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This program consists of in-person instruction, online learning and professional coaching beginning August 26, 2025 and finishing on November 21, 2025.
See below for dates and details for our 2025 offering.

Overview

With NRECA, you can make an impact.

You know your cooperative inside and out. You and your team have the talent, knowledge and drive to improve just about every part of your organization. But without a plan to launch new initiatives, you’re stuck at square one. Our new, highly collaborative, blended learning program, Ideas to Impact, was designed with you in mind.

By leveraging a strong business case, refined processes and proven project implementation methods, you’ll gain all the tools and skills you need to navigate the process of taking an idea and seeing it through to completion. We've also built in accountability through peer and professional coaching, ensuring you stay on target and reach your goal. Even more valuable than building a concrete plan of action for your project, you’ll learn the process so you can do it again and again. That means you'll leave the program with the framework to take your next big idea all the way to the finish line. You’ll never again find yourself asking, “Where do we go from here?”


WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
  • Identify opportunities for change and improvement that impact members and the cooperative.
  • Collect, analyze and leverage financial metrics and other measures to support new initiatives.
  • Apply tools and techniques to gain buy-in from stakeholders at all levels of the organization—from the board to CEO, and direct reports.
  • Manage core and enabling business processes and outcomes.
  • Effectively lead cross-functional project teams.
  • Efficiently apply project management tools and techniques.
  • Solve problems and seize opportunities to create sustainable change and improvement.


Want to Learn More?

View this free 15-minute informational webinar to learn everything you need to know about this transformative program that can help you tackle challenges like member engagement, succession plans, safety improvements, culture change, AI and more!




Take a big idea and facilitate it from concept to implementation through process improvement, people-powered leadership, and rigorous project management. All with the help from peer support and professional coaching.

LOCATION
The in-person classroom component of the program will be held at:
Hilton Ballston
950 N Stafford St.
Arlington, VA 22203

HOTEL & TRAVEL
A hotel guest room block will be available at the Hilton-Ballston, 950 N Stafford St, Arlington, VA 22203 for the in-person classroom component of the program. NRECA will provide registered participants a hotel guest room link and other program information approximately 2 months prior to the start of the program.

WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE
Experienced co-op staff and leaders who are responsible for managing and improving strategic business processes and projects at their cooperative. Members who have earned the CCC, IDE, CLCP, CFPC are encouraged to enroll. Members who have earned several CCEP or SMDP credits through NRECA’s Executive and Staff Education would also benefit from participating.

CREDITS
NRECA – 1 credit
CEU – 5.5 credits

HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS
Ideas to Impact gives you the training and performance support you need to get big things done. The program consists of an online orientation (2 hours) and 5 days of in-person classroom instruction followed by 2 days of online live instruction. The program then shifts from training to job application with 2 months of performance support through guided peer and professional coaching sessions.

We’ll ask you to bring your wishlist of ideas—anything you’ve ever wanted to implement for your co-op—and then we will give you the tools, support, and coaching you need to make it happen. If you don’t have that one burning idea when you register, we can help you formulate an initiative during the online orientation so you’re ready to go on day one.

Course materials will continue to be available to participants after the program via the Learning Management System (LMS) on cooperative.com.



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Curriculum

  • Online Orientation & Expectations (2 hours) - Aug. 26, 2025
    • Overview, Expectations and Using the S.E.E.R. Model to Speak Like a Leader
    • Project Management Skills Assessment
    • Program Participation Sponsor Support & Project Identification
  • In-Person Classroom Instruction (5-days) - Sept. 8-12, 2025
    • Implementing Organizational Strategy & Managing Risk
    • Crafting a Compelling Business Case
    • Leading Business Improvement & Problem Solving
    • People Powered Change & Improvement
  • Online Live Learning (2-days) - Sept. 25-26, 2025
    • Project Management Techniques
  • Peer Support Post-Instruction (weekly check-ins)
  • Professional Coaching Post Instruction (2, one-hour sessions)
  • Summary Report to Sponsor and Cohort

Schedule

Information on the NRECA hotel guest room block will be sent to registered participants approximately 2 months prior to the start of the program.

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Fees

$6,445 per person and includes:

  • All course materials for the online orientation, in-person classroom instruction & materials, online live learning & materials, peer-support & professional coaching.

  • Daily breakfast at the Hilton Ballston in Arlington, VA.

  • Daily morning and afternoon snacks with beverages during classroom hours.

Lodging lunches and parking not included.

Competencies

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SUPERVISORY, MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP
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