Archive for Collaboration

NACUSO 2010

The NACUSO 2010 Annual Conference is nearing its end already. As is frequently the case with solid credit union conferences, we’ve been going non-stop since our arrival on Sunday.  We’ve had Gary Mangiofico from Pepperdine, John Fish from AstraZenca and Michael Taylor from Schelling Point, with more to come tomorrow. Rather than even try to [...]

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Speaking on CUSO’s…

I’m getting ready to head out to sunny Orlando for the Educator’s Credit Union Council annual conference. I’m doing a session with Ray Cromer from United Solutions Company, a CUSO out of Tallahassee. Here’s sneak peak at the presentation I’m making on Tuesday during my session. Any thoughts or comments are always welcome! Problems – Turning credit union problems into [...]

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Who’s more cooperative, credit unions or churches?

The Save to Win campaign put on in Michigan is a great example of what credit unions can accomplish together, but it is a rarity. For whatever reason, you very seldom see credit unions collaborate on a product or service offering to enrich the lives of their members. Frequently, churches will partner to accomplish an event that neither of them [...]

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Your chance to join the NACUSO Technology Advisory Board

Most everyone in the credit union industry has heard of NACUSO.  The National Association of Credit Union Service Organizations is the trade association for CUSO’s across the nation and has been doing great work in encouraging collaboration between credit unions.  NACUSO has a number of advisory boards and I happen to sit on their Technology board.  As is the norm with advisory boards, our membership [...]

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Starting small with collaboration

In a perfect world CUNA, NAFCU, NACUSO, CUES, WOCCU, and the rest of the credit union alphabet soup would be lovey dovey, get along great, find ways to work together, etc, etc.  Maybe we’d even get a national campaign out of it.  Milk can do it.  Pork can do it.  Even pistachios have joined the [...]

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