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January 26, 2012

John Spence, Brett King top CEOs' agenda

Jan. 26, 2012 – Business authors John Spence and Brett King will talk to credit unions about maintaining successful operations and doing so in a tech-savvy consumer market during NAFCU's CEOs and Senior Executives Conference, slated April 18-20 in Key West, Fla.

Spence is an executive educator and the author of "Awesomely Simple – Essential Business Strategies for Turning Ideas Into Action." At 28, he was nominated as one of Florida's top CEOs younger than 40 for his leadership of an international Rockefeller foundation. He has shared his expertise, including in executive coaching, with more than 300 organizations over the past 17 years. In 2011, he was named one of the top 100 Business Thought Leaders in America and became Director of Best Practice Innovation at the Best Practice Institute.

King is the best-selling author of the groundbreaking book "Bank 2.0: How Customer Behavior and Technology Will Change the Future of Financial Services." He will illustrate the massive shift in the way credit unions do business as consumers increasingly turn to the Internet, smartphones, mobile payments, social media and social networking for their banking needs. King is a strategic advisor to the global financial services industry and the founder and chairman of Movenbank, the first direct mobile bank in the U.S. and U.K.

Conference attendees will receive copies of "Awesomely Simple" and "Bank 2.0." Spence and King will be available for book signings following their sessions.

NAFCU's CEOs and Senior Executives Conference, headquartered at the Westin Key West Resort and Marina, is geared to the needs of credit union CEOs, presidents and senior executives. It offers networking opportunities and will address the current state of the industry, legislative and regulatory issues affecting credit unions and more.

The deadline for early registration savings is Feb. 17. The conference is open toNAFCU members and non-members.