Speakers Bureau
It is essential to have experts from the financial community available to deliver asset building education. While there are several national Financial Literacy curricula available for use (FDIC, FreddieMac, and NEFE), community-based trainers are not always readily available, nor do partner agencies have the financial resources to hire staff to teach the courses. The New Hampshire Statewide EITC Alliance offers speakers to provide financial literacy programs.
Who are Our Speakers?
The Speakers are, in essence, a speaker’s bureau comprised of volunteer trainers from the banking, education and financial industries. The New Hampshire Statewide EITC Alliance, through a volunteer coordinator, has developed a database of speakers, including information on their area of expertise, geographic service area, and when they are available to teach.
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UNH Cooperative Extension Financial Literacy Educators:
Belknap County:
Suzanne Cagle
36 County Drive
Laconia, NH 03246-2900
Sue.Cagle@unh.edu
Carroll County:
Ann Hamilton
75 Main Street
P.O. Box 860
Center Ossipee, NH 03814-0860
Ann.Hamilton@unh.edu
Cheshire County:
Nancy Bradford-Sisson
800 Park Avenue
Keene, NH 03431-1513
Nancy.Bradford-Sisson@unh.edu
Coos County:
Sue Buteau
629A Main Street
Lancaster, NH 03584-9612
Sue.Buteau@unh.edu
Grafton County:
Deborah Maes
3855 Dartmouth College Highway
Box 5
North Haverhill, NH 03774
Deborah.Maes@unh.edu
Hillsboro County:
Sharon Cowen
Suite 101
329 Mast Road
Goffstown, NH 03045-2422
Sharon.Cowen@unh.edu
Merrimack County:
Marilyn Sullivan
315 Daniel Webster Highway
Boscawen, NH 03303-2410
Marilyn.Sullivan@unh.edu
Rockingham County:
Karen Blass
113 North Road
Brentwood, NH 03833
Karen.Blass@unh.edu
Strafford County:
Ellen Rondina Paul
259 County Farm Road
Unit 5
Dover, NH 03820-6015
Ellen.Rondina.Paul@unh.edu
Sullivan County:
Gail Kennedy
24 Main Street
Newport, NH 03773-1515
Gail.Kennedy@unh.edu
Statewide:
Suzann Knight
UNH Cooperative Extension Specialist
Family Resource Management
55 College Road
Pettee Hall
Durham, NH 03824-3599
Suzann.Knight@unh.edu
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How do Speakers Connect with the Community?
Agencies and organizations will assess their financial education needs and identify clientele who would likely participate. Then the community agency will contact the EITC volunteer coordinator to match speakers with the agency’s need.
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What are the Topics?
• Personal and Financial Goal-setting
• Managing Personal Credit
• Resolving Debt Issues and Managing Debt
• How to open and use a Bank Account
• How to create a budget
• Basic Investing
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How Frequently will a Speaker be Asked to Teach?
The intention of the Speaker Bureau concept is to develop a large pool of potential speakers and not over-tax a particular Speaker. Each trainer can indicate the frequency that s/he is willing to teach. The goal would be no more than 2 times per month per trainer.
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