Opinion

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  Would Your Employees Survive a Deadly Tornado?

  By Heather Anderson  |  May 31, 2013

  Kansan Heather Anderson, our Washington reporter, talks tornadoes and emergency planning.

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  3 Ways to Make Your Employees Hate You

  By Russell J. White  |  May 30, 2013

  In this Opinion piece, consultant Russell J. White talks about how not to make friends and influence people when it comes to managing staff.

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  Three Reasons Why Your Cross-Selling Campaign Failed

  By Kris Van Beek  |  May 28, 2013

  In this Opinion piece, USAlliance President/CEO Kris Van Beek lays out antidotes that can make cross selling meet expectations.

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  Usage Fees Are Not a Strange Idea: Editor/Publisher's Column

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  May 24, 2013

  NCUA's proposed rule about charging a fee for derivatives program is actually innovative.

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  How to Avoid Software Buyer's Remorse

  By Bob Webb  |  May 23, 2013

  This Opinion piece looks at how to avoid buyer's remorse when paying tens of thousands for a software system.

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  To the Cloud for Risk Management, Performance Analysis

  By Danny Baker  |  May 21, 2013

  This Opinion piece calls for the use of cloud-based integrated risk management solutions.

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  Digital Usage Policies and the ‘New’ Desktop

  By Mark Austin  |  May 20, 2013

  This Opinion piece looks at this reality: Every admin knows it - written policies aren’t worth the paper they are written on.

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  NCUA Nominee’s Long and Winding Road: Editor/Publisher's Column

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  May 16, 2013

  If recent history is any indicator, nomination to the NCUA Board is no assurance of joining the NCUA Board, at least not quickly.

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  Securing Email is Idea to Bank On

  By Andy Coutts  |  May 15, 2013

  This Opinion piece looks at the reasons for securing email in the financial services enterprise.

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  Making Member and Community Service an Art for Credit Unions: Editor/Publisher's Column

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  May 10, 2013

  A Texas credit union makes house calls while an Alabama credit union helps turn trash into treasure.