Description
Join credit unions from across the state for the always-popular Statewide Chapter Meeting, held twice a year!
Featuring Frank Diekmann of CUToday.info, this fast-paced session delivers new, proven credit union ideas every two minutes. With decades of industry insight, Frank brings practical ideas and bold perspectives on what credit unions should be doing now to succeed.
Stay informed. Get inspired. Connect statewide.
Agenda
12:00-1:00pm
25 Ideas That are Working in Credit Unions Now
Frank J. Diekmann, Publisher and the CU Board brief of the CuDaily and Former Co-Founder of CUToday
Regardless of asset size, successful credit unions share some common traits: imagination and innovation. In this session, we’ll feature an idea every two minutes—and maybe more! Highlighting successful credit union programs that have proven to be effective. Lending promotions. New membership campaigns. Savings ideas. Culture builders. Onboarding initiatives. And more. All kinds of different challenges that have been met with one thing in common: a willingness to take chances, have fun, and do things differently. In this session Frank J. Diekmann of CUToday.info will offer 25 ideas on all of this and more.
Speakers
Frank J. Diekmann
Frank J. Diekmann| Publisher and the CU Board brief of the CuDaily and Former Co-Founder of CUToday
Frank J. Diekmann the publisher of The CU Daily (www.thecudaily.com) and the CU Board Brief. He is the former Cooperator-in-Chief and co-founder of CUToday.info, a digital news and collaboration platform.
Prior to founding CUToday.info, Mr. Diekmann founded Credit Union Journal, and prior to that co-founded Credit Union Times. Before covering credit unions, Mr. Diekmann covered the nation’s banking industry. He began his editorial career working as a sports reporter with the Cincinnati Post before making the natural segue into credit unions.
Mr. Diekmann is a frequent speaker, having addressed CU meetings from Sydney to Prague and all of the U.S. He regularly serves as a judge in various organizations’ marketing and awards competitions. He is the only journalist to graduate from the National Credit Union Foundation’s Development Education program, and is now certified as an International Credit Union Development Educator.
A graduate of the University of Cincinnati, Diekmann is also the author of four books: Cathode Ray’s, The Bawl Game, The Flip Flop and 501 Name Tags: How