Cooperative Board Leadership Development Program (CBLD)

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 21st 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. Your CBLD enrollment includes exclusive access to a core set of CBLD courses via our new online learning platform, CBLD Academy.

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!

2025 CBLD Trainings

Your CBLD enrollment includes unlimited registration in any of our CBLD webinars and events throughout the program year, as well as unlimited online learning through CBLD Academy! Our 2025 program will include:

Workshops
Virtual CBL 101 Half-day, online version of our premier training for new directors. Offered quarterly in 2025.
CBL 101 Full day, in-person training and co-op networking for new directors, focused on foundations of governance.
Webinars
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. Offered spring and fall 2025.
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. Offered spring and fall 2025.
Topical Webinars
Our 2025 program will include new and returning webinars on a variety of topics of interest to directors, such as: Policy Governance Essentials Finance Training for Directors Evaluating and Compensating Your General Manager Constructive Approaches to Handling Your GM Complaints Facilitating Board Meetings Strategies for Effective Board Education All About Audits What To Expect When You’re Directing (for candidates) Quarterly Board President Roundtables Board Administrator Roundtables And much more!

Workshops

Virtual CBL 101

Half-day, online version of our premier training for new directors. Offered quarterly in 2025.

CBL 101

Full day, in-person training and co-op networking for new directors, focused on foundations of governance.

Webinars

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. Offered spring and fall 2025.

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. Offered spring and fall 2025.

Topical Webinars

Our 2025 program will include new and returning webinars on a variety of topics of interest to directors, such as:

Policy Governance Essentials
Finance Training for Directors
Evaluating and Compensating Your General Manager
Constructive Approaches to Handling Your GM Complaints
Facilitating Board Meetings
Strategies for Effective Board Education
All About Audits
What To Expect When You’re Directing (for candidates)
Quarterly Board President Roundtables
Board Administrator Roundtables
And much more!

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In 2025: 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 through our CBLD Academy. Available only to CBLD participants!

Contact program coordinator Leslie Watson at cbld_enrollment@columinate.coop to enroll today!

2025 Enrollment Information

We are excited to offer an all-new, redesigned program and pricing options to access our award-winning program of ongoing board support. See the table below to find the right CBLD program for your organization in 2025, and enroll today!

2025 Enrollment Information

Basic CBLD

$5,600annual

Half-day board retreat
12 hours consulting
Enrollment in any CBLD webinar or round table (see below)
Enrollment in any Virtual CBL 101
On-demand access to a core set of foundations courses through our new online learning platform
Enrollment in CBL in-person 101 workshop (11/8/25 in Keene, NH)

Open to organizations with less than $3.5 million in annual revenue

Regular CBLD

$8,450annual

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 CBL in-person 101 workshop (11/8/25 in Keene, NH)

CBLD Complete

$10,250annual

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 CBL in-person 101 workshop (11/8/25 in Keene, NH)

Enroll Today!

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.