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| December 18, 2012
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Credit Union Industry Experts: What’s in Store for 2013

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Originally posted on CUInsight.com

I like to say that one of a visionary leader’s most important functions is seeing over the horizon and recognizing opportunities and threats before anyone else does, and then shaping the strategy and tactics of the organization accordingly.

So for our year-end blog post I asked our Preferred Partners to tell us what they see coming over the horizon, from their perspective, that credit union executives need to be focused on and/or prepared for as we head into 2013. Looking back a year, I see some common themes—revenue issues, economic uncertainty, regulatory uncertainty, and political uncertainty. From that perspective, not much has changed as we look forward to 2013. Here is what a few of them said:

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| July 25, 2012
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The Best of the Best – 2012 NAFCU Services Innovation Awards

Innovation can be hard to define, but you can think of it as “the successful application of new ideas.”  ‘Application’ is the key word there – new ideas are the easy part – figuring out which are the good ones, and then applying them successfully, is more difficult.

So innovation is more than just an academic exercise or a tally of patents. The application of a new idea in the real world leads to new products, services, processes, systems, or attitudes that improve something or add value. With all of the changes that are occurring in financial services generally, and in the credit union business model specifically, being (and staying) innovative is more important than ever.

Every year at the NAFCU Annual Conference we recognize the very best innovations among our Preferred Partners that help credit unions thrive in an increasingly crowded financial services marketplace with the 2012 NAFCU Services Preferred Partner Innovation Awards.

We had another exceptionally competitive field of entries this year, and the difficult task of judging was undertaken by the NAFCU Services Advisory Committee, which is composed exclusively of credit union executives. I didn’t envy them in the challenge of picking the winners, and greatly appreciate their bringing a real-world perspective to the value offered by the innovations. No surprise as to what is top-of-mind – all three winners have solutions that help credit unions with marketing and growth. Read more

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| January 2, 2012
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Nine Credit Union Industry Experts Tell Us What To Watch For In 2012

I like to say that one of a visionary leader’s most important functions is seeing over the horizon and recognizing opportunities and threats before anyone else does, and then shaping the strategy and tactics of the organization accordingly.

So for our year-end blog post I asked our Preferred Partners to tell us what they see coming over the horizon, from their perspective, that credit union executives need to be focused on and/or prepared for as we head into 2012.  Here is what a few of them said — Read more

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| August 3, 2011
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Top Six (Free) Webcasts in the NAFCU Services Library

Our partners are on the front lines with credit unions every day, and while you may only have experience with your credit union, the odds are that our Preferred Partners have worked with hundreds or even thousands. They can bring perspective and common problem-solving to bear on practically any topic.

At NAFCU Services, we try to help the knowledge transfer process by capturing the expertise of our Preferred Partners in digital format—in webcasts, webinars, podcasts and white papers that are archived in our NAFCU Services Partner Library. We are up to 180 and counting, and best of all they are free to ALL credit unions!

Check out our top six most popular webcasts over the last couple of years: Read more

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| March 22, 2011
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NAFCU Services is in the Blogosphere!

Whoop! Whoop! That’s right – we have arrived and we’re excited to be here! For those of you who don’t know who we are, let me put it in a nutshell for you. NAFCU Services is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the National Association of Federal Credit Unions. We partner with the BEST solution providers in the credit union industry. Now I know everyone says that they are the BEST, but this time I really believe it’s true. And just to make sure that it is true we put our partners through the ringer before letting them adorn that distinguished blue and green NAFCU Services Preferred Partner seal. (If you really want to get down to the nitty gritty on our partner selection process, check out our website.) NAFCU Services works with these fine partners every day to provide innovative solutions for credit union growth and productivity.

What does that mean? We have an extraordinary pool of experts in all kinds of subject areas that we tap into to put together some pretty awesome educational resources for you in order to help you do what you do better.

With this blog we hope to expand that effort by delivering education and insights for all credit union employees, from executives to marketers to member service reps and everyone in between. I encourage you to leave your comments, join the conversation, sign up to receive emails when we make a new post…you know, do blog stuff. Now, meet the bloggers! (It’s always nice to put a face to the voice you’ve made up in your head for us  :-) ).

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