"Other players have director events, but this show is brilliantly produced, features some of the most compelling leaders on the agenda, and sticks to a format that directors love.  Next year’s [convention]   . . .  will be the biggest one yet.”

— Paul Gentile
Editor
Credit Union Times

 

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Agenda - Day 1

August 6th, 2008

7:30 am – 9:00 am Continental Breakfast and Registration
9:00 am – 10:00 am From Ideas to Action: Your Best Ways to Bridge the Governance Gap
10:00 am – 10:45 am Managers and Directors: Crafting a Prenuptial Agreement
10:45 am – 11:30 am Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
11:30 am – 12:15 pm The Future of Credit Union Lending
12:15 pm – 1:45 pm Lunch and Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
1:45 pm – 2:30 pm Term Limits: Boon or Boondoggle?
2:30 pm – 3:15 pm Growth Strategies: 4 Roads Less Traveled
3:15 pm – 4:00 pm Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm 3 Roundtable Idea Exchanges
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Opening Night Cocktail Reception, featuring The Temptations
7:30 am – 9:00 am
Continental Breakfast and Registration
9:00 am – 10:00 am
From Ideas to Action: Your Best Ways to Bridge the Governance Gap
Speaker: Patrick Adams
Governance & Leadership
Patrick Adams
Is it better to have a strategic plan that doesn’t get done or no plan at all? Putting the plan to paper is just the first step on the road to sustainable growth and satisfied members. Are you driving a new lending program? Attracting new membership groups? Dynamic Directors’ star Patrick Adams shows how to get changes from the board-room into members’ homes. (Hint: It’s NOT more meetings!)
10:00 am – 10:45 am
Managers and Directors: Crafting a Pre-nuptial Agreement
Speaker: Carol Weisman
Governance & LeadershipCEO-Board Relations
Carol Wiesman
Do you support without micromanaging? Can you direct without interfering? Leadership rarely splits neatly between governance and management, but the strength of your credit union revolves around this pivotal relationship. Governance guru Carol Weisman, President of Board Builders, draws on humor and experience to show you how to create clear expectations for CEOs and directors, resolve conflicts equitably and make good partnerships even better.
10:45 am – 11:30 am
Networking Break in Exhibit Hall
Broadridge
11:30 am – 12:15 pm
The Future of Credit Union Lending
Speaker: Rex Johnson
LendingStrategic Planning
Rex Johnson
Credit unions have been doing car and signature loans for so long that it’s easy to think the lending landscape will never change. It has. Credit scores and automated decisioning are just the tip of the iceberg. Here Rex Johnson, owner of Lending Solutions and the credit union industry’s chief lending expert, walks you through score enhancement, e-lending and other lending practices that will invigorate your portfolio and position you as a powerhouse for years to come.
12:15 pm – 1:45 pm
Lunch and Networking Break
1:45 pm – 2:30 pm
Term Limits: Boon or Boondoggle?
Speaker: William Brown
Governance & Leadership
William Brown
Nothing polarizes credit union leaders as much as the topic of term limits. For some, it sounds insane to place limits on seasoned directors. Others argue that long-standing chair-holders prevent innovative new leaders from rising. So should credit unions adopt director term limits? It all depends, says William Brown, a non-profit board expert at Texas A&M University, whose full-time job entails uncovering the links between performance and tenure. Using real-world examples and exclusive research findings, William offers clear guidance on when enough is enough at some credit unions and, for others, when it’s just the beginning of a wonderful thing.
2:30 pm – 3:15 pm
Growth Strategies: 4 Roads Less Traveled
Speaker: Rory Rowland
LendingStrategic Planning
Rory Rowland
Whether you serve employee groups or the whole com-munity, organic growth is more elusive than a bundle of subprime mortgages. Few people have darkened more credit union doorways than strategic consultant and perennial convention favorite Rory Rowland. Learn how unorthodox strategies, such as the Wal-Mart approach to branching or niche business lending can turn your prospects around. Keep your notepad handy as Rory shares some of the best-kept growth secrets from across the movement.
3:15 pm – 4:00 pm
Networking Break in Exhibit Hall
Broadridge
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
3 Roundtable Idea Exchanges
 
Having good ideas is just a start. Sharing them is the next step. Back by popular demand: three separate idea exchanges, each focused on a major credit union challenge.

Perhaps you’re 100% loaned out? Join your peers at the deposit growth roundtable. Maybe you’re moving to a community charter or losing a SEG? Swap strategies at the membership growth roundtable. Just need some new ideas for profitable lending? Get them at the loan growth seminar.

Finally, the only thing between you and proven credit union ideas is a microphone.
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Opening night welcome reception featuring...The Temptations!
Cap off a perfect day with your colleagues at our special Opening Night Welcome Reception. There will be plenty of prizes and activities to keep everyone on your board entertained. Win backstage passes for your entire contingent to take pictures with The Temptations. Plus, we’ve got a few surprises in store!

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