The CUNA Councils Connect Prize Challenge
> Past Winners
This promotion is now
over. Thanks to the thousands of members who entered the CUNA Councils Connect Prize Challenge and congratulations to everyone who won.
There are no more prizes, but the valuable information and networking to come from this new member benefit is limitless!
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WINNERS
 Grand Prize:
Congratulations to Carla Day, CUNA OpSS Council Member, from Hawthorne CU!
She is the lucky winner of a brand new Nintendo Wii and Wii Fit.
First Quiz Question:
The winner of the $50 Gas Card was Dustin Weaver, CUNA Marketing & Business Development Council Member, from Kern Schools Federal Credit Union.
When doing a member search (by attribute) or via the "People Map," how many different vendor categories can you choose from (Core Processing System Vendor, ALM Vendor, etc)?
- 6
- 15
- 32
- 45
The answer was #3 - 32 vendor categories!
This is in addition to geography, credit union data, expanded areas of expertise, and more.
> Click to read more about targeted member searching in CUNA Councils Connect
Second Quiz Question:
The winner of the $50 Target Gift Card was Pam Leggett, CUNA HR/TD Council Member, from Interstate Unlimited Federal Credit Union.
Q: What are the names of any two blogs in CUNA Councils Connect?
A: Community Tips & Tricks, Strategic Marketing, CFO Soapbox, HR Guy, Three Chords and the Truth, The Blog of the Invisible IT Department, and Inspirations from Jordan are all blogs in the community.
While the list serves primarily provide answers to questions posed by Council members, Blogs provide community members with their own information-sharing space, in which they may post ideas/opinions/thoughts to their very own online journal.
Start your own blog or comment on other member's posts about recent credit union experiences, events, or hot industry topics.
> Learn more about Blogs in CUNA Councils Connect
Third Quiz Question:
The winner of the $50 Best Buy Gift Card was Gwenn Harnen, CUNA Lending Council Member, from Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union.
Q: What are the three options you can choose for other members to contact you in the "contact preferences" section (of your member profile)?
A: 1. Within the community based email system (w/email notifications to your regular email address)
2. Phone
3. Private Email
You can check all or just #1. The Councils community keeps your phone and email private unless you choose to list it. If you choose phone or email, you can list your contact information in the text box in the contact preferences form along with any other individual instructions/preferences. Most members find it easier to communicate directly via email.
If you choose to use the community based email system, your registered email address is private. Every member in the system is given a private in-box where they may store all private discussions.When someone chooses to send you a message via the button on your profile, you get an email notification from the community to your registered email address.
> Update your Contact Preferences
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Fourth Quiz Question:
The winner of the $50 Starbucks Gift Card was Amy Kaiser, CUNA Operations, Sales & Service Council Member, from Fairmont Federal Credit Union.
Q: By number of members, what are the three most popular discussion groups?
A: 1. Executive Dialogue
2. Compliance Group
3. PROFITstar® ALM/Budgeting & PROFITability System Users
Call it the list serve 2.0 - members from all councils sharing advice and solutions in our new targeted & relevant online groups around specific topics. Can't find a discussion group on a topic you are looking for? Start your own!
You can click through to each author's profile, share files, subscribe to topics or groups via email, and more.
> View all Discussion Groups
> Learn more about Discussion Groups
Fifth (and Final) Quiz Question:
The winner of the $50 Amazon Gift Card was Heather Snyder, CUNA Marketing & Business Development Council Member, from Cowlitz Credit Union.
Q: When doing a member search, how many options are there under "Miscellaneous - Areas of Expertise?"
A: Nine under "Miscellaneous." Overall, there are 125 areas of expertise that you can use to search and find members across all six CUNA Councils.
FYI - there are two ways to conduct searches:
- Use the visual "People Map" to find members with whom you have things in common (based on mutual profile attributes and interests).
- Search "By Attribute" to search the entire community and generate a list based upon some specific criteria i.e. - areas of expertise, geography, vendors, asset size, etc.
> Search Members by Attribute
> Search Members using the People Map
> Learn more about Targeted Member Searching
*Thanks to this random number generator for helping pick the winners.
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