The Credit Union Executives Society announced Monday that it hasadded five new schools in 2012 to help credit unions improveprofitability and keep their institutions strong.

CUES' new professional development opportunities are School ofGrowth and Profitability, which is designed to help boost revenueby developing new value propositions and increasing efficiency;School of Consumer Lending, which is geared toward increasingcredit union interest income by gaining more of members' business;and Advanced School of Consumer Lending, which provides guidance inimproving lending and sales results by expanding loan growthstrategies.

Also, School of Strategic marketing, which helps enhance growthby expanding into strategy-focused and data-driven marketing; andSchool of Product and Channel Management, which teaches how to fuelthe bottom line by effectively reaching target markets with newproduct trends.

Each CUESschool is two or three days long and focuses on specific hot topicsin the industry.

“CUES keep its finger on the pulse of the industry,” said FredJohnson, CUES president/CEO. “Our goal is to give the movement'sleaders the education they need to help their organizations remainrobust in order to serve their members and communities.”

More about the programs is online.