Cooperative Trust

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  Stacie Wyss-Schoenborn Seeks Innovation One Step at a Time: Women to Watch

  By Myriam Di Giovanni  |  May 15, 2013

  For Stacie Wyss-Schoenborn, vice president of member solutions at BECU, the term status quo simply isn’t in her vocabulary.

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  Campus Food Co-Ops Seek Credit Union Mentors

  By Myriam DiGiovanni  |  May 10, 2013

  Connecting with young entrepreneurs just one of the benefits of volunteering, Cooperative Trust founder says.

• Make Networking Easier and More Successful: Opinion

  By Kimberly Stewart  |  April 17, 2013

  Do you get nervous talking in front of large crowds? Introducing yourself to strangers? Or promoting your strengths to others? If so, you are not alone.

• Young Pros Take, Know Their Place

  By Candice Reed  |  April 10, 2013

  Young professionals are becoming a key demographic driving the bottom line of a credit union.

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  Feed Those Zombie Brains

  February 20, 2013

  I’m a huge fan of “The Walking Dead.” I loved the comic series, and I’m pretty much addicted to the AMC television series it produced. “The Walking Dead” will soon wrap up its third season, and we’ve seen our cast of characters go through quite a lot. At times, they...

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  Will Your New Year Have Goals and Actions?

  January 16, 2013

  I recently had lunch with a respected business contact and friend. During our conversation about 2012 successes and direction for 2013, we got on the topic of goals.

• Crashing the GAC This Year is All Business

  By Myriam DiGiovanni  |  December 20, 2012

  The Cooperative Trust’s 2013 Crash the GAC event will focus on designing a new credit union product, service to help launch, run small businesses.

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  The Next Generation of Volunteers

  December 5, 2012

  Gen Y, 76 million strong, will play a monumental role in what is projected to be, the largest transfer of wealth in the coming decades. With the average age of a credit union member at 47, credit unions continue to struggle to attract younger members. It is imperative that we...

• Stop Honking: Cook Bankers’ Christmas Goose

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  December 5, 2012

  Third-quarter figures for federally insured credit unions last week were welcome news and the result of a lot of hard work by credit union professionals around the country. Certainly not a gift, though we all appreciate those (iPad2, please), but something to savor because you’ve earned it.

• Stop Honking and Cook Bankers’ Christmas Goose: Editor/Publisher's Column

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  November 29, 2012

  Credit unions and consumers deserve the gift that keeps on giving – burgeoning membership and expanded services, including small business lending.