DIRECTOR & EMPLOYEE TRAINING

A key component of services offered to WECA member cooperatives is the wide variety of educational programming designed to help co-op employees and elected directors better meet their responsibilities.
 
The need for a comprehensive education program addressing a wide variety of issues is driven by the unique business model of a cooperative: It's an organization formed for the purpose of providing specific goods or services to its members at a price as close as possible to the cost of service, and guided in its business decisions by the members, all of whom have a vote in electing their board.
 
It's to be expected that relatively few people will enter co-op employment or an elected directorship with a full understanding of all the legal responsibilities or duties to the membership that are specific to the unique cooperative way of doing business. That's why even long-serving directors and employees continue to benefit from educational programs offered by WECA and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, and covering a multitude of issue areas pertinent to operating successfully in a changing business environment.

January 7	Artificial Intelligence & Electric Cooperatives (BLC)
January 8	Your Board’s Culture: Its Impact on Effectiveness (BLC)
January 13	Finance Webinar Series: Professionalism in Handling Conflict Situations
January 20	Computer Skills Webinar: Microsoft Word 1: Navigating, Selection, and Editing
January 22	Leading—It’s Not a Title or Position webinar
January 27–28	Education & Lobby Days
February 5	Electric Industry Updates webinars
February 10	Credit Issues & Collections Workshop
February 11–12	Work Orders Accounting Workshop
February 18	Director Duties & Liabilities (CCD)
February 18–19	OSHA 10-Hour Course
February 19	Reasonable Suspicion Training (afternoon)
February 19	Board Operations & Process (CCD)
March 10–11	Electric Utility Fundamentals for Non-Operations Personnel
March 12	Computer Skills Webinar: Microsoft Outlook 1: Outlook Essentials
March 17	Connected Communication for Cooperative Personnel
March 17	Finance Webinar Series: Unpacking Debt Management and Cost of Capital
March 18	Leading Through Change
March 19	Director Webinar Series: Strategic Oversight in Times of Financial Transition: Inflation, Investment, & Innovation
April 7	Advanced Member Service Skills: Using DISC to Improve Service (CCEP)
April 8	New Employee Orientation
April 14	Transformative Leadership: Inspiring Ownership & Engagement
April 15	The Ideal Board: Clear Purpose, Effective Process, & Meaningful Performance
April 16	CFC Statewide Workshop
May 12	Finance Webinar Series: Margins, Equity Management, and Patronage Strategies
May 12	Employment Law Update
May 13	HR Professionals Workshop
May 14	Director Webinar Series: Navigating Change with Clarity and Confidence
May 19	NISC Users Group | Operations
May 20	NISC Users Group | Service and Integrations
May 21	Computer Skills Webinar: Data Handling: Microsoft Forms and Flows
June 9	Finance Webinar Series:  Clarifying Special Equipment vs. Fixed Assets
June 11	CFC Financial Tools Workshop
July 23	Computer Skills Webinar: Planner and To Do: Modern Task Management
August 4	Power & Policy: Energy & Legal Issues Summit
August 5	Appraising & Compensating the CEO (BLC)
August 5	Utility Financial Basics
August 11	Finance Webinar Series: Workforce Planning and Financial Forecasting for Labor & Benefits
August 13	Director Finance Webinar: Getting Board Governance Right: Balancing Advice and Accountability
September 1	Wisconsin REC Member Services Association Conference
September 2	Communication Power
September 15	Retirement Planning Seminar webinar
October 6	HR Basics Workshop
October 7	Culture & Communication: Building a Co-op that Works & Welcomes
October 13	Conversation Skills Outside of the Boardroom (BLC)
October 13	Financial Decision-Making (CCD)
October 13	Finance Webinar Series: Accounting for Utility Plant and Long-Lived Assets
October 14	Power Supply Decision-Making (BLC)
October 15	Director Webinar Series: Financial Dashboards and Storytelling for Boards: Turning Numbers into Insight
October 21–22	Work Orders Accounting Workshop (at ACEC)
December 8	Finance Webinar Series: Advanced Cash Flow Forecasting & Liquidity Management
December 9	Computer Skills Webinar: Teams Meetings: Best Practices
December 10	Director Webinar Series: Understanding Capital Credits: Strategy, Stewardship, and Sustainability
December 15	Office Support Professionals Conference