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Frivolous Friday

frivolous: of little weight or importance,  lacking in seriousness. (Merriam-Webster) market segmentation: a subgroup of people or organizations sharing one or more characteristics that cause them to have similar product needs. (Wikipedia)  

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Don't fly US Air

I got back from my travels to the east coast this past week.  Barely.  My trip out was a nightmare and my trip back wasn’t any better.  My flight leaving Boston for Philly was delayed an hour so I’d miss my connection to Portland.  There was no room on the earlier Philly flights and I [...]

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So much for the city of Brotherly Love!

I flew out to Providence Monday night to go visit Charlie and the gang at Andera and then I’m cruising up to Boston to go to Outstart‘s Strategic Customer Advisory Board.  Andera was pretty cool today and I’m looking forward to Outstart for the next two days, but Philly really let me down.  The red-eye from Portland [...]

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My Contribution to Frivolous Friday

Pretend for a minute that the lions represent the banks, the buffalo represent the CU’s, and the little seen crocodiles represent the S&L crowd.  Watch the whole thing, you have to see how it ends.  It is pretty amazing!  Everyone have a great and safe three day weekend!

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The World's Best Presentation

Tired of boring PowerPoint presentations?  Looking for some inspiration? Shift Happens recently won the World’s Best Presentation Contest hosted by SlideShare.  It’s a pretty amazing presentation and there is a host of other resources on the site as well.  If you’re looking for some pizazz to spice up those really entertaining credit unions presentations, look [...]

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Twittering and blogging from NACUSO?

I need a volunteer!! I can’t make it to NACUSO this year but I want to be kept up-to-date.  Anyone making the trip that’ll be twittering and/or blogging about the event?

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Social Media and Political Campaigns (and why CU’s should pay attention)

Some of you have probably already read about the sudden usage of social media for the upcoming presidential campaign. Look at Rudy Giuliani for example. The link in his name is to his Wikipedia entry. Rudy’s site has been developed to encourage people to embed “Rudy widgets” on their pages. Look at his Get Involved [...]

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switching blogs

Maybe it is just me, but lately I’ve been a little unhappy with Blogger. Everything works perfect, they have great compatibility, but I just have been getting what I want to out of Blogger. They are great for personal blogs, but I feel like I want a slightly more professional and cleaner site than what [...]

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