USA Funds Speaker’s Bureau Experts Available for Presentations

The USA Funds^® University Speaker's Bureau continues to be a popular resource for financial-aid conference and event planners seeking industry experts to speak about a variety of financial-aid issues.

Since the inception of the program last fall, USA Funds University staff members and trainers have conducted more than 20 presentations for more than 1,000 participants at conferences, staff retreats and meetings across the nation.

Organizers can select from a predefined list of eight topic areas or request a custom presentation about a specific topic. Each track offers several topics of interest relating to the general issue. Event planners can select an entire track or individual sessions from within each track.

The following are among the tracks offered:

• Track 1: Critical Issues for Financial-Aid Administrators.
• Track 2: Nuts and Bolts for the Financial-Aid Professional.
• Track 3: Student-Loan Basics.
• Track 4: Debt Management and Default Aversion.
• Track 5: New-Aid-Officer Basics.
• Track 6: Quality Customer Service.
• Track 7: Leadership Skills and Professional Development.
• Track 8: Understanding Online Resources.

The following list provides a glimpse of the various topics avialable:

• Access-to-Education Crisis.
• Best Practices in Student Retention.
• How to Deal With Overawards.
• Need-Analysis Overview.
• Professional Judgment.
• Cohort Default Rate.
• Repayment Options.
• Best Practices in Debt Management.
• Life Skills for Students.
• Eligibility Criteria and Financial-Aid Programs.
• Need Analysis and Packaging.
• Leadership Skills.
• Managing Conflict.
• Web-Based Financial-Aid Resources and Information.

USA Funds University trainers already have slated 11 conference presentations for the remainder of the 2004. To find out more or to schedule a speaker for your conference, contact USA Funds University Manager, Barb Thompson, or call
(866) 497-8723, Ext. 1026.