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                                                                                                                                           Large Bank Best Practices that Community Banks Can Implement Today
        LEARNING                                                                                                                           Brian Mischel, Partner, BKD, LLP, Cincinnati, OH
                                                                                                                                           While the strength of community banks is their local presence and engagement, large banks
                                                                                                                                           often have greater financial and human resources to address pressing challenges. Though
                                                                                                                                           there are fundamental differences in how they operate, there are also great insights to be
        Directors Workshop                                                                                                                 gleaned from how big banks approach strategies and issues. This session explores why
        Tuesday, June 19, 3-5 PM                                                                                                           community banks should consider incorporating some big bank philosophies including risk
                                                                                                                                           management-related practices, financial-related practices, innovation-related practices and
        Next-Generation Loyalty: Changing the Customer Engagement Paradigm                                                                 people-related practices.
        Tom Snyder, Executive Vice President, Buzz Points, Austin, TX
        A new era for loyalty in financial services means consumers judge products and services not                                        Concurrent Breakout Sessions
        only against other companies in that sector but also against the best customer service they
        have experienced in any industry. Against this backdrop, customers have become increasingly                                        Thursday, June 21, 11:15 AM – 12 PM
        numb to traditional forms of loyalty. They now expect Relevance, Immediacy, and Instant Access                                     Turning Loan Applications into Journeys
        to the benefits of being a customer. Learn the latest tips and techniques to successfully address                                  William Leveson-Gower, COO, Valuescape Analytics Inc., San Diego, CA
        today’s changing customer engagement paradigm.                                                                                     With 70% of all adult Americans using Facebook and 53% of all Millennials most likely to share
                                                                                                                                           content on Facebook, 40% or more of new retail banking revenue will be attributed to social
        Islands of Profitability that Create Success                                                                                       media in the next five years. In fact, 86% of all closed mortgage loans last year came from
        Charles McQueen, President & CEO, McQueen Financial Advisors, Clawson, MI                                                          Millennials and research indicates more are planning to purchase a new home in 2018. The
        Join us as we navigate the islands of the Great Lakes and stop on each of the                                                      winners will be the lenders who migrate to managing nearly all interactions online and mobile,
        five most influential profitability destinations:                                                                                  with social media becoming the preferred channel of interaction for clients. This session
        Island 1 - Deposit structure and generation                                                                                        focuses on how to close the social media gap between lenders and consumers by providing
        Island 2 - Loan portfolio structure and concentrations                                                                             a mobile customer-centric journey for loan application generation and market outreach;
        Island 3 - Investment portfolio structure and concentrations                                                                       helping lenders to target, acquire, onboard and engage with the generation of mobile users.
        Island 4 - CECL preparation
        Island 5 - Overall balance sheet management and long term strategic actions                                                        Catching the New Wave of Leadership
                                                                                                                                           Mark Angott, President, Angott Search Group, Rochester, MI
        Concurrent Breakout Sessions                                                                                                       Attracting candidates to your organization, let alone retaining the next generation of leaders,
        Wednesday, June 20, 11:15 AM – 12 PM                                                                                               can be a challenge. The key is bridging the generational gaps for an open dialogue on
                                                                                                                                           creative ideas among all levels of employees. This session focuses on key timing methods and
        Bankruption                                                                                                                        how to fully understand a variety of candidate needs to help get the right person on board.
        John Waupsh, CIO, Kasasa, Austin, TX                                                                                               Real-life examples and solutions to these tough issues will be shared as well as strategies for
        Profound changes to the community banking model are forcing retail bank executives to                                              tapping into social media when recruiting Millennials.
        re-examine their approach to consumer engagement. Waupsh, author of Bankruption,
        shares the aspects of banking that have changed, and how progressive community banks                                               Bust your Brain-block about Blockchain
        are successfully adapting to this shift. Discover quick, practical and long-term strategic                                         Dave Schroepfer and Girish Ramachandra, Partner and Senior Manager,
        moves that will set up your community bank for decades of success to come.                                                         Wipfli, LLP, Westchester, IL
                                                                                                                                           Blockchain technology is exploding quickly and already a significant part of the global,
        Cybersanity While Watching for Sick Birds                                                                                          national and local financial sectors. Soon community banks will be faced with choices on
        Dan Hadaway CISA CISM CRISC, Managing Partner, infotex, Lafayette, IN                                                              whether to, or more importantly, how to implement this technology. This session is designed
        Wouldn’t it be insane to put a canary in a coal mine, and then ignore it? With the canary metaphor,                                to introduce community bank leaders to the Blockchain and how it affects banks, as well as
        this light-hearted presentation uses the insane practices employed in past data breaches as teachable                              to explore the basics of Cryptocurrencies.
        moments, highlighting the role that management and the board should play in Cybersecurity to avoid
        the insanity we have seen in breach responses such as Target or Equifax.                                                           Unconventional Ownership – Leveraging Mutuality in a Stock-Oriented Environment
                                                                                                                                           Kip Weissman, Partner, Luse Gorman, PC, Washington, DC
        Building a People Strategy - If your people are your competitive                                                                   There are distinct attributes of mutual ownership which can both enhance and inhibit a
        advantage, then what is your people strategy?                                                                                      mutual institution’s ability to compete in today’s marketplace. This interactive discussion will
        Louis Rabaut, Partner, Warner Norcross & Judd, Grand Rapids, MI                                                                    center on leveraging mutual ownership structures to achieve business objectives in lending,
        A recent Watson Wyatt Human Capital Index study reports that a successful people strategy is                                       deposit taking, marketing, community relations and employee retention.
        linked to market value and is a leading indicator of increased shareholder value. And while many
        banks believe their competitive advantage is their people, they often can’t articulate what that
        means. This session not only defines a People Strategy and its components, but also looks at how
        to align the People Strategy with your business strategy; how to identify key performance positions
        from key performance indicators; how to differentiate elements of the People Strategy for different
        positions within the organization; and how to assess your talent with the right metrics.
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