Ahhh ... nothing like attending a conference in your home town. No planes, no taxis, no hotels. It just made covering CUES CEO/Exec Team Network Conference in San Diegothat much sweeter. Not only was this conference loaded with practical, insightful, and entertaining presentations for attendees, but it also hosted the 2013 Next Top Credit Union Exec contest featuring the fab five finalists. Very exciting for the finalists and very impressive for the audience, as we were honored to experience five sharp, visionary presentations. But there could only be one winner from this over-achieving group and that was Maps Credit Union's Amanda Brenneman, who rose to the top of these fine folks for first prize.
Fresh from her win, we were able to get a quick chat with Amanda for her reaction and what the award means to her personally and to her career -- which will probably take off like Sputnik on high octane now. We also had the privilege to meet with CUES President/CEO Chuck Fagan for his take on the conference activities and why he supports the Next Top Credit Union Exec program. And last, we were able to connect with the man behind the Next Top Credit Union Exec curtain, Currency Marketing's Tim McAlpine, for a quick history of the program and how it has impacted the industry since it started four years ago spotlighting hundreds of talented, soon-to-be credit union leaders. So sit back this holiday weekend and check out these future leaders. Enjoy! Visit: cues.org nexttopcreditunionexec.com mapscu.com Currency Marketing Digital Mailer's President/CEO and Founder Ron Daly has a well-respected industry blog named "CU Soapbox". On his virtual platform, Ron addresses various, pressing issues related to credit unions and financial services. One such blog post caught my eye entitled "Introvert Media - What 'Private' Social Networks Tell Us About the Future of Online Sharing".
In this post, Ron flips today's overly-extrovert social media practices on its head and looks at the growing trend of social media niche sites that are more introverted for close-knit communities, such as sites like SnapChat, NextDoor, Celly, and others. So we invited Ron on the program to go into a bit more detail about this growing niche trend within social media and how it affects your credit union -- especially from a information security perspective. There is a lot of personal information floating about the virtual space whether you're on Facebook or NextDoor and security today is more important than ever. That said, Ron also discusses his company's My Virtual StrongBox that keeps your information safe and sound behind your online banking solution. Ron concludes his post with this statement: "With all the movement toward introvert media, we see a growing need (as does Barclays, by the way) to present options that keep communications - and communicators - private." Check out our conversation regarding this timely topic that mixes social and finance -- and security. Visit: digitalmailer.com cusoapbox.com |
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