Where Do You Want That Commercial?
In late January, YouTube reached 4 billion views per day. That's pretty close to a view per person in the entire world's population (and history tells us that number will only continue to grow). It [...]
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Reasons to Be Cautious on Student Lending
By Pat Bator This whacked-out, oft-censored, and certain-Canadian-export-loving senior research analyst constantly heard from his parents in his formative years that having a higher education would translate into success later in life. The message was [...]
8 Points on People’s Potential
By. Matt Monge People power organizations. Not products. People. Prudence tell us that if we peer under what appears to be the perfect veneer of most professionals, there are a plethora of properties particular to [...]
Does Your Strategic Plan Chase Squirrels?
By. Mark Arnold My 79-year-old mother recently had squirrel issues at her house. But not just AT her house—actually IN her house. She got home one day and noticed there was a hole on [...]
Killed With A Fork
By William Azaroff Until several months ago, I was in charge of digital at Vancity, and I saw innovation linked inextricably to technology. I shared the concerns of many in financial services who looked at [...]
Assumptions that Are Traps for Managers
By Lana J. Chandler “If a manager assumes that someone is ‘just lazy,’ for example, then everything that employee does is labeled as that,” points out Bobbi Kahler, president of Kahler Leadership Group (Evergreen, Colorado). “[...]
Rock & Roll for Credit Unions 3: Sugarland
by Bo McDonald, Your Marketing Co. The YMC team recently had the pleasure of spending the day at Turner Field listening to some awesome stories from the Word of Mouth Marketing Association. I about wiped [...]
From a New Vision for the System, to Lawmakers Reinforcing the Value of Credit Unions, CUNA’s GAC Had It All
By. Paul Gentile, CUNA If you were one of the 4,200 credit union participants who attended the CUNA Governmental Affairs Conference (GAC) last week, you witnessed a program that made headlines, caught the attention [...]
Yahoo and Teleworking; Let me make you an offer
Written by Anthony Demangone You may have read about Marissa Mayer's decision to end Yahoo's teleworking program. (CNNMoney.com). What? The move seems very un-Yahoo. Very un-tech. Very un-trendy. That might not be a word. [...]
Reducing debit card fraud losses: Pinpoint compromised cards through ID of common points of compromise
As Americans increasingly shift toward debit cards as a preferred method of payment, it is clear that both personal and card data are reaching unprecedented heights of vulnerability. Large-scale data breaches of major retail chains [...]
Ten Questions For Elizabeth Warren
by Phil Hall Since returning to Washington in January as the junior senator fromMassachusetts, Elizabeth Warren has resumed her campaign of makinghigh-profile comments that resonate with provocative verbiage. Whether dismissingthe sequestration cuts as "just plain [...]
10 Easy Steps To The Best Car Deal
Driving off a dealer's lot in a shiny new car can be exhilarating, but the hours you might spend haggling to get to that point can be about as pleasant as a tax audit. Buyers [...]
Consumers Don’t Really Want Portable Checking Account Numbers
By. Ron Shevlin According to a study conducted by BT and YouGov, 61% of US banking customers want portable banking account numbers. As reported by The Financial Brand: “The research, which surveyed more than 6,[...]
Top 4 Tips to Attract Gen X and Gen Y Home Buyers to your Credit Union
By Mike Corn Last year, the National Association of Home Builders published an article quoting real estate experts who predicted that Gen X consumers, those aged 31 to 45, will lead the recovery in the [...]
Don’t ‘Dumb Down’ Employee Performance
By Michael Neill, CSE In my session on missional leadership at CUES Symposium: A CEO/Chairman Exchange, I presented the concept of “effort equity” that I developed several years ago. This concept begins to explain [...]