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WIB Calendar Bond University October 14-16 • San Diego Bond University helps you identify investment alternatives that fit your bank’s asset liability position, interest rate bias, risk tolerance, loan funding needs and competitive environment. WEBINARS New Approaches to Capital Levels in a Recessionary Economy MANAGEMENT & STAFF CONFERENCES & FORUMS Annual HR & Training Forum Creative Solutions for Challenging Times May 7-8 • San Francisco Our HR & Training Forum connects you, experts and peers – providing resources to help you develop creative solutions to today’s opportunities and challenges. Strategic insight and lasting peer connections will support you, your department, and your bank’s success through some of the most challenging times in recent memory. Optional preforum workshop: High-Impact Leadership Development. manage bad loans. Select and meet with firms of interest for 10 minutes during “Speed Networking” sessions and learn from other bankers about their approach and thoughts related to troubled assets in our Peer Exchange Session. April 20 • 10 a.m. Pacific Designing a Marketing Plan to Win the War for Deposits May 11 • 10 a.m. Pacific Bond Graduate School July 22 • San Francisco Bond Graduate School expands on the concepts and terms presented in WIB Bond University. This program is intended to give participants a deeper understanding of investment marketplace mechanics, in-depth knowledge of pricing models, concepts and structures and advanced methodologies. E-Marketing Done Right! July 20 • 10 a.m. Pacific PEER EXCHANGE CONFERENCE CALL SERIES Structured similarly to our popular Peer Exchange Sessions held at WIB conferences and forums, we’re pleased to introduce a great low-cost solution conducted over the phone from the convenience Wof your desk. The Peer Exchange Conference Call Series is a great low cost format for information from and connections with your peers in community banking. Annual subscription required. Credit & Lending: 4/2, 7/6, 10/5 (3 p.m.) CFO: 4/16, 7/16, 10/15, (10 a.m.) HR & Training: 4/17, 7/17, 10/16, (10 a.m.) CEO: 4/24, 7/24, 10/23, (3 p.m.) Technology: 5/12, 8/10, 11/10, (10 a.m.) Chairman: 5/15, 8/21, 11/20, (3 p.m.) Business Development & Sales Forum Solutions for Tough Times: Engaging Customers and Building Relationships September 24-25 • San Francisco There will be a strong focus on fi nding solutions to combat tough times and emerge in the strongest possible position. You will get tools and techniques for engaging customers and building relationships in a way that supports results-based business development. Annual CFO, Investments and Operational Risk Conference Building Connections: Finding Solutions to Today’s Challenges May 31-June 3 • San Francisco The most up-to-date news, information and innovative ideas for managing finance, investments and risk through the current uncertain environment. Benefit from peer connections that endure and provide support, as well as meet vendors with products and services that help enhance efficiency and profitability. Optional pre-conference workshop: If Capital is King – Liquidity is the Heir Apparent. Annual Bank Technology & Security Summit Connecting & Protecting the Bank October 14-16 • San Diego Take a close look at creating efficiencies and profitability opportunities through technology while providing maximum protection of bank staff, customers and information. Connections with peers, experts and vendors will prove valuable throughout the year as you contemplate new technologies and solutions. Optional presummit workshop: Tips, Tricks, Tools & Secrets on Being a Successful Project Manager. WORKSHOPS High-Impact Leadership Development May 7 (1/2 day) • San Francisco If Capital is King – Liquidity is the Heir Apparent May 31 (1/2 day) • San Francisco Troubled Asset Forum June 23-24 • San Francisco You will learn from and network with industry experts, peers and a variety of fi rms that provide consultative help and resolve/ 32 Tips, Tricks, Tools & Secrets on Being a Successful Project Manager October 14 (1/2 day) • San Diego www.wib.org Western Independent Banker http://www.wib.org

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Western Independent Banker - May/June 2009 Contents A Message from the Chairman How to Keep Employees Happy … On a Shoestring Budget Keeping Good Employees in Today’s Marketplace Asset Appreciation: Front Line Employees Hold the Secret to Balancing Customer Loyalty and Profitability Great Places to Work – WIB Member Banks Why Real, Live Bankers Still Matter Getting the Best Results from an Executive Search Best Practices in Lender Incentive Programs The Enlightened Control Freak: How to Lead So Your Team Will Love, Follow and Work Like Crazy for You Even in These Wild and Tough Economic Times The Frightened Leader Don’t Train – Educate! WIB Service Corporation Report WIB Calendar New Members Advertiser.com Index of Advertisers

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