KREMC Communicator Receives National Recognition
Warsaw, Indiana – Kosciusko REMC Manager of Marketing & Communications Troy Cozad has earned recognition as a professional communicator in a national program offered by the Council of Rural Electric Communicators, which is affiliated with the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA).
Lemert, who has worked at KREMC since May 2007, has been notified that she has met the requirements to become a Certified Cooperative Communicator (CCC), according to KREMC President and CEO Steve Rhodes.
Since 1985, when the program began, more than 300 electric cooperative communicators have attained CCC status. The CCC Program is entirely voluntary.
In order to achieve certification, Lemert had to submit a portfolio of work samples in the field of mass communication and/or marketing communication for evaluation. Her portfolio was judged by peers, communicators in the electric co-op industry who have already earned the CCC designation.
Having passed that evaluation, Lemert then took a four-hour written examination administered by an educational consulting firm whose principals conduct similar examinations for many national organizations throughout the United States.
Rhodes said the CCC credential is offered by the national organization in order to improve the practice of mass communication and marketing communication in the electric cooperative field. This is done through the establishment of professional development goals, identification of a body of knowledge and skills necessary to the practice of electric co-ops communication, and recognition of those individuals who have demonstrated a professional level of excellence.
The CCC Program Board of Directors governs the program. It is composed of 10 CCCs who are elected from CCCs who are currently employed in the electric co-op industry. Board members, who serve two-year terms, are responsible for setting policy and program guidelines; NRECA staff administers the program.
NRECA is the national service organization that represents the nation’s more than 900 consumer-owned electric cooperatives, which provide service to more than 37 million people in 47 states. |
