Event Calendar
Conversation Skills Outside of the Boardroom (BLC)
Date(s): October 13, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM CST - 4:00 PM CST
PROGRAM LOCATION
Florian Gardens Conference Center
2340 Lorch Avenue
Eau Claire, WI
(715) 832-8836
Registration: 8:30 a.m.
Program: 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
ROOM BLOCK
Holiday Inn South
4751 Owen Ayres Court
Eau Claire, WI 54701
(715) 830-9889
Room Block Name: Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Association or WECA
Room Block Rate: $121 (double queen)
Room Block Expires: Monday, September 14
Room Block Link: October Room Block
Rooms may be available under the room block after the cut-off date only if the hotel has rooms available. Contact the hotel directly to book rooms after the deadline.
Conversation Skills Outside of the Boardroom (BLC #943.1)
1-1/2 Skill Builder Credits
Many co-ops are getting member requests for information as the energy industry evolves toward a consumer-centric model. Co-ops are well positioned as their members' trusted energy advisor to provide education and information on the changing energy landscape. While directors are not the co-op's official spokespersons they are sometimes asked questions by members when they are out in the community. This course provides directors with skills and guidance on how to handle such situations by either responding or referring questions to their co-op's CEO or designated spokesperson. Participants will observe and practice how (or how not) to communicate their co-op's policies, plans, and positions on such timely matters as rates, distributed energy resources, or the benefits of belonging to a consumer-centric cooperative utility.
KEY TOPICS
- Distinguishing the CEO's role as primary co-op spokesperson for the co-op from the director's role in co-op communications efforts.
- Awareness of what is being communicated through body language.
- Effective techniques for referring questions to the CEO or the designated spokesperson.
- Recognizing that anything directors say can be recorded by a smartphone and wind up on the Internet.
- Responding to media inquiries and interviews if and when necessary.
Financial Decision-Making (CCD)
Date(s): October 13, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM CST - 4:00 PM CST
PROGRAM LOCATION
Florian Gardens Conference Center
2340 Lorch Avenue
Eau Claire, WI
(715) 832-8836
Registration: 8:30 a.m.
Program: 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
ROOM BLOCK
Holiday Inn South
4751 Owen Ayres Court
Eau Claire, WI 54701
(715) 830-9889
Room Block Name: Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Association or WECA
Room Block Rate: $121 (double queen)
Room Block Expires: Monday, September 14
Room Block Link: October Room Block
Rooms may be available under the room block after the cut-off date only if the hotel has rooms available. Contact the hotel directly to book rooms after the deadline.
Financial Decision-Making (CCD #2640)
2 Skill Builder Credits
This course is designed to help directors assess their cooperative's financial position via financial statements used in financial reporting and planning, as well as key ratios developed from these financial statements. Participants will also recognize how board decisions impact their co-op's financial position.
KEY TOPICS
- Identifying the key financial decisions boards make.
- Recognizing the uniqueness of the cooperative business model and a typical cooperative's financial attributes.
- Recognizing three financial documents and related key financial ratios.
- Explaining how board decisions impact the financial position and financial statements.
- Understanding the difference between reporting a cooperative's financial results and understanding a cooperative's financial position.
- Describing the audit function.
Finance Webinar Series: Accounting for Utility Plant & Long-Lived Assets
Date(s): October 13, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM CST - 10:30 AM CST
Register on this page ONLY IF you are attending this specific program a la cart.
If you are attending the full webinar series, please register HERE.
Finance Webinar Series (October): Accounting for Utility Plant & Long-Lived Assets
2-1/2 Skill Builder Credits/attendee to attend all 7 webinars
OR 1/2 SB credit per attendee per webinar
Please contact Wendy (wendy@weca.coop) for GROUP discounts
Who Should Attend: CFO, Senior Accountants, any accounting and/or finance staff or other interested staff.
Accounting for Utility Plant & Long-Lived Assets
- Apply best practices in utility plant accounting and work orders.
- Navigate RUS and GAAP regulations regarding capitalization and retirement.
- Analyze asset impairment and useful life estimation impacts.
- Improve reconciliation processes between accounting, operations, and engineering.
- Correlate depreciation procedures to investments.