Meet Kelsey Balcaitis!

Kelsey Balcaitis has just joined the Googolplex staff as our college intern for 2006/07. Nick Grube, college intern for 2005/06 will remain as a freelance writer and videographer until he leaves Madison for a full-time position as a reporter.

Our newest college intern says:

Hello! My name is Kelsey and I am in my second year at UW Madison, majoring in Consumer Science with a concentration in Personal Financial Management (and possibly Spanish!) I’m 19 years old and from Appleton, Wisconsin.

I am really excited for this year, especially working with Googolplex. I think it is a great website and has enormous potential for teaching youth about finances while still having fun.

In the next few years, the importance of financial literacy for youth will become more prominent. It’s important that we show them how they will and do make a huge difference, even at their age.

With Googolplex, we can reach and inspire them to action. Get the word out there and let members know that this website is for them and can help them!

There are great tools, stories, and activities available to kids of all ages. I am looking forward to being a part of Googolplex and CUNA.

Click here to send your own ideas for future Instant Poll questions.

Instant poll results – Influence*

Googolplex high school students are strongly influenced by TV and the Internet. How are you letting them know about the youth programs at your credit union? Here are the results of the May Instant Poll question on influence:

Q: Which source of advertising is most helpful to you in making buying decisions?

a) Billboards b) World Wide Web c) Print magazine or newspapers d) TV e) Radio

00% 30% 26% 42% 02%

Thank you Teresa Koch, AVP Marketing, Orange County’s Credit Union, for suggesting the May Instant Poll question.

Help us prepare future Instant Poll Questions for your high school members. Which issues would you like to learn more about? Use your imagination and send your poll questions with possible responses to Rena Crispin.

* Instant Poll results reflect an unscientific sampling of Googolplex readers.

Know what's coming: Stories and games that teach and entertain
August, September, and October 2006 lineup in Googolplex.

Click here to view the Summer 2006 Googolplex newsletters!

Give youth print and online newsletters!

Every quarter we send you enough ready-to-print pages to create three full newsletters – one for elementary-school, middle-school, and high-school level readers. We provide newsletters in high resolution for print, and low resolution for e-mail or online viewing.

These lively newsletter pages give your young members previews of stories, activities, and comics for the coming three months. Use them to direct young readers to your credit union web site, so they can see what’s new at Googolplex on your web site!

IMPORTANT: You add your credit union logo and mailing information. You can print and distribute them, and also make them available as a link on your web site. Got that creative bug? Add your own stories, art, more pages, or customize in other ways - it’s up to you!

Here’s what you get:

• Complete newsletter pages (in high resolution PDF and JPEG formats) for elementary through high school students. The newsletters feature comics, activities and teasers about stories and games for the coming three months.
• All of those same newsletter pages in low-resolution PDF format for online and e-mail use.

Here’s how you get it:
To retrieve the ready-to-print, ready-to-view newsletter pages each quarter, log in to your Googolplex Set-up and Promotion page, select the pages you need, and download them free of charge.

Don’t Waste Your Subscription
If your credit union web address has changed since you last customized Googolplex, make sure your links and credit union logo remain intact by logging in to your Googolplex Set-up and Promotion page.

If you have technical or subscription questions, or need to know your ID and password, please call Debbie Michels, 800-356-9655, ext. 4091.

If you have questions, comments or ideas for Googolplex editorial content, please
e-mail Rena Crispin or call 800-356-9655, ext 4258.