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Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Conference Ceynotes…or, ummm Keynotes…


If you think Christina looks excited, than you can image how PUMPED your 2018 MASFAA Program Committee is to be able share a bit about our special guests and tentative schedule.

Colin Ryan
Confirmed! Colin will be joining us on Sunday evening to help solve the strategic issue facing every financial institution today: how to reach young people. By linking comedy and financial advice together, he offers a new and different way to reach the young people who are both in our schools and our workforce.  His trainings offer advice on creating dynamic, personalized, and creative financial literacy that decreases student debt and increases retention and job placement.  Colin’s sense of humor and passion for helping people empower themselves through great financial understanding leads to a conversation that is funny, memorable, and accessible no matter your background.

Collin’s book, A Comedic Guide to Money, is a funny, engaging, and practical guide to the financial skills that allow us to build the life we want. Through relevant and memorable examples, success stories, and cutting-edge behavioral research, his book gets young people and adults talking about money.

KiKi D’Itailien
Confirmed!  KiKi L'Italien will be joining us Monday afternoon to talk about design thinking for better engagement.   Later that afternoon attendees will have the opportunity to find out why weird is better during KiKi’s networking interest session.  KiKi is the CEO and founder of Amplified Growth, a digital marketing firm specializing in digital transformation projects. She also hosts the popular Association Chat live-streamed podcast, a weekly association-centric news and education outlet which has run since 2009.

KiKi serves as faculty for Mediabistro's online courses in social media and influencer marketing and was a contributing author to the book Social Networking for Nonprofits: Increasing Engagement in a Mobile and Web 2.0 World (ASAE, 2010).

Justin Draeger
Confirmed!  President and CEO of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, Justin Draeger will be joining us to give both an update from NASFAA as well as answer questions during our open forum on Wednesday.  Justin serves as the primary voice of NASFAA and as the liaison between association members, the U.S. Congress, federal agencies, and the media.  Most of his career has been devoted to assisting disadvantaged populations achieve their educational goals and better their communities.

Craig Munier & Zack Goodwin
Tentative…  But – we’re on their calendars and just need to cross our fingers that the federal fiscal year or other budget problems don’t get in our way.  Worse case, we’ve been promised virtual presentations.

FREE PreConference Workshops
Confirmed!  We’re bringing back the FREE PreConference workshops to MASFAA 2018 – choose from 1 of 3 topics:
·         Implicit Bias w/ Steven Foster from the University of Michigan
·         How to Advocate w/ Keri Gilbert from University of Missouri and Will Shaffner from MOHELA
·         How to Make Management Look Easy w/ David Peterson from University of Cincinnati

And last, but definitely not least, keep your eyes peeled for an email on June 1st.  Not only will we be sending out the tentative schedule with some session descriptions, conference registration will be LIVE!  With registration available a bit earlier, we’re hopeful it gives you additional flexibility in your conference/travel budget.

As always, keep up to date with 2018 MASFAA Conference information on the website as we continue to add additional details - https://masfaaweb.org/conference

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