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The Development Educator (DE) programme for credit unions is an extraordinary international endeavour, with a mission to “…. help established and emerging leaders within the credit union movement understand and leverage credit unions’ unique business model to serve members and communities in new and better ways”. Over 4,500 credit union employees, volunteers, directors and supporters have attended over the years. There is an EU version, with events usually based in the UK, and a US version, which has been around for almost 40 years. In this podcast from Talking Credit Unions, listen to:
- Lois Kitsch, the former National Programme Director for the National Credit Union Foundation (USA) responsible for the Development Education Programme, explain the impact of this type of immersive education
- Marlene Shiels, CEO Capital Credit Union (Scotland), explain the power of the events so far and the successes with many individuals
- Andy Davey, Operations Manager, Co-op Credit Union(UK), describes his DE journey, as a graduate, with both the EU and USA DE programmes.
For information about the EU DE events contact Carole Philbin (Carol.Phibin@partnerscreditunion.co.uk) and for the USA events contact Maggie Wolff, Development Education Manager (mwolff@ncuf.coop). Website: The Development Education (DE) Program (ncuf.coop).
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