BURLINGTON, Mass. -- EasCorp will be encouraging credit unions to get smart at its partnership conference and 30th annual meeting.

This year's conference on April 24 will feature Jason Jennings as the keynote speaker, who will discuss developing and using business smarts by sharing the five leadership secrets of the world's most productive companies.

Jennings, author of books on corporate excellence, founded and led a number of successful businesses over 20 years. He and his research team also spent 18 months crisscrossing the globe to get at the heart of the fastest growing companies. They studied more than 40,000 businesses and identified the 10 most productive in the world.

"We're excited to have Jason Jennings at our conference, both because of his business savvy and street smarts," said Jane Melchionda, president/CEO of the $2 billion EasCorp. "He has a very common sense approach that essentially urges leaders to think smart and act smart."