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Upcoming Events

Avian Protection Workshop: Protecting Utilities and Customers by Protecting Birds

May 16-June 6, 2024, in Vancouver, Wash.

Avian protection is a key component of many aspects of operating a utility. From wildfire mitigation to regulatory compliance, understanding avian protection is critical. This four-part webinar will use case studies coupled with the instructor’s years of experience to help you support your utility's long- and short-term avian-related projects and planning. The sessions will focus on accepted methodologies and common approaches. They will also introduce a broad array of products used to mitigate interactions and assess their advantages and disadvantages.

Device Management With Microsoft Intune

May 14-17, 2024, via webinar

In this hands-on session, you will learn how to enroll and manage corporate and employee-owned devices using one of the most popular mobile device management solutions available today, Microsoft Intune. This class will walk you through each step of the process while answering questions and covering common deployment scenarios. As a bonus, you will also learn how to manage cloud-based devices.

Board Governance: Electric Utility Finance Philosophies

June 6, 2024, via webinar

The electric utility industry is unique from a financial perspective. In this webinar, you will discover what the pillars of financial health are for a utility and your role in ensuring your utility is financially successful. Electric Utility Finance Philosophies is part of the Board Governance Series, a collection of webinars designed to help board members of all experience levels define, guide, and support the needs and best interests of their utility and its consumers.

Control Your Narrative: What to Say (or Not Say) to the Media

May 13, 2024, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Do you really know what it takes to be interviewed in today’s digital world? From what to do when a customer, or “concerned citizen,” puts a cellphone in your face and hits record, to how to control the narrative of a traditional media interview, to how to survive the “gotcha” questions we all fear! During the first half of this one-day class, you will learn “How Not to Become YouTube Famous!” You will learn how to prepare for an interview as well as how to control the narrative of that interview. After lunch, you will participate in and observe mock interviews to practice what you have learned and discuss the strategies used.

Upcoming NWPPA Conferences

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Annual Conference and Membership Meeting

May 12-15, 2024, in Salt Lake City, Utah

Accounting and Finance Conference

June 25-26, 2024, in Spokane, Wash.

Women in Public Power

July 24-25, 2024, in Tacoma, Wash.

Northwest Innovations in Communications Conference

September 16-19, 2024, in Boise, Idaho

3 C’s Conference

October 8-10, 2024, in Reno, Nev.

Labor and Employee Relations Conference

October 22-24, 2024, in Cle Elum, Wash.

Alaska Electric Utility Conference

November 18-21, 2024, in Anchorage, Alaska

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