• Describe the role cooperative business enterprises play in the world’s economy.
  
• Distinguish the cooperative business model from other business models.
  
• Articulate the seven cooperative principles and how those are applied in today’s electric cooperatives.
  
• Understand the history of electric cooperatives –how and why they were created; the challenges they have overcome through the years.
  
• Be able to identify future challenges facing electric co-ops and the cooperative business model.
  
  

• Board Leadership Certificate (BLC)
  
• Director Gold
  
  

NRECA – 1 credit
CEU – 0.6 credits