Join the Association and your credit union peers for the following seminars. We will provide the latest intel regarding new laws, regulations, and compliance updates, discuss legal and regulatory activities that will impact your credit union, and in our brand new Risk and Opportunity seminar, we will give credit union professionals a venue to identify and discuss risk and the challenges and opportunities it presents.
If you have any questions on registration or the seminars, please contact Nicole Brusewitz.
HR Legal Update Seminar
This virtual seminar brings together credit union HR professionals to discuss both new and upcoming legal and regulatory activities that will impact your credit union. Farleigh Wada Witt will advise on the interplay of the new laws and guidance with existing and new legal obligations that credit unions face in the next normal.
Learn MoreCompliance Legal Update Seminar
It’s critical for credit unions to stay up to date on the latest compliance information. Join your Association and the team from Farleigh Wada Witt for this year’s virtual Compliance Legal Update, where you’ll learn about what’s expected and how best to prepare. The Farleigh Wada Witt team will offer insights and updates to ensure that your credit union remains current with necessary compliance information, and your Association’s compliance team will provide the latest information available regarding new laws, regulations, and compliance updates.
Learn MoreRisk & Opportunities Seminar
This virtual seminar will give credit union professionals a venue to identify and discuss risk and the challenges and opportunities it presents. Attendees will examine topical risk areas such as ESG, cryptocurrency, FinTech partnerships, cybersecurity, and economic trends from the perspectives of value creation and value preservation. The content will reflect the issues and topics that are most important as the event date draws closer. Join your peers for informative presentations, panels, and discussions as we delve into emerging risks and opportunities.
This seminar will be back in 2023
IRA School
The GoWest IRA School is a two-day virtual training where you’ll have the opportunity to learn foundational and advanced IRA knowledge. The virtual training learning model allows participants to remain in their own environment but still engage and learn in a live instructor-led online setting. You’ll learn the latest IRS guidance on IRAs and compliance rules that will help your IRA program run efficiently with reduced errors. Choose from both days or just one day, whichever fits your training needs.
This seminar will be back in 2023
Advocacy Training
Advocacy 101
Join your GoWest Credit Union Association this July for a two-part virtual Advocacy Training workshop, where you’ll learn how credit union stories and Advocacy go hand in hand and how to advocate in the current climate. This program is intended to help credit union professionals at all levels hone their advocacy skills and deepen their understanding of the Credit Union Movement.
This event has occurred in the past and will be back in Summer 2023.
Advocacy 201
Advocacy 201 is an enhanced training program designed to help seasoned advocates take their previous advocacy training experience and turn it into practical legislative outreach. This exciting workshop will take an intensive look at the role advocates play as key contacts, and will focus on building relationships with your assigned elected officials and policymakers.
This event has occurred in the past and will be back in Summer 2023.
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