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The Road Map to Activating DEI was recently updated to enhance the capacity of individuals within your organization. In the Personal Pathway section, members of your team can learn how to recognize and leverage each other’s differences using this tool.
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Consumer Decision Making Insights
Dive into key marketing insights from Filene Fellow Hope Schau and her work through Filene’s Center of Excellence for Consumer Decision Making. She'll break down the top three topics of value co-creation, generational messaging, and technology to help credit union marketers gain a competitive advantage in the financial services marketplace.
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Harness the power of storytelling to show the value of your credit union’s impact, one story at a time. Use this collection of tools to increase member engagement, improve your brand awareness and connect emotionally through stories of your credit union impact.
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Introducing Filene's Newest Research Fellow Dr. Mai Nguyen and the Community Social Impact Center of Excellence
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Building an Analytics Ecosystem to Create Credit Union Value
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In the Basement with Filene
Welcome to the first edition of In the Basement with Filene! Each week, Filene's George Hofheimer will bring you an icon, a relevant statistic and provide an opportunity for credit unions to respond to that statistic. See more updates from George in the Weekly Updates tab on our Resource Hub.
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Nov 11 2020
A New Filene i3 for a New World
Hear from i3 leader, Brent Dixon, and two current i3ers about Filene's i3 application process and how the program has adapted due to COVID-19 and the role of creativity and urgency in the i3er's projects
Jul 30 2020
How Innovation Turns Failure into Opportunity, with Erin Coleman
This episode brings you insights from Erin Coleman, Filene’s Senior Director of Advisory Services, about how your organization can grab hold of the failures you see happening all around us, and apply a mindset of innovation to turn those into the opportunities.
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Credit Unions and the Coronavirus: Notes on the Impacts and Implications of the COVID-19 Crisis
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Nov 24 2020
Current state of the world, credit union industry and Filene
In times of crisis, the tension created by competing priorities can be overwhelming, but it can also lead to greater...
Nov 12 2020
Webinar: Introducing Filene's Newest Research Fellow, Dr. Cheri Speier-Pero
Review the webinar materials from Introducing Filene's Newest Research Fellow, Dr. Cheri Speier-Pero and the Data Analytics Center of Excellence, hosted on November 12, 2020.
Nov 09 2020
Thinking Forward in Times of Uncertainty
Keeping community values at the forefront, credit unions showed up for their members and continue to show up as the world moves from crisis mode to recovery mode.
