Best Practices Track
Best practices, tips, and tricks to maximize ROI with Total Expert.
Location: Salon H-I
Best Practices Track
Best practices, tips, and tricks to maximize ROI with Total Expert.
Location: Salon H-I
Expert Peers Track
Education, inspiration, and perspectives from your experienced peers.
Location: Salon G
Visionary Experts Track
Thought-provoking and insightful conversations on the future of the financial services industry.
Location: Salon F
Reconnect with your peers and Total Expert community during our Sunday evening welcome reception. Make up for lost time while networking and enjoying drinks and appetizers.
Welcome to Accelerate!
We’re thrilled to kick off Accelerate 2021 where we’ll elevate the journey with a record number of new product launches, powerful customer examples of innovation driving ROI, and plenty of learning from our peers in the incredible Total Expert community.
The Art of Innovation
Don’t miss Guy Kawasaki, a top innovation speaker, social media expert, and bestselling author. His entertaining, informative talk will take us through how to create innovative approaches to our work using tactical and practical techniques. Guy’s energy and know-how will inspire you to help your organization jump to the next curve.
The Dynamic Market: Giving Loan Officers the Tools to Thrive
Join this session for a robust, customer-led discussion around the rapidly shifting lending market and the impact it has on loan officers. The ability to be flexible and adapt is crucial and can have a big impact on technology adoption. How can you set loan officers up for success? What works when trying to motivate loan officers to use technology? Join these industry experts as they tackle these topics.
Moderated by: Kevin Peranio, Chief Lending Officer, PRMG
Speakers:
Elizabeth Hillestad, SVP Marketing, Civic
Jelaire Grillo, Customer Relationship Manager, Prosperity Home Mortgage, LLC
Vertical Focus: Mortgage
Don’t Just Personalize… Humanize Your Customer Engagement Strategy
To meet the growing demands of your customers, developing a customer engagement strategy that goes past personalization to create authentic human connections will be one of the primary ways you can deliver experiences that differentiate you from your competition. Join Total Expert's J.J. Slygh and Amanda Swanson of Cornerstone Advisors as they deep dive into the growing need for advanced personalization in the digital space and highlight how to put this into practice.
Speakers:
J.J. Slygh, Customer Experience Consultant, Total Expert
Amanda Swanson, Director, Cornerstone Advisors
Vertical Focus: Banking/CU
Customer Retention: Your New Competitive Edge
Increasing customer retention by five percent can result in an increase of profits by up to 95%, according to industry research. While the value of customer retention is clear, it continues to challenge today's lenders. This session will cover how to deploy a customer retention model that works -- both for your loan officers and your customers. Walk away with ideas to transform your retention strategy to drive profitability and ultimately create customers for life.
Speakers:
Alec Catsuros, Senior Product Manager, Total Expert
Julian Hebron, Founder, The Basis Point
Vertical Focus: Mortgage
Journey Workshop: Build Trust with Every Interaction
Are your customers getting a consistent experience from brick-and-mortar to digital? As many banks move digitally, there is a challenge to humanize those experiences by creating Journeys that respond to the needs of the customer. Learn industry proven best practices when creating Journeys for your organization to build trust with every touchpoint.
Speaker: Bill Lage, Senior Software Training Consultant, Total Expert
Vertical Focus: All
Success Playbook: All the Ways to Engage with Total Expert
At Total Expert, we strive to become an extension of your team. Learn about all the different ways you can engage with Total Expert to get the most out of our relationship, including training resources, success and support teams, pre-built content, and more.
Speakers:
Kate Cosgrove, Senior Customer Success Manager, Total Expert
Catherine Moore, VP/Marketing Coordinator, United Community Bank Mortgage Services
Vertical Focus: All
Banking on Digital Growth: A Strategic Marketing Manifesto to Generate 10X More Loans and Deposits
As branch traffic continues to decline, your financial institution needs an entirely new approach to sales and marketing. No longer is having a website, social media, and some digital ads enough to help you grow. You need a unified digital growth strategy that aligns marketing and sales teams around a greater purpose. Attend this session to receive a Digital Growth Blueprint you can immediately implement to bridge the digital divide between consumers and your products. You will leave inspired with new insights and a proven strategic framework to attract and acquire leads to grow your financial institution.
Speaker: James Robert Lay, Best-Selling Author, Digital Growth Institute
Vertical Focus: Banking/CU
Learn about the vision and strategy that is shaping the next wave of innovation for the Total Experience Platform. Our product team will share insight into how we're driving the next level of innovation to further empower you to create meaningful customer experiences.
Speakers:
Matt Tippets, Chief Product Officer, Total Expert
Lora Osborn, Senior Director of Product Marketing, Total Expert
Product Innovation Showcase
Join Chief Product Officer Matt Tippets and our product team to learn more about the latest product innovations, including TrueIntent, Total Expert for Consumer Direct, our newest integrations, and more. Bring your questions on how to best utilize these new capabilities.
Speakers:
Matt Tippets, Chief Product Officer, Total Expert
Lora Osborn, Senior Director of Product Marketing, Total Expert
Alec Catsuros, Senior Product Manager, Total Expert
Vertical Focus: Mortgage
Building Stronger Customer Relationships Through Innovation
Almost every financial institution has new customer acquisition as a top priority, but this is only the first step. The key to generating long-term success is with long-term relationships. Learn three strategies from our Innovators First Program members on how they are transforming the experience to retain and grow their customers.
Moderated by: Matt Heffernan, Director of Enterprise Sales, Total Expert
Speakers:
Christian Ruppe, VP of Digital Banking and Head of Innovation, Horicon Bank
Jim Notaro, VP, Manager of Innovation and Optimization at Fidelity Cooperative Bank
Vertical Focus: Banking/CU
2021 Consumer Mortgage Shopping Trends and How They Impact Lenders
The next generation of borrowers have very different expectations when it comes to shopping for mortgages, rates, and homes. In this session we'll cover the latest trends, research, and statistics, and how to optimize your business strategy based on the insights.
Speaker: Josh Lehr, Director of Technology Alliances, Total Expert
Vertical Focus: Mortgage
Game Changers
Join Total Expert Chief Product Officer Matt Tippets and this panel of customers who have driven impressive results for their organizations. These trailblazers will let you in on the secrets of their success—get those notebooks ready!
Speakers:
Dustin Morton, Vice President of Product & Strategy, Motto MortgageTake a journey back in time and end the night with our very own Journey cover band!
Introducing The Expys: Total Expert Customer Awards
You know you’ve earned it; now it’s time to celebrate your success! Join us for the first-ever Expys—Total Expert’s customer awards program where we applaud those companies and people making a big impact on the financial health of their organizations and the communities they serve.
From So-So to Superfan
Ready to increase revenue while creating customers for life? Brittany Hodak will unveil her formula for how we can multiply referrals and delight our customers. Back by popular demand, it’s a can’t-miss session on the big stage!
A Closer Look: Product Roadmap for Mortgage
Join Chief Product Officer Matt Tippets and Total Expert product managers for a more detailed look at the mortgage product roadmap for the coming year. They’ll cover planned delivery timelines on mortgage features within data, reporting, integrations, marketing automation, CRM, and sales productivity. Attend and use this information to align your feature implementation and loan officer adoption plans for 2022!
Speaker: Matt Tippets, Chief Product Officer, Total Expert
Vertical Focus: Mortgage
Personalization Versus Privacy: The Financial Marketer's Dilemma
Consumers are increasingly wary of how their data is being used to market and sell products. But at the same time, they expect financial institutions to personalize offers and communications. Learn how marketers are leveraging zero-party data to improve the customer experience while meeting privacy expectations and regulations.
Speaker: Josh Lehr, Director of Technology Alliancess, Total Expert
Vertical Focus: All
Defining and Measuring Your Customer Experience ROI
Bottom line, you need a Return On Investment (ROI), but how do you measure this when it comes to the customer experience? In this session, learn how you can leverage your existing data to define and measure your success with a tangible ROI.
Speakers:
J.J. Slygh, Customer Experience Consultant, Total Expert
Rahul Mantri, Product Analyst, Total Expert
Vertical Focus: Banking/CU
Join industry experts Dan Catinella of Finance of America, best-selling author James Robert Lay, and HIFI's Hunter Young, along with Total Expert Founder and CEO Joe Welu for a fireside chat about what’s driving real results for financial institutions today. They’ll cover real-world approaches for how modern banks and lenders are successfully tackling this dynamic market.
Moderated by: Joe Welu, Founder and CEO, Total Expert
Speakers:
Dan Catinella, Chief Digital Officer, Finance of America Mortgage
James Robert Lay, Best-Selling Author, Digital Growth Institute
Hunter Young, Founder, President, HIFI Agency
Join Total Expert Training Consultants for a hands-on marketing admins workshop! This session will give you a crash course of the most impactful platform features and functionality, provide step-by-step instructions and education, and allow you to ask your most burning questions – ensuring you’re getting the most out of Total Expert.
What will we cover? That’s where you come in! Be on the lookout for a survey to shape the training topics, tell us what you’d like more guidance on, and let your voice be heard.
Best Practices Track
Best practices, tips, and tricks to maximize ROI with Total Expert.
Location: Salon H-I
Expert Peers Track
Education, inspiration, and perspectives from your experienced peers.
Location: Salon G
Visionary Experts Track
Thought-provoking and insightful conversations on the future of the financial services industry.
Location: Salon F