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CUES and Currency Marketing Partner to Launch Next Top Credit Union Exec Contest
CUES and Currency Marketing Partner to Launch Next Top Credit Union Exec Contest MADISON, Wis.- The Credit Union Executives Society is partnering with Currency Marketing, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada, the experts in social media challenge marketing, to launch *Next Top Credit Union
Exec,* a program for the industry*s emerging leaders modeled after Currency*s popular Young & Free program.
The Next Top Credit Union Exec contest searches for young, emerging leaders from within the credit union industry. Credit union employees 35 and under apply by creating a 60-second video about themselves and a project they are working on, a project they are planning, or an idea they have for their credit union. All videos will be on display at www.NextTopCreditUnionExec.com.
*Young & Free has found a recipe for success in searching for young credit union members, and we are excited to use the same format to seek out creative and smart young professionals from within the credit union
industry,* said Dale Schumacher, chairman, CUES* board of directors and president/CEO, Tampa Bay Federal Credit Union, Tampa, Fla.
Interested participants can apply by June 1, 2010 at www.NextTopCreditUnionExec.com. Applicants will be organized according to six geographical regions. The industry and online public will vote for their favorite applicant in each region from June 4 – 14, 2010. The applicant in each region who receives the most votes will become a Regional Finalist for the Next Top Credit Union Exec and will receive a prize package valued at $5,000.
The six Regional Finalists will present on the progress of their project, program or idea, at CUES* CEO/Executive Team Network in Dallas, November 7-10, 2010. The finalist who scores the highest via a combination of a judging panel, audience and online votes will receive the title Next Top Credit Union Exec and an educational package valued at $20,000.
*We can*t wait to watch how this unfolds. There are so many talented young professionals within our industry, and our hope is that we reveal the breadth of our emerging leaders through this contest,* added Schumacher.
*Plus, we feel the prize package in one that can take our young professionals to the next level of leadership within their organizations*
In addition, CUES is launching a new membership, CUES NextGenTM, designed specifically for members 35 and under. For more information on CUES NextGen, or the Next Top Credit Union Exec contest, visit www.NextTopCreditUnionExec.com.
The Credit Union Executives Society is a Madison, Wisconsin-based, independent, not-for-profit, international membership association for credit union executives. Its mission is to educate and develop credit union CEOs, directors and future leaders.