Saturday, September 29, 2012

Close But No Cigar

This past week, I was eagerly awaiting the news to trickle down from the judges of the Next Top Credit Union Executive competition that I am a part of. They were to be deciding upon the top 5 in the competition. Those top 5 would move on to the finals, present at a big conference in Florida in November and the champagne would flow. Ok, I might have made that last part up. 

The announcement was to come this past Tuesday (Yes, I realize that was about 4 days ago...just now getting to this). Well, they announced the ones that will be moving on...and unfortunately, I was not in that lot. It was a good run and I genuinely appreciate your support and I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity. 

Friday, September 7, 2012

NTCUE Blog Post

For the next "leg" of the Next Top Credit Union Executive competition I'm in, we were required to write a 500-750 word blog post, further explaining our project or idea.

Some have been asking what I wrote about, and other than the snippets I've given out, I have held most of it until the actual post hit the website. Well, the wait is over...it is there for all to see. 

There is not any public voting for this particular part, but any sharing of my post is welcomed. (If you share on twitter, we are using the #NTCUE tag). It will be compared to the other competitors' blog posts and original videos and judged accordingly. After this, The 5 finalists will be named by the judges on September 25. Those 5 will receive further coaching and prepare another 1-2 minute video, detailing the progress of their project. Then, each will prepare a presentation for the CUES Executive/Team Network Conference at the Ritz Carlton (Hey now!) in Palm Beach, FL coming up in November.

Go check out my blog post and let me know what you think...comments...questions...ideas...I welcome all of it. Thanks again for all of your support!