CU*Answers kicked off year 2 of its popular Executive Study Boot Camp program, welcoming professionals from 16 credit unions this week to another year of intensive interactions and collaboration around the subject “What Makes Data Valuable?” Next week a second group of 9 participants will meet to kick off the “Building Solutions in a Cooperative” Boot Camp.

Boot Camp participants agree to commit a total of 8 days to the program, spread across quarterly 2-day sessions, with travel costs to CU*Answers’ Grand Rapids campus covered by the CUSO. Participants receive an up-close-and-personal experience with CUSO insiders, covering subject matter at a level much deeper than typical focus groups or education events.

“One of the most valuable aspects of the Boot Camp programs are how the participants get a unique opportunity to act like insiders,” said Dawn Moore, CU*Answers VP of Product Design and participant in last year’s inaugural Boot Camp events. “The feedback we got last year was how eye-opening it was to get a first-hand look at how the CUSO designs and builds things for our clients. And not surprisingly, we learned just as much from the Boot Campers as they did from us,” said Moore.