2012 Director Series

A series of 6 webinars designed to provide a year of training
exclusively for community bank directors!

WEBINAR OR ON-DEMAND WEB LINK (LINK INCLUDES FREE CD ROM)

The bank director’s role has changed significantly over the years. On-going training is vital to mitigate directors’ increased responsibility – and liability – and to enhance their expertise and bank performance. Regulators are paying attention to training, too! Designed exclusively for community bank directors, this series will ensure directors understand their management oversight and enterprise risk governance responsibilities.

Directors may register for the entire series or for individual sessions. By signing up for the entire series, you will receive 6 webinars for the price of 5. It’s a simple, economical solution to ensure directors get the training they need.

Director Series Topics

• Banking Out of Recession
• Managing Liquidity Risk: The Board’s Role
• Buy, Sell or Remain Independent – Strategic Decisions for your Board
• Asset/Liability Management for Directors
• Not Strategic Planning, Action Planning!
• The Board's Role with the Loan Committee

Read more about your registration options here.

 

Session Dates & Descriptions

8:00 am -   9:30 am Pacific   9:00 am - 10:30 am Mountain 10:00 am - 11:30 am Central 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Eastern

Click on presenters' names below for more information.

Big banks will lose $8.3 billion in fee income in 2012. Guess how much savvy community banks will gain? Some lessons of the recession are clear. Consumers want a safe place to bank, fewer fees, and meaning beyond a balance update. Small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) want easier, cheaper, better ways to operate and tighter control of cash flow. However, other lessons are not so clear. Should you close or transform underperforming branches? What about banking beyond branches? 2012 is the perfect storm of opportunity for banks with the foresight and fortitude to act. Join us for a look at the best cost-cutting and fee revenue opportunities that capitalize upon current trends in online, mobile, social, and payment channels.

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Although Liquidity is the L component of CAMELS, it has not received much attention until recently. The recent disruptions in the credit and capital markets have exposed weaknesses in liquidity risk measurement and management. This webinar will provide the tools necessary for board oversight to fully comply with all of the new regulatory requirements for effective liquidity risk management. More importantly, this webinar will establish the methodology for your bank to be proactive in understanding your specific liquidity risk and to make decisions that will avert a significant liquidity event. This knowledge is important for all banks, regardless of your current liquidity status.

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Buy, sell or remain independent are fundamental strategic decisions for consideration by every board. This webinar will discuss the issues that the board should consider when assessing these alternatives, including actions that need to be taken to remain independent, issues associated with purchasing a bank, and “10 acquisition secrets” for community bank buyers and sellers. Pricing and due diligence will also be addressed on both the buy and sell side as will expansion through branch acquisitions.

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An effective asset liability management program is one of the key components for determining the management component of CAMELS. The crucial information the board needs to oversee all of the regulatory requirements necessary for an effective ALM program will be provided in this session. The asset/liability theory, including measurement, ratios, and normal risk parameters will be covered. But, this session will also expound on the practical implementation of these theories in an understandable manner that will improve your interest-rate risk, profitability, and shareholder value.

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If you fail to plan for it, it will not happen. Avoid undue concern about the strategic planning process and follow a strategy of action planning. Action planning involves identifying the issues and determining the appropriate steps or strategies to address those issues. This high-energy session will cover the board’s and senior officers’ responsibility to enhance shareholder value and identify and establish strategies to move the bank forward through “action planning.” The new process and five specific benefits that result from action planning will be addressed.

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Lenders rely on directors for their input on loan decisions. In turn, directors rely on the bank’s lenders to provide pertinent information that will support good loan decisions. This doesn't have to be a vicious circle. This webinar will provide information and tools to assist directors in receiving just the right amount of information to make informed decisions. Directors will learn the type of analysis they need to perform to fulfill their responsibilities. In the end, the goal is strong loan decisions coming from the Loan Committee.

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