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!

Next Top Credit Union Executive

I was recently nominated to participate in a competition called the Next Top Credit Union Executive. It is put on by CUES (Credit Union Executive Society) each year. This year, I was 1 of 113 nominations and had to prepare a YouTube video (see below) describing a project that I am working on at my credit union or an idea I would pitch to help change my credit union or the industry as a whole. 

After getting the video application sent in, I ended up being 1 of 31 applicants (I would say in the nation, but there are people from Canada and even Australia!). Now, each of us is trying to gather as many votes as possible to move on to the next stage. The top 15 with the most votes collected will then be required to write a 500-700 word blog post telling of the progress of their particular project, as well as another video. 

Then, judges will help select the top 5 to be finalists that will then travel to Florida in November to present at the CUES' conference. 

This is an honor for me to compete head-to-head with some of the brightest minds in the credit union industry and I would appreciate your vote. 

Don't worry, I will be mentioning this some, but not all of the time. I won't bug you to death about it...it is not a "daily vote" kind of thing. Each legitimate email address can vote once. That's it. 

So please, spread the word...send this to your friends that owe you a favor...oh, and watch my short video. I'd love to know your thoughts!

Thanks!

Vote Here!

 

 

Project of Necessity

I recently noticed that the cheap towel bar in the kids' bathroom was getting loose. I grabbed my screwdriver so that I could tighten the screw on the bottom to solve this. No go. Half of the screw is missing. Therefore, it would need to be replaced soon, because it is goig to fall. I didn't want to put just another regular towel bar in there, so we began searching for ideas of what to substitute there.

We found an idea that we liked...and it was made of wood. It would be more of a towel hook or hooks than a towel bar, but it would still work. I found some materials in my dad's barn that would keep me from buying new wood. Glad I did too, because I was able to make two of them.

These are just the preliminary photos...I've still got a bit to do yet. I need to paint them and install the hooks before I put them on the wall. I just thought I would show you what I am making. One of them shows where a nail poked through on the other side. It make me have to patch it with wood filler. It's all right because I was painting. I would have been really upset if this had been a stain project. 

Hopefully this weekend, I can paint a couple of coats on these and get them dry enough to put up soon.

 

The old bard where I found the materials: