CUNA Experience Learning Live!
Topics & Objectives

Please note that the Topics/Objectives listed below are subject to change.

Opening General Session

Creating Leaders Who Will Make a Difference

Robin Crowe, Dark Horse Recording
Robin will spend time addressing each of the steps in his Seven Step Challenge; all of which lead and point back to step #7, which is Creating Leaders Who Will Make A Difference. Engaging conference attendees is always paramount, especially in smaller group settings, so this will be an interactive session with much give and take between you and Robin. Robin will share experiences from the road as a major label recording artist, as well as his efforts to lead by example with his various companies including Dark Horse Recording.

Closing General Session

Once Upon a Time: Using Story Telling to Build Teamwork & Inspire Passion!

Margaret Moreford, The HR Edge, Inc.
Since the beginning of time, human beings have employed story telling as a means to build a common sense of purpose among groups or communities as well as to illustrate complex concepts. When it is done properly, this powerful management tool can be used to increase teamwork, to motivate groups in a specific direction and/or to make individual employees resilient when the mission or task becomes difficult. Learn how to use imagery to connect with employees and coworkers on a deeper, emotional level rather than just a conceptual one. Mine the most powerful aspects of your organization’s culture to fire up employees about your workplace and your mission. Learn to tell your organization’s story in a way that enhances your public image, creates a "next level" branding or marketing tool and attracts new members AND potential employees.

General Session-Training Emphasis

4 Generations: 1 Workplace

Jayne Hitman, Creating Member Loyalty
This session will be an exciting adventure into the 4 Generations that make up our workforce. We’ll set out to see how the generations affect our workplace and how we as trainers are addressing the needs of each generation and their different learning styles. We will have an open discussion around our personal discoveries and overlay generational traits to uncover a means to improve working environments and training situations. Be prepared to be surprised by what you learn about the generations!

Emotional Intelligence: Know em', Choose em', Manage em'

Candy Whirley, SBG Services, LLC
The buzz is...What is our emotional intelligence? The answer...you have to know the five components to keep your emotional intelligence in CHECK! You will leave Candy Whirley’s session knowing, managing, and choosing your emotions while recognizing emotions in others. Join Candy in her interactive session and you will leave LAUGHING, LEARNING, and LOVING what you know about yourself and the people you LIVE and WORK with!

General Session- HR Emphasis

Aligning Your HR Strategies With Your CU Strategic Plan

Denny Graham, FI-Strategies, LLC
Using balanced scorecard methodology we’ll look at how to align staffing, compensation (including incentives) benefits, and employee development strategies, and how to develop tactics to support these strategies. You’ll leave this session with a better ability to look at your area with a strategic focus.

Creativity Boot Camp: Unleash Your HR Creativity!

Candy Whirley, SBG Services, LLC
This session is hands-on...so be ready to play and learn at the same time! When you leave you will have tools in your creative toolbox to enhance your meetings and training sessions so your staff will remember what you just taught. This is called participant-based learning. You’ll learn new innovative activities proven from coast to coast to enhance learning objectives. This session will help you find new, creative ways to problem-solve, with the problem makers" for quicker resolutions.