We just launched the second stage of our THINK Prize Financial Challenge, answering the question “How might we use the power of communities to financially empower those who need it most?” The first stage of [...]
by: Sean McDonald A recent study estimated that 32 BILLION dollars is wasted globally because of unproductive meetings. I’ve never been a big fan of meetings. Let me clarify that – I don’t like [...]
With 2015 predicted as a booming year for auto buying ($17 million in sales predicted for Spring 2015 by Forbes), we want to know how credit unions can get a piece of this pie -- [...]
by: Denise Bahs Does your marketing strategy include Word of Mouth marketing? The use of social media as a communication tool is unparalleled in Word of Mouth. For example, recently we’ve heard a lot [...]
by: Joe Winn 40 million people in the U.S. belong to one of these. Over 100 million people hold membership with this. Enjoy the outdoors? Chances are, you’ve purchased from the largest of [...]
Those old predictions of a cashless society seem to draw nothing more than a shrug these days. While once a trendy piece of prognostication, these days it’s hard to find anyone who actually expects [...]
Mobile websites have never been more important than they are now. On April 21, 2015 Google changed its search algorithm again. With the latest change, sites that are mobile friendly (responsive) will be displayed at [...]
Illinois has become the first state in the nation to adopt an automatic enrollment IRA program. The intent of this program is to provide a retirement savings option for private-sector employees who do not have [...]
by: Deedee Myers, Ph.D. A mutual understanding between the chair and CEO about desired succession planning outcomes goes a long way toward organization success, both long-and short-term. On the other hand, when an effective [...]
by: Anthony Demangone John Spence has a great talk that he does on accountability. There are five parts to accountability. First, you have to communicate the mission and responsibility. You have to have buy-in from [...]
by: Kim Carlstrom During the 2015 NACUSO Conference, Credit Union Industry Disruption and Predictive Analytics drew particular attention from those attending. It was quite clear that significant changes are coming to the credit union industry [...]
Strategic planning is one of the most important things your financial institution does. It’s unfortunate that so many planning sessions result in chaos, unproductive decision making and a plan that serves as a paper [...]
by: Henry Meier Nothing to do with credit unions but yesterday Tom Brady was suspended four games for having his footballs deflated prior to the AFC championship game. Let me get this straight: He won [...]
Many of us remember when online banking first launched and consumers were saying, "Are you crazy, I'm not managing my money on the Internet. I'm still getting lost in an AOL chat room." Even more [...]
Accounting. Just saying the word used to give me the chills. In fact, just thinking about it takes me back to my college days, when early morning accounting classes were not my strength. Oddly enough, [...]
