Since its establishment, Texas Guaranteed (TG) has provided exceptional customer service to its Texas industry partners by organizing presentations at numerous statewide events. Now, TG is pleased to announce the development of the Speakers Bureau, a program that provides TG operational and management experts to speak on a wide variety of topics at student financial aid conferences, meetings, and training sessions across the country. The Speakers Bureau was developed by TG's Strategic Partnerships, a team that provides exceptional service, solutions and tools, and support to the national Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) community.

Each Speakers Bureau member brings extensive presentation experience and strong credentials to the presentation arena. In addition, members attend formal training as part of their speaker development core component. The training provides each speaker with up-to-date training techniques and creative presentation tools.

TG's Strategic Partnerships has already scheduled several presentations nationwide to be given by Speakers Bureau members. At the Colorado Association of Financial Aid Administrators (CAFAA) Fall Conference, which was held October 9-11, 2000, Brent Hay, Policy Advisor, presented From the Bill on the Hill...to the Policy in the Manual. Also at the Colorado conference, Ricardo Davila, Assistant Vice President of Program Review, gave a presentation entitled Return of Title IV Funds. In addition, Margie Harvey, National Account Manager, presented The Future of CommonLine at the Florida Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (FASFAA) Fall Conference, held October 18-20, 2000.

Future presentations by the Speakers Bureau include:

Effects of Change by Pam Benson, Senior Business Advisor, and E-Lating Customers by Margie Harvey, National Account Manager, at the Mississippi Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (MASFAA) Fall Conference, November 15-17, 2000
Dealing With Difficult People by Pam Benson, Senior Business Advisor, at the Southwest Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (SWASFAA) annual conference in Albuquerque, NM, December 6-8, 2000
NSLDS — Helping You Find the Answers by Kay Morgan, Assistant Vice President of NSLDS, at the Electronic Access Conference (EAC) in Dallas, TX, November 13-15; in Atlanta, GA, November 28-30; and in Phoenix, AZ, December 12-14, 2000

Questions
For more information or questions about the Speakers Bureau, contact Delton Cravey at (800) 252-9743, ext. 4787 or send an e-mail message to delton.cravey@tgslc.org.