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Going to the World Credit Union Conference.

World Credit Union ConferenceI’m so incredibly pleased and honoured to be attending and speaking at the World Credit Union Conference in Glasgow, Scotland later this month.

I’m a part of a breakout session called Social Media: Friend or Foe with Cas Scott, Direct Marketing Manager at Community CPS Australia and moderated by Garry Prout, Executive Manager Retail at Defence Force Credit Union Limited. The session description is

Sure we’ve all heard about Facebook’s 500 million users, but did you know that 200 million of them access Facebook from their mobile device? We know that the uprisings in North Africa spread at a rapid pace because of social media. But most astonishing of all (especially for English majors) is “friend” has become a verb! Microsoft is looking for a new “save” icon to replace the diskette because half the world’s population has never seen a diskette. Social media is changing the way we do business. Come to this session to learn what all of this means for your credit union.

I’ll be presenting Vancity’s five year journey with social media, a journey I’ve been writing about recently. A big thank you to the great George Hofheimer of Filene for hooking me up with WOCCU.

My brilliant CEO, Tamara Vrooman, will be part of a general session called Executive Dialogue: The Role of Giving Back in Moving Forward. That session description is

CEOs from three of the largest and most member-centric mutual financial institutions globally, will share their perspectives on where the financial industry is headed, the role of credit unions in these developments and the role that sustainability plays in their business models. Each of these organizations have thrived over the years in part because of an intense focus on returning value to their members and communities. Join Marks, CEO of The Cooperative Group, the UK’s largest mutual business; Vrooman, CEO of Vancity, Canada’s largest credit union; and Post, CEO of CUNA Mutual Group, the largest credit union owned business in the U.S., during this interactive discussion.

It will be a session not to be missed.

Please let me know if you’ll be there.

Internet Marketing Conference returns to Vancouver

Internet Marketing Conference Vancouver 2010I’m excited to be on a panel at the upcoming Internet Marketing Conference coming to Vancouver from September 21-23rd. This will be my third year in a row speaking at the conference. Guy Kawasaki is the keynote, so I likely need not say more…

The topic of the panel is: When is Social Media not working? Social Media is the popular way of reaching people online. At the same time many businesses are failing to gain business advantage from Social Media. How do you know when Social Media is right for you and when it’s not?

If you’ll be there, make sure to say hello…

Come to TransportCamp on October 30th.

My friend Jeremy Osborn invited me to an interesting event called TransportCamp: A Sustainable Transportation Unconference.

Here’s how it is described on the website:

TransportCamp is an unconference, created for exploring the following theme:

How can transportation be a catalyst for building more vibrant communities in the Lower Mainland?

I love this BarCamp model applied to areas in need of collaborative thinking. I’m signing up.

Here are the details:
Where: BCIT Campus Downtown, 2nd Floor 555 Seymour Street Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6B 3H6
When: October 30th, 8:30AM – 4:00PM
Why: To network, generate ideas, and organize around sustainable transportation!
Cost: $25.00

Here’s where you register. See you there.