CUES FYI

Published every Tuesday, CUES FYI includes up-to-the-minute industry news, the latest Credit Union Management online-only columns, CUES member news and member benefits .

CUES FYI Feb. 19, 2013: Credit Unions Raise Staff Pay

Credit Unions Raise Staff Pay
Data from CUES Employee Salary Survey show 3.32 percent boost to overall total compensation

Join CUES Compensation Consultants Scott Dettmann and Bob Cartwright as they outline the findings of the 2013 CUES Employee Summary in this free webinar on Feb. 28.

CFO Focus: Purchasing a Derivative–Part One
Financial impacts for credit unions to consider before using swaps, caps to hedge interest-rate risk

CFO Focus: Purchasing a Derivative–Part Two
What methodology should be used to evaluate swaps?

Five Steps for Successful Branding
Work to create recognition, loyalty and awareness

Search Engine Optimization
Are we waging an online popularity contest?

NextGen Know-How: Bring out the Best in Those you Lead
Create a workplace where every employee advances the organizational mission every day

Credit Union Management Featured Article

Cost-Conscious Building
Experienced CU execs find ways past the financial pitfalls of construction projects.

View a preview of Credit Union Management’s February digital edition.

CUES, CUES Director and CUES Supplier members, as well as subscribers to Credit Union Management, can access the complete digital version of our February issue by logging in at cumanagement.org and then clicking the rotating magazine icon. Email cues@cues.org for password help. Or, sign up for a handy monthly Credit Union Management email with direct links to top articles.

Member Resources

Video: Characteristics of Effective Boards with Carol Weisman, president of Board Builders

Review all your member benefits.

Blog: Missional Monday 1 of 7: Changing Employee Behavior to Support Your Mission: Michael Neill, CSE, president of Michael Neill and Associates, Atlanta, and CUES' partner in ServiStar, emphasizes that to encourage more behavior in support of a credit union's mission, leaders need to catch employees doing things right. If a credit union focuses on catching off-mission behavior, "employees want to do just enough to not get caught," he says. Read more in this CUES Skybox blog post.

Learn more about ServiStar, a joint offering of CUES and Michael Neill and Associates.

Catch someone doing something right, post a video and you could win $1,000! Learn more on the ServiStar Facebook page.

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Building High Performing Organizations

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Member News:

Honored: The Kentucky Society for Human Resource Management, in conjunction with the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, has named Park Community Federal Credit Union, Louisville, as a winner in the Ninth Annual Best Places to Work in Kentucky competition. The CU is one of 33 winners in the small/medium-sized employer category. The selection process was managed by Best Companies Group, based on assessment of each company’s employee policies and procedures and the results of an internal employee survey. The CU has 41 CUES members as part of its CUES Advancing Management Group Membership.

Promotion: David Young, CCUE, has been promoted to executive vice president at Commonwealth Credit Union, Frankfort, Ky. Previously he was VP/operations.

New Position: John Godwin, CCE, is the new chief operating officer of Securityplus Federal Credit Union, Baltimore. Previously he was VP/business development/strategic alliances at MECU of Baltimore, Inc.

Retirement: Anthony (Tony) Cali, president/CEO of IC Federal Credit Union, Fitchburg, Mass., has announced his retirement effective April 30.

Community Involvement: For the fourth year in a row, employees from Altura Credit Union, Riverside, Calif., assisted at the Riverside County Academic Decathlon. Altura CU’s 11 staffers served as proctors during the “Super Quiz” portion of the event. More than 180 students in teams from 19 high schools competed in the 30^th Annual Academic Decathlon, which is sponsored by the Riverside County Office of Education. The event components include writing essays, delivering prepared and impromptu speeches, being interviewed by judges and participating in the Super Quiz. The CU has nine CUES members as part of its CUES Executive Group Membership.

Members Advantage Credit Union, Michigan City, Ind., has donated $2,500 to the Michigan City Salvation’s Army holiday fundraising campaign. The CU has six CUES members as part of its CUES Executive Group Membership.

Through Nassau Educators Federal Credit Union’s “Funding Your Ideas” Grant Program, educators across Long Island had the opportunity to apply for a grant to support an innovative classroom project. NEFCU, Westbury, N.Y., awarded more than $13,000 this past December and more than $100,000 in total grants since the program’s inception in 2004. The CU has six CUES members as part of its CUES Executive Group Membership.

Read more—and submit your own--CUES member news.

CUES Calendar

Free! Webinar: Best Practice Advice for Surviving and Thriving Through a DDoS Attack

Feb. 20

10-11 a.m. Central

Free! Webinar: The Critical Role of Internal Service in Credit Union Sales & Service Culture

Feb. 25

1-2 p.m. Central

Free! Webinar: Employee Compensation in Review: 2013 CUES Employee Summary
Feb. 28
1-2 p.m. Central time

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March 10-12