Just in time for strategic planning season, you can purchase DVDs of the best sessions from the 31st Annual National Directors’ Convention. Choose from eight stand-alone presentations, including a high-energy session on bridging the governance gap with CU all-star Patrick Adams, Rory Rowland’s strategies for growth, or Bob Hoel’s “5 Secrets of High Performing Credit Unions.” Save 35% when you purchase the whole set!
| DVD #1 | From Ideas to Action: Your Best Ways to Bridge the Governance Gap | Patrick Adams |
| DVD #2 | Managers and Directors: Crafting a Pre-Nuptial Agreement | Carol Weisman |
| DVD #3 | Growth Strategies: 4 Roads Less Traveled | Rory Rowland |
| DVD #4 | Fiduciary Duty: What’s a Director To Do? | Bruce Jolly |
| DVD #5 | Young Adults and CUs that Serve Them Well | Bryan Sims |
| DVD #6 | 5 Secrets of High-Performing Credit Unions | Bob Hoel |
| DVD #7 | Governance Bootcamp: Basics for New Directors | Tim Harrington |
| DVD #8 | Change Is Not a Four-Letter Word | Tom Glatt |
DVD #1
From Ideas to Action: Your Best Ways to Bridge the Governance Gap
Speaker: 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 details how to get changes from the boardroom into members’ homes.
DVD #2
Managers and Directors: Crafting a Pre-Nuptial Agreement
Speaker: Carol Weisman
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.
DVD #3
Growth Strategies: 4 Roads Less Traveled
Speaker: Rory Rowland
Whether you serve employee groups or the whole community, 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. Rory shares some of the best-kept growth secrets from across the movement.
DVD #4
Fiduciary Duty: What’s a Director To Do?
Speaker: Bruce Jolly
If a merger offer landed on the board table tomorrow, would you be prepared? If you had to put a value on your credit union, would you know where to start? Attorney Bruce Jolly, partner at Venable LLP, has been a major player in such high-profile credit union events as the bank purchase of Nationwide FCU and the unsolicited merger offer between Wings and Continental FCUs. He shares inside advice on the legal standards that have to guide your decisions — from setting rates to changing charters. In today’s rapidly changing marketplace, you never know when you’ll need it.
DVD #5
Young Adults and CUs that Serve Them Well
Speaker: Bryan Sims
Does your credit union turn down young adults with no credit? Or how about offering a free box of checks when today’s young adult uses plastic and the internet? It’s time to add youth outreach to your credit union’s action plan. Bryan Sims, 24-year-old CEO of brass|MEDIA Inc., shares real-life examples of how progressive boards and CEOs from Hawaii to New York are turning their credit unions into the institution of choice for the next generation.
DVD #6
5 Secrets of High-Performing Credit Unions
Speaker: Bob Hoel
Who says small means slow? Credit unions of all sizes can grow successfully and serve their members well. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy. Bob Hoel, a fellow at the Filene Research Institute, shares secrets from his years of researching successful smaller CUs. Bob shows how real-world CUs succeed with aggressive lending and high-payoff products, how they manage their net worth effectively, and how they grow by getting more of their products into members’ pockets.
DVD #7
Governance Bootcamp: Basics for New Directors
Speaker: Tim Harrington
Tim Harrington, a nationally recognized governance expert, gets you up to speed on the rights and duties of CU directors. He shows you how to identify the most critical issues in your credit union (they’ve got to be somewhere in that huge board packet!), create management focus on the most important areas, avoid paralyzing minutia and combine learning with leadership to maximize your term on the board. A great refresher course for directors of every stripe!
DVD #8
Change Is Not a Four-Letter Word
Speaker: Tom Glatt
All the good advice in the world means nothing if credit union leaders are unwilling to make hard decisions that will transform their organizations. Change is something it’s fun to talk about, but when it’s time to get things done, the conversation changes. Just take it from Tom Glatt, CEO of Continental FCU and a Directors’ Convention favorite, who is uprooting his entire headquarters and moving from LA to Phoenix. Inspiration never was so funny … or so sincere. With his characteristic Cajun wit, Tom gets you ready to embrace uncertainty. After all, it’s just part of your job.