"Governance Talk" is a series of short educational videos on a variety of governance topics available to directors, CEOs, attorneys and senior staff. In each 7-10 minute video, Pat Mangan, NRECA's director of governance education, asks co-op and industry experts to share valuable knowledge, insights and advice regarding some of today’s most important issues affecting the governance of electric cooperatives, including transparency, board performance evaluation, the director-CEO relationship, cybersecurity and much more. 

These videos are free and recommended for anyone responsible for co-op governance, including new directors; as a primer for the director whose board is planning to discuss a particular topic; and as a board education topic at the start of the monthly meeting. Many topics offer additional audio-only versions.

Available Gov​ernance Talk Videos​

• Storytelling​
  

• NRECA International–Empowering Communities
  

• Meeting With Elected Officials​
  

• The Director’s Role in Political Advocacy​
  

• Hearing All Points of View​​
  

• The New Director Orientation Advantage
  

• Don't Drop the Knife: Remembering Where We Came From​
  

• AI and Electric Cooperatives – Part 2​
  

• AI​ and Electric Cooperatives – Part 1​​

  
  

• Using a Consent Agenda​
  

• ​The Board's Role in Safety II
  

• Key Board Traits–Trust, Respect and Openness​​​
  

• ​Demystifying Parliamentary Procedure​​
  

• Approaching the​​ Director With Diminished Ability​
  
• Risk Management​
  
• A Discussion on Board Meeting Minutes​
  
• ​The Value of Strategic ​Planning​
  
• Maintaining Your Co-op's Bylaws​
  
• Introducing America's Electric Cooperatives PAC​
  
• ​ The Role of the Co-op's Attorney​​
  
• ​Creating a Healthy Culture in the Boardroom​​
  
• Filling Board Vacancies
  
• Welcome to Our Member Resolutions Process​
• Communicating During a Cybersecurity Crisis​​
  
• ​Engaging Young Adult Members
  
• Dealing With Conflicts of Interest in the Boardroom​
  
• How to Deliver Bad News​
  
• The Use of Executive Session
  
• The Risks of Micromanagement by the Board
  
• ​The Care and Feeding of the Press
  
• Hiring a New CEO? What Boards Need to Know About Executive Search
  
• Appraising and Compensating the CEO​​
  
• ​The Board's Role in the Audit Process​​
  
• Succession Planning for the Board
  
• The Board’s Role in Safety
  
• Directors Communicating With Employees
  
• Effective Member Advisory Groups
  
• Navigating Difficult Ethical Issues
  
• Election of Board Officers and Their Roles
  
• The Board’s Role as Regulator
  
• Governance and Communications Resource Guide
  
• Reputation Management and Communication in the Age of Scrutiny
  
• The Director's Role in Grassroots
  
• Setting Director Compensation
  
• A Discussion About Key Ratio Trend Analysis
  
• What Directors Need to Know About Loan Covenants
  
• What Directors Need to Know About Line Extension
  
• What Boards Need to Consider in Setting Rates
  
• Building a Relationship Between the Board and the CEO
  
• Finding the Right Level of Transparency
  
• Pros and Cons of Peer Director Assessment
  
• Member Elections: Methods of Voting at Electric Cooperatives
  
• Methods of Nominating Directors
  
• Fiduciary Duties of a Director
  
• The Board's Role in Cybersecurity
  
• Keeping Bad Behavior out of the Boardroom
  

• The Business Judgement Rule
  

Questions?​ Contact Pat Mangan at pat.mangan@nreca.coop.