Pub. 8 2019 Issue 5

September/October 2019 13 l e a d i n g a d v o c a t e f o r t h e b a n k i n g i n d u s t r y i n k a n s a s Bryce Anderson ( GNB Bank, Fredonia) and Brennan Clark (Landmark National Bank, Lawrence) The first speaker, Dennis McIntee (aka, the Drama Free Guy), travels extensively working with leaders to uncover their personal and organizational constraints to building high trust, high performance cultures. He spoke about getting to a drama free work environment, personal behavior, and how to get better professionally, you have to get better personally. There were quite a few take-aways from his session, which included thought-provoking statements such as, “what you don’t address [with others], you endorse.” Additionally, he reminded the audience of not taking on other people’s responsibilities with the mantra, “What do YOU want to do with the problem YOU have?” Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt took the podium to discuss some of the issues he is seeing at the AG’s office, including elder financial abuse. Due to the increase in the elder financial abuse claims sweeping Kansas and the rest of the country, General Schmidt’s office created and appointed members to the Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse Prevention Council, which will work with local and regional agencies to investigate abuse and neglect of seniors and dependent adults. KBA’s EVP/General Counsel Kathy Taylor was appointed to the Council. General Schmidt also discussed the court cases Kansas has going up to the U.S. Supreme Court in the next couple months, including identity theft decisions that can affect Kansas banks. His final discussion point dealt with the growth in human trafficking in the state of Kansas. This was a great reminder for bank officers to report suspicious elder abuse, identity theft, and human trafficking as required by certain state and federal laws, as the reports are taken seriously by many state and federal agencies. The morning session ended with IT expert James Carroll of Secure Network Technologies, Inc. with a presentation entitled “Hashtags to Security Holes.” Carroll showed the attendees how easy it can be to use information posted on social media to compromise personal and employer security. While using different and difficult passwords and phrases can be cumbersome, it is essential in security, and can be mitigated by using a password manager. YBOK Board President Brian Whitesell presents Flint Hills Breadbasket Director Maribeth Kieffer with the YBOK Corporate Citizenship effort check. YBOK Secretary/Treasurer Derek Bailey (Great Western Bank, Shawnee), Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt and YBOK President Brian Whitesell (Landmark National Bank, Manhattan) During the lunch hour, Whitesell presented ten $250 scholarships to drawing winners to be used for KBA educational events. Also, every YBOK Conference has a Corporate Citizenship Effort that raises funds from those attending the conference to help out a local non-profit and show the collective banker support for those deserving in the community. This conference, the YBOK board was able to present a check for $1,165 to the Flint Hills Breadbasket! Flint Hills is a nonprofit food pantry that serves the Manhattan and surrounding community. Thank you to all who participated! The afternoon sessions kicked off with past YBOK President Bryce Porter of Citizens State Bank of Marysville, along with KBA Alex Orel, SVP – Government Relations, speaking about the YoUPro$per application available on iPhone and Androids. The app was created by the YBOK Board with many members providing input. The app is a tool that can be used along with an educational presentation for financial education in the schools. Porter discussed his success in using it at his local high school and explained the presentation and