Evolve U Academy
Experience interactive, intentional, and thought-provoking online sessions to broaden your knowledge of credit unions and go from "Employee" to "Leader"
3 Key Questions You'll Be Able to Answer
(1) What Makes Your CU Tick?
Topics Include: CU History, Current Trends, Risk
(2) What Drives My CU Strategy?
Topics Include: Understanding Financials, Lending, Operational Strategies
(3) How Can I Advance My CU?
Topics Include: Lead from Any Level, Community Engagement
3 Key Questions You'll Be Able to Answer
(1) What Makes Your CU Tick?
Topics Include: CU History, Current Trends, Risk
(2) What Drives My CU Strategy?
Topics Include: Understanding Financials, Lending, Operational Strategies
(3) How Can I Advance My CU?
Topics Include: Lead from Any Level, Community Engagement
Benefits of Evolve U Academy
Engage with Credit Union Experts
You will engage in thought-provoking conversations with industry experts on topics like: Lending, Branch Strategies, Investments, Asset-Liability Management, and much more!
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Grow Your Knowledge Base
Contribute ideas beyond your job description by expanding your knowledge to include ALL areas of the credit union and what truly makes it run beyond your day-to-day duties.​
Have a Seat at the Table
Being able to answer those 3 key questions, you'll be able to contribute to meaningful conversations with your credit union's leaders on evolving your strategies to elevate your credit union.​
Evolve U Outline
Stages 1 - 3: The Foundation
The first three stages will lay the foundation for the Academy as we set program expectations, examine the history of credit unions, explore current industry hot topics, and dive deep into financials to understand the metrics you need to know to measure the health of your institution. We will also be able to compare credit unions by introducing you to the NCUA Call Reports.
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Topics Include
​CU History
Culture
Advocacy
Financials and NCUA Call Reports
Stages 4 - 7: The Mutation
The next four stages will take you through the guts of credit union operations by evaluating different branch operation strategies, how to effectively lend to a diverse group of members, why leadership and training is so important to a successful credit union, and examine the compliance risks and pitfalls our industry faces.
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Topics Include
​Branch Operations
Leading at All Levels
Consumer, Real Estate, and Business Lending
Compliance and Project Management
Stages 8 - 10: The Evolution
The last of the stages will wrap up the Academy by truly digging into making evolutionary strategies at your credit union by discussing examples of how deep community engagement and business development can elevate a credit union, how making our money work through investments can generate additional capital, and we will wrap it up with a group project that consists of developing and argument for (or against) a hot topic discussed in the Academy.
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Topics Include
​Marketing and Business Development
Investments and Asset Liability Management
Community Engagement