Tips for Change presented by Voyage Federal Credit Union: Recent Episodes

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Tips for Change presented by Voyage Federal Credit Union is a podcast to empower you on your financial journey.

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Join Todd Stone, a dedicated advocate for veterans, as he shares his journey with the Veterans Community Project in Sioux Falls, revealing the transformative power of architecture in fostering community and support for veterans. Discover the personal and professional motivations that drive Todd to make a significant impact in the lives of those who served.

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Join us for an awesome episode of Tips for Change! We're talking with Sadie Swier from the SD CEO East Women's Business Center. March is National Women's History Month, and we're celebrating women in business.

Sadie tells us how her center helps women start and grow their businesses in South Dakota. They teach about handling money and offer free advice. Sadie loves seeing women work together and learn from each other.

She's excited about new opportunities for women in businesses like food, solo work, and services that don't need a lot of money to start. Sadie hopes to help even more women all over eastern South Dakota.

Sadie says, 'I think what I love, love, love seeing is confidence. Seeing women business owners gain experience, knowledge, and then eventually confidence... that is a success to me.'

This talk is filled with stories of women doing amazing things in business. Get ready to be inspired!

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On this episode of Tips for Change. Jay Meyer Sr. explains the merge and how it'll improve their member experience.

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Explore the impact of philanthropy and financial empowerment with our latest podcast episode! Join us in conversation with Dzenan Berberovic, Chief Philanthropy Officer at Avera Health, as we discuss Avera's community initiatives, the role of financial empowerment in well-being, and collaboration between organizations for community support.

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With the start of the New Year, we are diving in with USD Assistant Professor of Finance, Adrian Tippit to set the financial foundation for 2024.

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To keep up with the holiday spirit, we invited Sioux Fall’s real estate agent and Christmas lights enthusiast, Raine Jerke for this bonus Christmas episode of Tips for Change. For the past six years, Raine has continued to keep the Christmas magic alive through the light show he puts up in his neighborhood each year.

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On this episode of Tips for Change, Tiffany is joined by Vaney Hariri, co-founder of Think 3D Solutions and one of Sioux Fall’s biggest cheerleaders as Downtown Sioux Fall’s Board Chair, to talk about the magic that comes out during the holiday season in Downtown Sioux Falls.

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On this episode of Tips for Change, we’re joined by a very special guest, all the way from the North Pole, Santa! As someone who has been awarded a doctorate in Santa Clausology, Santa fills us in on the joys of being the Sioux Falls Santa, and how volunteering is such an instrumental part of growing a strong community.

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Today we are celebrating International Credit Union Day on our latest episode of Tips for Change. To give us a history lesson behind today is Voyage's VP of Operations, Mike Gardner.

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On this episode of Tips for Change, we were joined by Brienne Maner, President of Startup Sioux Falls. She talks about the amazing opportunities that Startup Sioux Falls provides entrepreneurs in the Sioux Falls community.

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On this episode of Tips for Change, we’re joined by Voyage Federal Credit Union CEO, Jeff Schmidt, and the former President and CEO of Vermillion Federal Credit Union, Janet Mount, to talk about the recent merging of the two credit unions.

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On this episode of Tips for Change, we’re joined by Andrew Hewitt from the Sioux Falls Banquet to talk about the great work they’re doing to help our community and the Supply our Students project.

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On this episode of Tips for Change, we’re joined by Chrissy Meyer of the American Heart Association, to talk about the great work they’re doing to help improve heart health for all.

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On this episode of Tips for Change, we’re joined by Voyage Federal Credit Union Sarah Kurtenbach founder of MoveHER Money,to talk about her work in financial literacy for young women.

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On this episode of Tips for Change, we’re joined by Voyage Federal Credit Union Chief Executive Officer, Jeff Schmidt, to talk about Voyage’s upcoming plans of charter expansion.

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On this episode of Tips for Change, we’re joined by Voyage Federal Credit Union member, Thea Ryan, of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at USD-Sioux Falls, to talk about the importance of lifelong learning.

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In this episode of our Tips for Change podcast, we’re joined by Chris Lorence, Executive Director at Credit Union National Association (CUNA) to discuss the advocacy work CUNA does for the nation’s credit unions.

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On this episode of the Tips for Change podcast, we’re joined by Feeding South Dakota Chief Operating Officer, Lori Dykstra, to discuss the importance of giving back year round.

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Podcast #27: A Lobbyist's Role in Politics with Dakota Credit Union Association’s Jay Kruse by Tips for Change

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Jodi Schwan, founder of SiouxFalls.Business, joins us on the Tips for Change podcast.

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On this episode of the Tips for Change podcast, we’re joined by Woods Fuller Attorney, Sam Briese, to discuss the ins and outs of estate planning.

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Tamen Robb, a Branch Manager at Voyage FCU, joins the Tips for Change podcast.

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Cole Weller, CEO of Weller Brothers, joins us on the Tips for Change Podcast.

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Voyage FCU lenders, Eric and Karissa, join the Tips for Change podcast to discuss loan protection options that are offered to Voyage FCU members.

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Voyage FCU member, Barry Putzke of local restaurant Bread & Circus, joins us on the Tips for Change podcast.

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Jennifer Brinks of Welcome Back Travel joins us on the Tips for Change podcast. Jennifer explains the questions she asks her clients when they are booking a trip and the type of things she looks for when searching to create the perfect travel destination.

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Tara Allen of Allen Edge Real Estate Team joins us on our Tips for Change podcast. Tara goes into detail about today’s housing market and how her team helps their buyers navigate a seller’s market.

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In the podcast, Lance goes into detail about what it means to refinance your home, the process of refinancing, most common reasons for refinancing, and what to expect to qualify for refinancing your home.

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Lauren Lavin of Bakologie joins us this week on the Tips for Change podcast to share her experience of starting her own business and what that all entails.

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Nancy Matt of Showplace Cabinets Design Center gives her expertise on why kitchen remodeling is an exciting and important task to homeowners or potential home buyers.

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Angie Merritt joins us this week on the podcast to discuss what fiances look like as a couple and the differences that come with spending as a couple versus individually.

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On this week's podcast, Skyler Crabill sat down with us to explain what he does for his side hustle, how he manages it, what it takes financially, how to build a client base, and how to navigate a side hustle while also working a full-time job.

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Effective June 1st, 2021 Good Samaritan Federal Credit Union has merged with Voyage FCU. Check out our podcast to hear the full story of merger and the new benefits Voyage offered.

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Chris Asche joins us back on the podcast to talk Voyage online banking updates and to answer your online banking questions.

Contact us today at 1.800.843.8759 or visit our website at: voyagefcu.org/

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Mindy Brower, our VP of consumer lending, joined us on our Podcast to discuss everything you need to know about car buying!

Contact us today at 1.800.843.8759 or visit our website at: https://voyagefcu.org/

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Jeff Schmidt, the president and CEO of Voyage Federal Credit Union, joined us on the podcast to discuss the story of how the credit union was started.

Contact us today at 1.800.843.8759 or visit our website at: https://voyagefcu.org/

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Today we have Mike Latham on to discuss everything about homeowner and car insurance. He tells us what type of homeowner insurance you should have and what factors to consider when buying homeowner insurance. He also dives into car insurance and what you need to know about it.

Have more questions about homeowner and car insurance? Contact us at 1.800.843.8759 or visit our website at: https://voyagefcu.org/

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People have lots of different ways to call HELOC loans. There are a lot of slang words out there like HELOC, home equity, home loans, mortgages, and second mortgages. In this podcast, we are talking in specific about Voyage's HELOC program, which is our home equity line of credit. The loan is designed to be used for anything that life can send your way. The money is accessible at any time for whatever you need.

Have more questions about the HELOC loan? Contact us at 1.800.843.8759 or visit our website at: https://voyagefcu.org/

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Mindy Brouwer joined us on the podcast to help us find the best ways to be using our credit cards!

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Colin Steen from Honor Appraisal joined us on the podcast to walk us through the appraisal process.

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Mark Ibis of Ibis Financial joined us on the podcast to share tips on how to actually make our New Years’ financial resolutions stick this year.

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Mindy Brouwer, VP of Consumer Lending, joined us on the podcast to go over some holiday spending tips to help your shopping be less stressful and much merrier!

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Chris Asche, Vice President of Member Services at Voyage, sat down with us today to chat about online banking and how it can make your life easier.

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Jeff Schmidt, President and CEO of Voyage Federal Credit Union, joined us on the podcast today to discuss how to best use and store emergency funds.

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For our first Voyage podcast, Tiffany Mutchler, Marketing Manager, sat down with Heather Schutz, VP of Mortgage and Business Banking, to discuss the mortgage process here at Voyage.