First Bank Academy is a training curriculum designed for our business clients. We partner with industry experts to bring you and your team relevant and timely information – all complimentary to your business.  

Our most recent First Bank Academy events include:

Succession Planning for Businesses

In collaboration with Harding, Shymanski & Company, attendees gained valuable insights on how to successfully plan for a business transition. Takeaways included the benefits of succession planning and why it’s so important, insight into the newly proposed tax plan and potential implications, and a Business Succession Planning Readiness Assessment and Seven Step Planning Process transition tools. Read more

Protecting Your Business from Cyber Attacks

Featuring cybersecurity experts from Lieberman Technologies, business owners gained an awareness of the current cyber threat landscape. They learned best practices for authentication, got insight into malware and attack types and how to prevent them and also received two resources – a Dark Web Scan to help detect any cyber threats and a 15 ways to protect your business from a cyber attack checklist. Read more

Business Continuity & Supply Chain Management

This informative event featured business continuity guru, Jesse Kaufman with Everyday Business Resilience Group, LLC. Given that 75% of companies have suffered supply chain disruption, participants learned ways to slow and stop this bleeding, and how to prepare their businesses for future risks. Jesse shared insight on scanning practices to identify risks before they impact a business and a Business Impact Analysis Tool. Read more

Future First Bank Academy topics may include:

• Workforce acquisition and retention
• Marketing strategies and brand
• Human Resources law, legal issues and trends