The latest from Randall Smith

Feb 12, 2013 - by Ongoing Operations

Top Reasons Credit Unions Failover to a Hotsite

By Kirk Drake Top Reasons CU’s Failover to their Hotsites If you are responsible for your organizations credit union Business Continuity Plan or maybe you are in the credit ...

Feb 12, 2013 - by CUNAverse

Effective Member Communications in Challenging Financial Times

By Mark Arnold Although it’s hard to believe, we are already into our second month of 2013! Whether you are still analyzing 2012 or well into your 2013 tasks ...

Feb 12, 2013 - by CU Suite

Three Terrifying Truths? Or Three Invigorating Truths? You Get To Pick.

by Anthony Demangone Being a child of the ’80s, I loved the A-Team.  It involved everything a young boy could want.  Car chases. Guns and explosions, although no one seemed ...

Feb 12, 2013 - by The Financial Brand

State of Credit Union Marketing: 2013

Financial Marketers Struggle With Budgets and ROI It’s no surprise that bank and credit union marketing execs say that insufficient budgets and/or manpower is what’s holding them ...

Feb 11, 2013 - by CU Water Cooler

Mission Improbable

By Matt Davis Credit unions have mission statements all wrong. Missions have clear beginnings and clear endings. They either start or don’t start. They can fail or be completed. ...

Feb 11, 2013 - by CUES Skybox

Changing Employee Behavior to Support Your Mission

By Lisa Hochgraf CUES Symposium: A CEO/Chairman Exchange general session presenter Mike Neill wanted to add even more value for participants in last week’s event and help them “...

Feb 11, 2013 - by My Bank Tracker

Benefits of Buying Savings Bonds for Little Kids

BY DEBBIE DRAGON Many adults today might remember being gifted with savings bonds as a child. While there was not the excitement of a savings bond falling out of a ...

Feb 11, 2013 - by Great Ideas

Is Your Credit Union a Commodity With an Expiration Date?

By Bo McDonald Do you know what a commodity is? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines it as: “a good or service whose wide availability typically leads to smaller profit margins and ...