>In a slight departure from our normal focus on young adults, I’d like to draw your attention to a post from our own Christopher Morris on the Open Source CU Blog.

Christopher’s guest post should be required reading for the credit union marketers in the audience. He offers up a solid list of free online tools and resources every credit union marketer needs now… which is good because that’s the title for his post.

Morris’ main point?

“If you are going to embark on a social media campaign in the near future or even if you are not, you need to know what people are publicly saying about your credit union on the internet.”

An excellent point to make, and the resources he shares are great for monitoring your credit union’s brand in cyberspace.

So, head on over to find out what else Christopher has to say and be sure to say hello to Brent, Charlie, and the rest of the Open Source CU gang.

>Well folks, it seems as though the reference to Illinois State University Credit Union’s blog from the 07/23 post YES Summit Attendees Speak Out – pt.2 created quite a stir over on Open Source CU.

If you haven’t been keeping up with the discussion, take some time to read through the comments. In my humble opinion, this is EXACTLY the kind of conversation credit unions need to be having.

I think it’s awesome that Open Source CU posted on the topic, that so many opinions and ideas were shared in just a few days, and a pat on the back to Paul Gaumer and the folks at ISU CU for initially taking the plunge and handling the recent discussion so well.