Googolplex Redesign Wants You!

Click here to be added to the Googolplex redesign advisory team.

If you’d like to have a say in the redesign of the Googolplex web site, please let us know.

We’ll send you one-question surveys over the next two months that will help us make design, navigation, content, customization, marketing and subscription option decisions.

At the same time you’ll be helping us create a product that helps increase your credit union membership and delivers financial education to pre-college students in a way that appeals to them.

E-mail Rena Crispin, Managing Editor of Googolplex, and we’ll add you to our advisory team.

Cell Phone Police

Cell Phones: Get What You Need

Brady, Haley and Erik have the cell phones they need!

"Cell phones have tons of features including text messaging, cameras and graphics—cell phone users can even send files and check their e-mail," says author Cassandra Heckman.

But Heckman notes that this technology has its pitfalls: "In the last few years, those of us who use cell phones have had problems with viruses, hackers and cheating."

Heckman’s done the research and advises your high school readers how to avoid the pitfalls and get the cell phone with the features and technology they need.

Have fun watching Cell Phone Police, a tongue-in-cheek video about cell phone etiquette, starring high school students Haley Pangman and Erik Freer.

Instant poll results – E-finances*

The results of this poll tell us that your teenage members are managing their accounts and paying bills online. Fertile ground! Here are the responses to the September Instant Poll question:

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

Q: If you manage your money online, which of the following do you do most often?

a. Manage my debit /checking/savings accounts b. Manage my credit card transactions c. Create a budget d. Pay bills e. Other activities

61% 04% 07% 21% 07%

The above question was inspired by Marianne Noss, Senior Marketing Specialist, Water and Power Community Credit Union.

Help us prepare future Instant Poll Questions for your high school members. On which issues would you like to learn more about what they think? 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
December 2006; January and February 2007 lineup in Googolplex.

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!

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 help in setting up your password, please call Barb Bender, 800-356-9655, ext. 4090.

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