It’s Time to Enroll in CBLD 2023!
Enrollment Now Open
Our Cooperative Board Leadership Development (CBLD) team is looking ahead to another great year of supporting your organization’s success through our award-winning CBLD program. Now in its 19th year, CBLD provides an annual program of board support that includes monthly consulting, facilitated board retreats, a wealth of online webinars and other board trainings, and a library of resources to support your board in governing well. New in 2023, your CBLD enrollment will include exclusive access to a core of set of CBLD courses via our new online learning platform, debuting mid-2023.
See the table below to find the right CBLD program for your organization. Contact program coordinator Leslie Watson, cbld_enrollment@columinate.coop, to enroll today!
2023 CBLD Trainings
Your CBLD enrollment includes unlimited registration in any of our CBLD webinars and events throughout the program year. A complete schedule will be available in November, but our 2023 program will include:
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Virtual CBL 101 Half-day, online version of our premier training for new directors. Offered quarterly in 2023. |
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CBL 101 Full day, in-person training and co-op networking for new directors, focused on foundations of governance. We hope to once again offer this popular in-person, full-day workshop starting in the summer 2022, as the pandemic and public health regulations allow. |
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Financial Training for Directors Series Consisting of four weekly sessions, this series helps new and experienced directors build knowledge and confidence in monitoring financial health as part of their oversight role. Topics include financial statements and key indicators, budgeting and planning process, evaluating monitoring reports, and developing the ability to spot issues and raise critical questions. |
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Explorations in Policy Governance Series This multi-session series examines various aspects of governance, including both practical skill-building as well as exploration of broader governance concepts and issues. Policy Governance will serve as a backdrop, but directors from organizations with diverse approaches to governance are welcome. |
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Topical Webinars |
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Our 2023 program will include new and returning webinars on a variety of topics of interest to directors, such as:
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New in 2023: On-demand Trainings!
In addition to live webinars and ongoing consulting support, directors will have the option to learn on their own time through on-demand access to interactive, multimedia versions of our most popular foundations courses. Launching mid-2023 and available only to CBLD participants!
Contact program coordinator Leslie Watson at cbld_enrollment@columinate.coop to enroll today!
CBLD Basic
- Half-day board retreat
- 12 hours consulting
- Enrollment in any CBLD webinar or round table (see below)
- Enrollment in any Virtual CBL 101
CBLD
- Full-day board retreat
- 15 hours consulting
- Enrollment in any CBLD webinar or round table (see below)
- On-demand access to a core set of foundations courses through our new online learning platform
- Enrollment in any in-person 101 workshops (tbd, anticipated for fall 2023)
CBLD Complete
- Full-day board retreat
- 15 hours consulting
- PLUS: Choose either (1) double consulting hours or (2) a second daylong retreat
- Enrollment in any CBLD webinar or online workshop
- On-demand access to a core set of foundations courses through our new online learning platform
- Enrollment in any in-person 101 workshops (tbd, anticipated for fall 2023)
CBLD Consultants
Our team of independent consultants specialize in helping your board and general manager work together to govern and lead your organization. We each offer individual services upon request, but most of our clients access our services through CBLD.
