Just as COVID-19 foreclosed the classroom visits that many bankers cherish as financial educators, Americans saw an even bigger gap in financial knowledge. "With millions of Americans facing economic uncertainty amid the ongoing pandemic, the need for financial knowledge has never been greater," says ABA Foundation Executive Director Corey Carlisle. And while most Americans have now become accustomed to video-conferencing and, in the case of students, online learning, attention spans are short, and expectations for excellence have risen. It's not enough just to show up on a video screen. Every video-conference host is now also the production designer, director and star of their own mini-movie. Successfully teaching financial education virtually takes planning and preparation.
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