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April 29 – May 1, 2015 // Caesars Palace Resort // Las Vegas
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The Financial Brand Forum 2015 is built specifically for
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WHO
SHOULD
ATTEND?
CMO
VP of Marketing
CEO
COO
VP Retail Experience
VP Brand ExperienceEVP/Chief Strategy Officer VP
Director of Marketing
VP Digital Channels
Branches
VP Retail Products
Digital Marketing Manager
VP Business Development
SVP Retail Banking
Social Media Director
Ideas, Insights & Innovations
in Retail Banking and Financial Marketing
The Forum 2015 will be unlike any other conference
you've ever been to. For starters, the Forum wasn’t just
built for banks and credit unions. The Forum was
actually built by financial institutions — people (like
you) who read The Financial Brand. For the last seven
years, bank and credit union executives have been
telling us what's most important to them. That's what
makes the Forum such a unique experience.
attendee receives a copy of the 140-page Financial
Brand Bible ($495 value), a copy of The Financial
Brand Branch Design Annual ($795 value), the 2015
Bank & Credit Union Marketing Trends Report ($595
value), three copies of the Digital Banking Report
($1,185 value), and a Forum 2015 USB Digital
Toolbox ($395 value) including electronic copies of all
session presentations.
The Forum delivers strategic insights on a range of
critical issues in retail banking, along with real-world
examples, ideas and practical advice focused on
generating results. The Forum 2015 is specifically
engineered to help you tackle your biggest branding,
marketing and retail challenges, with over 20 separate
strategy sessions and interactive workshops. You get
three full with the latest ideas and innovations that will
build your brand and your bottom line.
This is your invitation to participate in what has quickly
become the banking industry's must-attend event. Join
hundreds of leaders from financial institutions — of all
sizes, from around the world — for three jam-packed
days of networking and strategic insights.
We are so confident in the value the Forum provides
that we guarantee your ROI. If you don’t come away
from The Financial Brand Forum 2015 with at least a
dozen new money-making ideas, we will give you your
money back — no questions asked.
You'll also get the Forum 2015 Resource Pack, a
collection of exclusive tools worth $3,465. Every
We look forward to meeting you personally at Caesars
Palace Resort in April. It would be our honor to
welcome you to the Forum 2015 — we'd love to see
you there!
Most Sincerely,
Jeffry Pilcher
Founder, CEO & President
MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. If you don’t come away with at least a
dozen new ideas that will help you build your brand and your bottom
line, we will give you your money back — no questions asked.
CONFERENCE
HIGHLIGHTS
Keynote Address
Innovation & Simplicity in Banking
Josh Reich, Founder of Simple
Insider Secrets for Selling to Millennials
Jason Dorsey, The Gen Y Guy
“Banking on Facebook in a Mobile-First World”
Neil Hiltz, Head of Financial Services at Facebook
Forum 2015
Attendee Party
World’s Biggest
Credit Union
on Social Media
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Brett King, CEO/Founder of Moven
Tim Russell, Culture Guru at Nintendo
Pam Thomas, CMO at Frost Bank
Share ideas, insights
and strategies with
over 800+ of your peers
“Maximizing & Monetizing the Mobile Channel”
Niti Badarinath
SVP/Head of Mobile Banking at US Bank
3 MAKEOVERS
Brand • Website • Branch
Live on Stage!
Branch Design
Showcase
(100+ pages)
The Financial
Brand Bible
(140 pages)
AGENDA AT-A-GLANCE
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29
9:00
1:30
5:00
Zappos Culture Tours Begin – Sponsored by
Interactive Workshop:
Culture Building: Turning Staff Into Brand Champions
Interactive Workshop:
Building a Best-in-Class Multi-Channel Onboarding Process
Exhibit Hall Grand Opening Reception – Sponsored by
THURSDAY, APRIL 30
9:00
11:00
Keynote: Innovation & Simplicity in Banking — Josh Reich, Simple/BBVA
BRANDING & MARKETING TRACK
ONLINE & DIGITAL TRACK
RETAIL EXPERIENCE TRACK
Branding Spotlight:
Frost Bank
The 7 Most Effective Digital
Marketing Strategies in Banking
Designing the
Micro-Branch of Tomorrow
12:00
Plated Lunch (sponsored by Deluxe)
1:30
FORUMx
2:45
Maximizing Results With Data
Driven Financial Marketing Strategies
4:00
Transforming Banking Websites
Into High-Performance Sales Channels
Leveraging Technology to
Engineer a Better Branch Experience
Website Channel Makeover
5:00
Welcome Reception – Sponsored by
FRIDAY, MAY 1
8:30
Insider Secrets for Selling to Millennials — Jason Dorsey, The Gen Y Guy
9:30
Branch Experience Makeover
11:00
Checking Account Acquisition
Strategies That Drive Growth
12:00
Successful Social Media
Strategies in Banking
Innovating Your
Digital Banking Nirvana
Plated Lunch – Sponsored by
1:30
Omni-Channel Brand
Identity Design in Banking
Innovations and Best Practices
in Email Marketing
Maximizing & Monetizing the
Mobile Channel in Banking
2:45
Growing Profitable Relationships
With Gen Y Financial Consumers
Banking on Facebook
in a Mobile-First World
Perfecting the Customer
Experience in Digital Channels
4:00
9:00
Brand Identity Makeover
Forum 2015 MX Attendee Party at Fizz Champagne Bar – Sponsored by
MARQUEE SESSIONS
& SPEAKERS
MOBILE FACEBOOK STRATEGIES
Neil Hiltz
Head of Financial
Facebook
DESIGNING MICRO-BRANCHES
Lisa Magana
VP/Branch Projects
Wells Fargo
MOBILE CHANNEL INNOVATIONS
Niti Badarinath
SVP/Head of Mobile
US Bank
Innovation & Simplicity in Banking
When Josh Reich launched Simple, his mission was
both bold and unapologetic: “To make banking suck
less.” This keynote address is a rare opportunity to
hear from one of the financial industry’s most
visionary thought leaders, as he shares the Simple
strategy: If you aren’t making banking easier, then
you aren’t innovating. This presentation is
guaranteed to be an edgy, brutally honest session
that will challenge your most basic assumptions
about banking and the role institutions play in
consumers’ financial lives.
DESIGNING MICRO-BRANCHES
Kelly Price
VP/Branch Environments
PNC
BREAKTHROUGH BRANDING
In 2014, international banking giant BBVA paid
Reich and company $117 million to acquire Simple.
Pam Thomas
EVP/Marketing
Frost Bank
Insider Secrets
for Selling to Millennials
DIGITAL BANKING
In this solution-packed session, best-selling
author Jason Dorsey reveals exactly how
to sell to Gen Y from the perspective
of an insider. He shares the latest
data, proven strategies and debunks
costly myths about Gen Y consumers,
including step- by-step actions
proven to drive Millennial sales now.
Jim Marous
Co-Publisher
The Financial Brand
SOCIAL MEDIA
Michael Toner
Social Media Manager
Navy FCU
Featured in major mainstream media outlets,
Dorsey is widely regarded as the voice of Gen Y.
The event to attend for big picture takeaways.
— Fran Cooper, Marketing Director
Kennett National Bank
(Forum 2014 Attendee)
INTERACTIVE
WORKSHOPS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29
ADD
$249
Culture Workshop: Turning
Staff Into Brand Champions
Zappos Company Culture
Tour Plus Q&A
Date: Wednesday, April 29
Time: 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: Caesars Palace Resort
Date: Wednesday, April 29
Times: 9:00 am, 11:00 am, 1:00 pm
Location: Buses depart from Caesars Palace Resort
Note: Sorry, we are sold out of Zappos tours.
Workshop led by Mark Weber,
CEO of Weber Marketing Group
How can you truly leverage staff to deliver a unique,
branded experience? Join a team of cultural design
experts from Weber Marketing Group for this highly
interactive, three-hour workshop. Dig deep into
the keys that will unlock ways to align, inspire
and direct your entire work force to live your
brand in bold, fresh ways.
What you’ll learn:
■ How the right cultural strategy elevates your brand to
new levels of performance, alignment and consistency
■ The transformational shifts required to deliver a truly
unique, branded experience
■ Ways to unite employees behind your brand promise
■ How get staff on board with your brand so that they
live it out — every day
A rare opportunity to learn from one of the best and
brightest brands around. This exclusive glimpse into
the Zappos family culture will show you what it takes
to build, manage and consistently execute a highlybranded experience. The workshop includes a
90-minute tour of the amazing new Zappos corporate
headquarters in Las Vegas, led by experts from the
Zappos Culture team.
What you’ll learn:
■ The “secret sauce” of culture building from
one of the greatest, most celebrated brands
■ How to apply the passion and energy of a company
like Zappos to your financial institution’s culture
■ How corporate values can be used to shape
company culture and the consumer experience
Workshop sponsored by
Packed with interactive, strategic insights and ideas!
Onboarding Workshop: Building a Best-in-Class
Multi-Channel Cross-Selling Process
Date: Wednesday, April 29
Time: 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: Caesars Palace Resort
Workshop led by Jim Marous,
Co-Publisher of The Financial Brand
New customer onboarding continues to be one of the most effective sales
strategies for banks and credit unions. But it is imperative that you
engage with consumers the way they prefer — whether it is in the branch,
online, via a mobile device, in person or over the phone — with the right
message at the right time. This intensive half-day workshop is built around
an interactive, how-to format that includes peer dialogue and
collaboration.
Bonus: Each participant will receive a free copy of the Digital Banking
Report, "Guide to Multichannel Onboarding in Banking" ($395 value).
SOLD
OUT!
— Reg Marrinier, VP/Retail Banking
BlueShore Financial
(Forum 2014 Attendee)
$249
What you’ll learn:
■ How to build and implement a multi-channel
onboarding process that improves
engagement, share of wallet, retention and
the long-term value of relationships
■ Best practices and keys to successful
onboarding and cross-selling programs
■ How to use easily available customer data to
improve cross-sell performance
■ How to integrate direct and digital marketing
for optimal response and performance
■ The best methods for catching customers
before they defect
Workshop sponsored by
ADD
FORUMx PRESENTERS
The Forum 2015 will feature it's own version of TEDx — short,
high-level strategic presentations from notable experts and thought
leaders focused on what financial industry executives need to do
to prepare themselves and their institutions for the future.
Disruptors, Differentiators
& Disappearing
Branch Revenues
Brett King, CEO/Founder of Moven
Futurist and best-selling author Brett King has been
studying the impact of technology and behavior disruption
on banking for over two decades since the commercial
Internet emerged. In the research for his next book
Augmented (due out Summer of 2015), King discovered
some amazing parallels in technology disruptions that
have occurred over the last 250 years, and what this
pattern of disruption means next for the way
banking works. The end result is that we
can now predict how consumers will react
to market forces — declining branch
activity and the examples provided by
disruptors like Moven, Simple, Lending
Club and others — with devastating
ramifications for branch networks.
Financial institutions that think that
their advice, products or “stores” are
differentiators had better get ready to
question their very existence.
Brett King is one of the most
progressive innovators in banking.
Finding Your
Banking Mojo
Tim Russell, Head of Cultural
Development at Nintendo
Tim championed leadership
development programs for Starbucks,
Microsoft and now Nintendo. Tim will
teach you the culture-building
principles he’s used at Fortune 500
companies to grow your organization.
Passion and
Purpose in Banking
Mark Zmarzly, CEO of Hip Pocket
This talk will explore how existing
players in the banking industry
identify unmet consumer
needs, reinvent their
products, and
reimagine their
business model
in new and
dramatic ways.
Mark Zmarzly is a regular
speaker at TEDx events.
BRANDING & MARKETING
SESSION DETAILS
Forum 2015 Brand Makeover
Gina Bleedorn, Executive Director at Adrenaline
Eduardo Alvarez, Managing Director at Adrenaline
Thomas Pitkin, CMO at Flagstar Bank
Jennifer Rossbach, VP at Flagstar Bank
Reality TV meets bank marketing in one of the most
riveting sessions you’ll ever see. Creative branding
concepts will be revealed for the first time to the marketing
team at Flagstar Bank on stage in front of a live audience.
This is your chance to spy on the rebranding process,
and a rare opportunity to learn firsthand how others
tackle their brand identity challenges.
What you’ll learn:
■ What it takes to create a differentiated image in the
banking world today
■ How to create, evaluate and refine a new brand identity
■ How you can prepare for your next rebranding initiative
Branding Spotlight: Frost Bank
Pam Thomas, CMO at Frost Bank ($27 billion in assets)
Learn how Frost Bank has remained true to its core philosophies and brand DNA as they’ve grown to become one of the
biggest banks in the U.S.
The perfect conference to
lift your brand to new heights.
— Andrea Boutté, VP/Marketing
Santa Clara County FCU
(Forum 2014 Attendee)
Maximizing Results With
Data-Driven Financial
Marketing Strategies
Tony Rizzo, General Manager and
Creative Director at MARQUIS
Three key themes will dominate the future of financial
marketing: segmentation, personalization and automation.
You need all three to succeed. This session will show you
how to exploit opportunities lurking in your institution’s
data, using a practical, scalable system that maximizes ROI
with pinpoint precision. What you’ll learn:
■ How to supercharge your marketing plan by turning digital
data into real results
■ How to craft better offers that get a bigger response —
without “buying” the business
■ How to effectively analyze customer and market data to
produce an actionable plan of attack
■ How to produce one-page summaries fit for a chairman
Checking Account
Acquisition Strategies
That Drive Growth
Robert Rubin, Managing Director at Novantas
As lending heats back up, so will the battle for deposits.
That means you’ll need to get the right checking products,
with the right features, in front of the right people, at the
right time. This session will offer you dozens of tips and
insights based on research from tens of thousands of
checking account shoppers... while they are actually
shopping for a new institution. What you’ll learn:
■ The hot-buttons and switching triggers driving checking
account shoppers, and how to leverage them
■ Identify how and where to invest marketing dollars
■ How to segment checking consumers into targeted,
manageable and profitable clusters
Omni-Channel Brand
Design in Banking
Jon Blakeney
Group Managing Director at I-AM
Most financial institutions struggle achieving consistency
from one touchpoint to the next, sending a confusing mix of
messages to consumers. What you need is an integrated
brand identity that ties everything together. In this session,
you’ll learn how to engineer a full, 360° brand experience
using a unique, customer-centric design process.
What you’ll learn:
■ How to unite every aspect of your brand experience and
express your organization’s personality with strategic design
■ How to craft a cohesive brand identity that transcends a
single channel — online, mobile and branches
■ How to engage and delight customers with branding
elements that resonate across all touchpoints
Growing & Cultivating
Profitable Relationships With
Gen Y Financial Consumers
Kristen Mashburn, VP of Marketing,
and Chris Anderson, Marketing Manager
at Listerhill Credit Union
Financial institutions struggle connecting with
Millennials, but Listerhill Credit Union gets it
right, and they have the results to prove it. They take an
integrated approach, building products, marketing and even
branches specifically tailored to the needs and preferences
of today’s younger consumers. What you’ll learn:
■ How to build a cohesive, integrated Millennial strategy
that gets real results
■ How to foster and sustain banking conversations with Gen Y
■ How to get Gen Y excited about actively engaging with
your brand and marketing initiatives
ONLINE, MOBILE
&
DIGITAL
SESSION DETAILS
The 7 Most Effective Digital
Marketing Strategies in Banking
Matt Wilcox, SVP/Marketing Strategy
and Innovation at Fiserv
Financial institutions need to dedicate more of
their marketing budgets to online and mobile,
specifically these seven digital strategies.
Session includes case studies and real-world examples
from dozens of the best institutions. What you’ll learn:
■ How to build a digital-first marketing strategy and how to
budget accordingly
■ How digital channels correlate to different stages within
the consumer lifecycle
■ How to integrate marketing between online and offline
channels
Successful Social Media
Strategies in Banking
Michael Toner, Social Media Manager
at Navy Federal Credit Union
Banking on Facebook
in a Mobile-First World
Neil Hiltz, Head of Global Vertical Strategy
for Financial Services at Facebook
Leveraging Facebook in the mobile channel will be one of
the most vital parts of your institution’s playbook. Banking
industry veteran and Facebook executive Neil Hiltz will
show you how to leverage Facebook to improve efficiency
and profitability in the mobile channel. What you’ll learn:
■ How financial institutions can achieve real, meaningful
business objectives with Facebook mobile
■ How Facebook mobile can help you build your brand,
generate new business, and improve profitability
Forum 2015 Website Makeover
Alexander Acker, President of Adventure House
Makeover Finalist: Ridgewood Savings Bank
Julie Perezaj, Internet Marketing Manager
Matthew Schettino, Director of Marketing
Navy FCU is one of the banking industry’s best at
harnessing the power and potential of social networks to
achieve real, strategic business objectives. This session
will show you how to boost your brand and build your
bottom line by facilitating and engaging authentic, two-way
conversations in social channels. What you’ll learn:
■ How Navy Federal monitors, builds their social media
communities and engages with them
■ Which social media channels work best and why
■ How to define metrics and analyze key measurements
that yield critical insights on social campaigns
Most financial institutions are way overdue
for a website overhaul. This session will walk you
through the process as Ridgewood Savings ($5.1 billion
in assets) gets an online makeover from a top-notch web
experience firm. A new website design will be revealed
for the first time — live on stage — along with the
strategy, design and features critical to success online today.
Transforming Banking Websites Into
High-Performance Sales Channels
Jason Rodriguez, Community Manager at Litmus
Mark Ryan, Chief Analytics Officer
at Extractable
With a data-driven website design process,
you can present the right message, to the
right people, at the right time. This session
will show you what it takes to build a best-of-breed website
that exceeds consumer expectations. What you’ll learn:
■ The critical areas where you need to optimize your
website for maximum impact on the bottom line
■ What data streams, metrics and analytics reports are
most valuable when looking for real, solid opportunities
to improve your web channel
■ How to balance UX, creativity and technology to deliver a
rejuvenated online presence
Innovations & Best Practices
in Email for Financial Marketers
The difference between two emails — one that
generates big results, and one that doesn’t —
can be little more than a single word or design
element. In this session learn dozens of tips
and tricks you can use to improve open rates,
clicks and conversions. What you’ll learn:
■ Why you need to think mobile first when designing emails
■ How to optimize emails for every environment and app
■ Why you need to “sell the click” and not the product
RETAIL EXPERIENCE
SESSION DETAILS
FEATURED
GENERAL
SESSION
Forum 2015 Retail Branch
Experience Makeover
Maximizing & Monetizing the
Mobile Channel in Banking
Chris Howe, Retail Design Strategist at Adrenaline
Mike Colvin, EVP/Principal with LEVEL5
Paul Seibert, Principal at EHS Design
Niti Badarinath,
SVP/Head of Mobile Banking at US Bank
Carole Porter, SVP at Municipal Credit Union
Agnes Payadue, VP at Municipal Credit Union
What should retail branches look like today? In this
session, three world-class branch design firms will tackle a
real branch project for Municipal Credit Union ($2.1 billion
in assets, 20 branches). Each firm will present their design
concept to the credit union live on stage in front of
hundreds of attendees. What you’ll learn:
■ The principles of strategic design, and how to craft a
dynamic branch experience
■ How to shape your institution’s branch strategy by
working through common issues defining the experience
■ How to attack the challenges of branch design —
with three perspectives and three different solutions
Innovating Your
Digital Banking Nirvana
Jim Marous, Co-Publisher of The Financial
Brand and the Digital Banking Report
This rapid-fire presentation will outline the best mobile and
tablet banking applications offered worldwide, with dozens of
examples illustrating the keys to developing successful
solutions, with an emphasis on simplicity, engagement and
context. What you’ll learn:
■ How to deliver a rich, robust mobile banking experience
■ What digital consumers expect from banks and credit
unions in the mobile channel
■ Which apps, tools and features are most important —
to consumers... and to your profitability
Engineering the
Micro-Branch of Tomorrow
Lisa Magana, VP/Branch Projects at Wells Fargo
Kelly Price, VP/Branch Environments at PNC
Paul Dilda, Head of Branch & ATM Channels at BMO
Moderator: Dave Martin, EVP/Financial Supermarkets Inc.
Learn from three of the banking industry’s leading pioneers
as they share their experience building new branch models
with radically smaller footprints — Wells Fargo (1,000 square
feet), BMO (900 sf) and PNC (160 sf). What you’ll learn:
■ How to engineer a new branch service delivery model in a
compact footprint
■ The adjustments and decisions that need to be made as
you scale back the size of your branches
■ The challenges involved with designing a compact branch
— from technology and staffing, to branding and sales
US Bank is a true pioneer in mobile channels.
Few have invested like they have. In this
session, US Bank will walk you through their
journey in the mobile channel — the strategy, goals, priorities
and decisions they’ve made on the path to becoming one of
the most mobile-centric institutions in banking. At the Forum,
they will also be revealing a major new mobile initiative
currently under development. What you’ll learn:
■ How to use mobile technologies to grow new relationships,
increase revenues and reduce operational costs
■ The advantages and challenges involved with rolling out the
mobile banking innovations consumers want most
■ How financial institutions can leverage mobile-specific
functionality (e.g., geolocational technology, biometrics, etc.)
Leveraging Tech to Engineer
a Better Branch Experience
David J. Cavell, FCIB
Independent Banking Adviser
The rapid rise in both the volume and sophistication of digital innovations are completely
revolutionizing the branch experience. This
session will present attendees with a wide
range of current case studies illustrating how institutions are
leveraging new, consumer-facing technologies in their
next-generation branch designs. What you’ll learn:
■ How new technologies — from interactive touchscreens to
video conferencing — are redefining the branch experience
■ How to strike the right balance between self-service
technologies and personal interactions
■ The range of differing branch models that have been
developed to leverage digital technology
Perfecting the Customer
Experience in Digital Channels
Nicole Sturgill, Research Director
at CEB TowerGroup
What does “omni-channel delivery” mean?
That you have to accommodate every need
in every channel the same way every time?
Absolutely not. You need to maximize, optimize and leverage
your service experience according to the strengths and
weaknesses of each channel. What you’ll learn:
■ Why consumers value efficiency over cross-channel
consistency
■ Which channels consumers prefer for resolving service
issues and why
■ The parameters consumers use to define their expectations
for a positive digital service experience
WORTH
FORUM 2015
$3,465
RESOURCE PACK
COMPLIMENTARY TOOLS FOR EVERY ATTENDEE
Some of the nation’s biggest financial institutions have
paid The Financial Brand thousands of dollars for these
materials. They’re all yours for attending the conference!
FREE TO ATTENDEES
$395
2015 Bank &
Credit Union Marketing
Trends Report
2015 BANK &
CREDIT UNION
VALUE
TRENDS
REPORT
This 35-page report breaks down
marketing trends in the retail banking
industry — budgets, media channels,
results, and much more.
$595
FREE TO ATTENDEES
VALUE
Forum 2015 Digital Toolbox
This 1GB drive is stuffed with resources and reports
that every financial marketer needs in their arsenal,
including PDF copies of every Forum 2015 presentation.
$495
VALUE
Forum 2015 Workbook
Includes printouts of all sessions
and a directory of all attendees.
$1,185
VALUE
FREE TO ATTENDEES
The Financial
Brand Bible
140-pages covering
brand strategy, design
and management in the
banking industry.
FREE TO ATTENDEES
FREE TO ATTENDEES
$795
VALUE
SAMPLE
ISSUES
These valuable reports tackling the most
critical issues facing financial institutions
in online and mobile channels today.
2015
BRANCH
DESIGN
ANNUAL
The Financial Brand
2015 Branch Design Annual
Over 100+ pages with photos of unique,
innovative and breakthrough branch designs
from financial institutions around the world.
So many valuable takeaways. An awesome experience.
— Kim Gunaka, VP Retail
Great Lakes Bank
(Forum 2014 Attendee)
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WHAT FORMER ATTENDEES ARE SAYING
The Financial Brand Forum
turned the world of banking
conferences upside down.
Fresh insight, ideas, and
a new outlook. Thank you!
— Floyd Morelos, Century Bank
— Melissa Wulf, American Bank Center
If you have the opportunity to attend only one marketing conference, this is the one.
— Katie Segner, SpiritBank
Very well done!! The materials,
content, speakers and overall
event coordination — all flawless!
— Pam LaBelle, General Mills FCU
An absolutely fabulous conference —
the best I’ve attended. Rich content, great
people, good food, and a great location.
I am astounded by how well it is organized
and the incredible attention to detail.
— Lianne Darby, BlueShore Financial
Powerful! Unbelievable content and great presenters!
— Angie Walterson, First State Bank of the Florida Keys
I am extremely selective about the time
I take out of the office. The Financial Brand
Forum is worth every minute and more!
— Meredith Gibson, Community Credit Union of Florida
Fabulous, relevant
and definitely
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— Kelly Marzahl, Associated Bank
I felt like I was drinking from a fire hydrant and left wanting more!
Cutting edge ideas, trends and
tangible techniques I can use right away.
— Pamela Hatt, Pen Air FCU
— Betsy Knoblock Grabinski
Greater Iowa Credit Union
(Forum 2014 Attendee)
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9737 Washingtonian Boulevard
Suite 200
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
Bank & Credit Union Marketing Trends Report ($595 value), and your
Forum 2015 USB Digital Toolbox including electronic copies of all sessions.
Conference
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Bank/Credit Union
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Bank/Credit Union
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Vendor/Supplier
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Vendor/Supplier
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Vendor/Supplier
Pre-Conference Workshops
On Wednesday, April 29 (check one)
■ $249 Turning Staff Into Brand Champions
■ $249 Multi-Channel Onboarding & Cross-Selling
■ $249 Turning Staff Into Brand Champions
■ $249 Multi-Channel Onboarding & Cross-Selling
■ $249 Turning Staff Into Brand Champions
■ $249 Multi-Channel Onboarding & Cross-Selling
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refund. After that date, there is a $500 fee, provided we receive a written cancellation notice from you prior to the conference date. Registrants who do not
cancel in writing before March 6 or do not attend are not eligible for a full refund of their conference registration fee.
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