share insights into effectively communicating co-op impact through videos. You’ll learn how to harness video to amplify the cooperative difference, build engagement, and leverage your co-op story to advance public awareness and advocacy efforts.
During this webinar, we’ll also dive into some examples of compelling videos to inspire your creativity. We’ll walk through our Year of Cooperatives Video Storytelling Campaign submission categories and spend some Q&A time with our speakers from National Co+op Grocers (NCG) and Digital Development Communications (DDC), an award-winning global production company.
We’re teaming up with NCG and DDC not only for this month’s webinar, but also for our Year of Co-ops Film Fest at the Cooperative IMPACT Conference in October. We’re excited to showcase powerful stories about cooperation—including yours!
Three reasons to share your co-op story
- Raise your co-op’s visibility
- Get a free registration to IMPACT 2025 (if you’re one of our first 10 submissions)
- Contribute to a story database the entire cooperative community can use for advocacy, outreach and education.
Winning submissions will be featured at our first-ever Film Fest at IMPACT 2025. To be considered for a Year of Co-ops Film Fest Award, submit your video story by August 31. Finalists will be notified in September.
Meet our speakers
Mandy Makinen
Advocacy Senior Manager, National Co+op Grocers
As Advocacy Senior Manager for National Co+op Grocers (NCG), Mandy Makinen advocates for equitable and regenerative federal food and farm policies, programs and projects on behalf of NCG’s 165 food co-op members who, combined, are owned by more than 1.3 million shoppers across the country. Mandy has 25 years of experience working in and for food co-ops, using her communications training to tell compelling stories about the positive impact co-ops have on their communities. She lives outside Minneapolis, Minnesota with her partner, two kids and two cats.
Mamihasina Raminosoa
Producer and Director, Digital Development Communications
As Managing Director of DDC Africa, Mamihasina Raminosoa is based in their flagship office in Madagascar. Mamihasina has a passion for films that create positive change, and shares DDC’s mission that local stories should be told by local filmmakers who understand the nuances of their culture. He has filmed in more than 30 countries, earned awards and, most importantly, had the privilege of meeting numerous talented African filmmakers who have made significant breakthroughs in their own countries.