Murmurings - National Credit Union Foundation Podcast
Business & Economics Podcasts
Murmurings: highlighting best practices around financial education, financial well-being, philosophy and philanthropy in the credit union space. Whether it’s collaborating on projects, convening resources, igniting passion, honoring leaders, or making financial education meaningful, the Foundation represents credit unions at the national level, kick starting their efforts to strengthen the financial well-being of everyone in their community.
Location:
United States
Description:
Murmurings: highlighting best practices around financial education, financial well-being, philosophy and philanthropy in the credit union space. Whether it’s collaborating on projects, convening resources, igniting passion, honoring leaders, or making financial education meaningful, the Foundation represents credit unions at the national level, kick starting their efforts to strengthen the financial well-being of everyone in their community.
Twitter:
@ncufoundation
Language:
English
Contact:
608-231-4374
Website:
http://www.ncuf.coop/
Email:
ncuf@ncuf.coop
Episodes
#35 - "Kids Day" Events with MSU FCU & Bear Paw CU
11/7/2017
In this episode, we talk with two credit unions who have held an annual “kids day” or “youth day” for children in their communities. These are free events for families to attend, attracting hundreds of people. The events encourage savings, new memberships, engagement with community partners, along with financial education, fun, games and much more. For more information, you’ll hear from MSU Federal Credit Union in Michigan and Bear Paw Credit Union in Montana. They share details of their...
Duration:00:30:57
#34 - Financial Empowerment Resources via CFPB
10/17/2017
In this episode, we dig into financial empowerment and improving financial well-being, which are both areas your Foundation is obviously very interested in and a big part of what we do. For more information, you’ll hear from Daniel Dodd-Ramirez, who serves as the Assistant Director for the Office of Financial Empowerment of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). We discuss their work, including information, resources, toolkits such as “Your Money, Your Goals", credit union...
Duration:00:15:20
#33 - Annual Meeting Success with Summit Credit Union
10/3/2017
How would you like to take your credit union’s annual meeting to the next level? That’s what Summit Credit Union in Madison, Wisconsin has done the last few years, evolving their meeting into a popular member appreciation event, drawing over 3,000 people. To learn more, on this episode you’ll hear from Jody Stolldorf at Summit about how they moved from a traditional annual meeting to "Summit Fest" with kids’ obstacle races, a meal, great giveaways, a pay it forward activity and much more in...
Duration:00:14:53
#32 - DE Day of Service (& More) with GECU
9/19/2017
On this episode, we talk about some interesting community outreach inspired by our Credit Union Development Education (DE) Program. To celebrate the 2nd DE Day of Service recently, GECU in El Paso, Texas, donated enough food to feed 100 local families in conjunction with the grand opening of the food pantry at the Lower Dyer Community Center. This expanded support was part of their efforts to include the 12 development issues – such as hunger - discussed during DE Training into their...
Duration:00:13:34
#31 - Diversity & Inclusion
9/5/2017
On this episode, we're digging into diversity and inclusion with staff that work in this area at CUNA Mutual Group. You’ll hear from Eric Hansing, Vice President of Multicultural Strategy and Market Development, and Angela Russell, Director or Diversity and Inclusion. We talk about why it’s important, having conversations on the topic, research including leveraging qualitative and quantitative data, what credit unions can do, and so much more. Check out the accompanying blog post here:...
Duration:00:27:31
#30 - Back to School with Educators Credit Union
8/22/2017
It's August, which means kids across the country are starting school. Therefore, we have a special "back to school" episode for you as this is an area where many credit unions do a lot of amazing work. Educators Credit Union, based in Racine, Wisconsin, was actually founded by teachers in 1937 and is now a billion dollar financial institution serving everyone in their communities. We talk with Victor Frasher, Director of Community Engagement, about Educators’ community outreach involving...
Duration:00:15:24