• April 3, 2012 (8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.)
• The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel,                           State College, Pa.

• Directors of electric cooperative boards

• An instructor-led course available in a one-day format

• Boards have ultimate responsibility for ensuring and evaluating the long-term health of the organization. They help fulfill this duty by identifying goals through strategic planning and by authorizing the appropriate allocation of resources through the adoption of financial policies and by budget review and approval. This course teaches directors how to participate effectively in a strategic planning process.

Key Topics Include:    

• The purpose, value and components of strategic planning
• Preparing for a strategic planning session
• Using a "SWOT" analysis to assess strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
• Recognizing how the board should plan its monthly agendas around the strategic plan
• Recognizing how the board should use its evaluation of the cooperative's accomplishment of the strategic plan as the foundation of the CEO's performance appraisal