"I highly recommend this program. From participants just starting out in credit union marketing to the seasoned professional, this program fostered awesome networking opportunities and learning sections to gain knowledge, experience, ideas, and contacts that I will carry with me through my marketing career. The staff was excellent and the program was well coordinated and very conducive to learning. It was like a pep rally for credit union marketers, I came back to work bursting with ideas and ready to hit the ground running! Thank you CUNA!"

"I feel that this program gave me so many opportunities that I would never have otherwise had. I have met so many people that have already helped me expand my way of thinking and given me new ideas to play with. The people are amazing and I am excited for next year's."

"I learned so much from the material, instructors, staff and other attendees. I walked in thinking I knew a lot, but walked out having so much more knowledge that I know will benefit my credit union in so many ways. I would recommend this program to any credit union marketer. It is not just your common marketing stuff you learned in school, it is the stuff you deal with on a daily basis in our industry. Thank you for putting on such a great program. I will see you next year for part two."

"This was an extremely effective program that helped validate the importance I play in my credit union. The tools and networking opportunities developed this week are priceless and will help me be a much better marketing professional. I feel this polished the existing skills and knowledge I have with some great marketing people from across the country. I strongly recommend this for anyone who wants to either get a crash course of credit union marketing or simply polish what they already know."

"I learned a lot of things that I wasn't taught by my supervisor thus far. I brought back lots of ideas to share with the other members of my marketing team."

"I came back from Marketing Management School with tons of ideas - not only from speakers and handouts - but from colleagues. Also, I returned with great contacts in the industry to call on when I need help or want to ask questions. It was well worth the time and money to go."

"I have implemented several new promotions since returning, including a form of the promotion my group created for our presentation. The compliance session really helped! I am looking forward to returning next year!"

"Besides the obvious -- gaining knowledge from the speakers and ideas from fellow "schoolers" -- I gained confidence in my ability to do my job. I also met people who I can turn to for a little creative inspiration from time to time. It was a wonderful learning experience."

"I think the most valuable thing gained from this experience was a great network of people from other credit unions. It gave me the tools I needed. It helped me apply what I learned in the classroom to my everyday activities. Very "real" learning experiences! We look at our ads differently when creating them -- we look more at ALL aspects of the ads! Our budget report will be different this year so not to include things that are not our responsibility! We will also look at other ways of doing our promotions using suggestions from our classes."

Nicole Mathes, Marketing Specialist, PARDA Federal Credit Union