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DeRidder, LA - Kevin Reeves, manager of consumer services, and Beama Sanson, director of business development, have completed an intensive program in electric utility management at the University of Nebraska Center for Continuing Education.
The Robert I. Kabat Management Internship Program (MIP) is a series of workshops offered by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association in conjunction with the University of Nebraska. The program guides participants through all facets of the electric utility industry, including the many changes occurring around the nation.
Reeves and Sanson join only a few electric utility employees that will graduate from the Management Internship Program this year.
"NRECA's MIP program is an intense program that retains top-notch instructors who focus on all areas of electric utility management. It was an excellent opportunity to intensify my knowledge in the area of key accounts and to increase my knowledge in other facets of our industry," states Beama Sanson, director of business development. "Perhaps, one of the greatest assets of attending a program such as MIP, is the opportunity to work with individuals from various departments within electric cooperatives from all over the United States."
MIP participants go through three 10-day sessions designed to challenge and educate participants in new, innovative management techniques. Participants leave with a better understanding of what consumers want and how to ensure they get it.
"What a tremendous opportunity to learn and gain precious insight into the management aspect of the cooperative world! The roots and values of American society have been founded and nurtured within the cooperative movement," comments Kevin Reeves, manager of consumer services. "With electricity production and distribution being the cornerstone of development and expansion in every facet of our society, it is an honor to represent BECi in its quest to facilitate this development and future expansion by seeking to enrich its leadership with skills and knowledge to handle an ever-changing public. By utilizing the assets provided by NRECA's MIP program and networking with others in the cooperative movement our cooperative will be the benefactor."
By also covering the unique principles that govern the operations of electric cooperatives, the program helps the co-op analyze other business ventures it may want to enter as well as enhancing the core organization.
Only rural electric cooperative CEOs and top-level management participate in the program. This allows greater emphasis of study, on management challenges and the aspects of consumer-ownership that cooperatives enjoy. Participants learn to be more consumer focused in their daily management decisions.
Reeves and Sanson have joined the elite. In the past 30 years, there have only been 1350 MIP graduates. It is one of the most exclusive educational programs in the nation for electric cooperative management.
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