Credit Union Lovers, Your Vote is Needed

Your action is needed today to vote for James Robert Lay to become the CU Water Cooler Wild Card Speaker at the 2010 CU Water Cooler Symposium going down October 28 - 29, 2010.

Look Outside to Grow Inside
Your vote will help James Robert have the opportunity to lead an exciting, interactive session while sharing thoughts and ideas on how credit unions can “Look Outside to Grow Inside” by examining companies and cultures that are doing things differently and succeeding. Company cultures that will be explored and related to the credit union movement include Starbucks, Google, Zappos, Tom Shoes and more. 

Vote & Share
Remember, you can vote once with each valid email address you have. Please also help spread the word and tweet, Facebook, call, text and email your friends and family asking for their help and to vote for James Robert Lay.

Register to Attend
In addition to voting, we also encourage you to register to attend the CU Water Cooler Symposium. Get discounted early bird registration if you register to attend before July 31st with a super low investment of $199.  Attend and enjoy two days of fresh speakers, awesome topics and great conversations with fellow credit union lovers.

MAC 2010: Interview with Kent Lindeman

Watch the clip below to see Jenn Bills Wade (on twitter: @JennBills) of the CU Grow team interview the Executive Director of the Marketing Association of Credit Unions Kent Lindeman at the 2010 Marketing Association of Credit Unions Conference. Kent offers Jenn some hot topics and buzz words that currently credit unions are talking about such as estatements replacing paper and loan growth. Leave us your thoughts and share with us hot topics and buzz words that your favorite credit unions are talking about right now.

Video Update From The 1 Credit Union Conference

Watch this quick hello from Aaron as well as check out all the latest happenings from The 1 Credit Union Conference in Vegas as well as from The Crashers.

Live Stream From Las Vegas: The 1 Credit Union Conference

Don't fret if you were not able to make it to Vegas for The 1 Credit Union Conference. The CU Grow team is on the ground and will be bringing you interviews like always plus a little more this time.  In addition, you can follow along via the live Twitter stream below.

MAC 2010: Jeff Stephens Chat

Jenn Bills Wade (on twitter @JennBills) took time out on day 2 of the 2010 MAC Conference in gorgeous Palm Desert, California to chat with creative brands communications officer Jeff Stephens about his session. Jeff is the CEO of Creative Brand Communications, a company out of Portland, Oregon that offers brand and marketing strategies for banks and credit unions. Watch Jenn chat with Jeff in the clip below, then leave us a comment describing what makes your brand special in 10 words or less without using the terms people, service or community.

MAC 2010: Bruce Philp Chat

At the 2010 Marketing Association of Credit Unions Conference in Palm Desert, California brand advocate Bruce Philp (on twitter: @brandcowboy) gave the opening session on the enlightened consumer. Watch the clip below to see Jenn Bills Wade (on twitter: @JennBills) take a minute with Bruce to discuss his perspective on how a brand should be looked at as a constitution and not a label. Comment and let us know what you think a brand should be.  

MAC 2010: Wendy Cleveland Chat

Aaron Mireles (on twitter: @acm1985) of the CU Grow team took a second to chat with Wendy Cleveland the Vice President of Marketing/Business Development at AltaOne Federal Credit Union about her session at the 2010 MAC Conference. Wendy discusses how her credit union has used social media, word of mouth marketing, and doing something unexpected such as random acts of kindness to gain exposure to a new community of people. After you view the chat below, leave us a comment and tell us how your credit union is doing something different for it's community.

Mac 2010: Brent Dixon Chat

Young adult advisor Brent Dixon from Filene Research Institute caught up with Jenn Bills Wade (on twitter: @JennBIlls) Of the CU Grow team to offer a recap of his session at the Marketing Association of Credit Unions 2010 Conference in sunny Palm Desert, California. Brent shared with Jenn the importance of why credit unions should utilize things such as foursquare and remote capture to enhance service for their members. Leave us a comment and share your opinion on how new technology can help credit unions in the future.

Mac 2010: Sarah Cecchin Chat

Sarah Cecchin the Assistant Vice President of Marketing from Pacific Service Credit Union took a moment at the 2010 MAC Conference in beautiful Palm Desert, California to chat with Aaron Mireles (on twitter: @acm1985) of the CU Grow team. Sarah fills Aaron in on what people can expect at next years conference in San Fransico, California and what people can look forward to at this years conference. Also, congradulations goes out to Sarah for being promoted to chairman of then MAC board! Give us a shout and tell us about your time at this years MAC conference.