{"id":1848,"date":"2008-09-23T20:58:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-24T03:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/azaroff.com\/?p=1848"},"modified":"2025-09-21T11:42:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T18:42:53","slug":"looking-forward-to-finance-2-0-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azaroff.com\/?p=1848","title":{"rendered":"Looking forward to Finance 2.0."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.azaroff.com\/blog\/uploaded_images\/image006-725067.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"imgbord\" alt=\"The Finance 2.0 Summit\" \/>A few months ago I was put in touch with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kbrodriguez\/\" title=\"Kristin Rodriguez\">Kristin Rodriguez<\/a> at Financial Research Associates who was starting to put together a conference about social media and finance. She was calling it Finance 2.0, but beyond that she was simply seeking advice and support to put on a great conference.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next few weeks, we spoke a lot, and she caught on extremely quickly, talking to many of the best and the brightest in the online world of banking innovation. The result is that I&#8217;m on the advisory board of what should be an amazing conference at the intersection of community engagement and banking.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the highlights I&#8217;m completely looking forward to are <small>(and no offence at all to the people on the agenda I&#8217;m overlooking)<\/small>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/treyreeme.com\" title=\"Trey Reeme\">Trey Reeme<\/a> &#8211; <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Are You a Spider or a Fly? Defining Your Relationship with the Web<\/span>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/marketingroi.wordpress.com\" title=\"Ron Shevlin\">Ron Shevlin<\/a> &#8211; <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Why Are We Talking About Finance 2.0 When We Haven&#8217;t Figured Out Finance 1.0?<\/span>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.currencymarketing.ca\/insights\/\" title=\"Tim McAlpine\">Tim McAlpine<\/a> &#8211; <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Young &#038; Free Alberta: Integrating Marketing &#038; Social Media to Connect with Consumers<\/span>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellsfargo.com\" title=\"Ed Terpening\">Ed Terpening<\/a> &#8211; <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Crashing the Party: Are Financial Institutions Welcomed on the Social Media Scene?<\/span>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.veritycu.com\/blog\" title=\"Shari Storm\">Shari Storm<\/a> &#8211; <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Best Practices in Blogging: How to Maximize the Benefits of This New Medium<\/span>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/everythingcu.wordpress.com\/\" title=\"Morriss Partee\">Morriss Partee<\/a> &#8211; <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Perfecting Your Palette: Recipes for a Successful Social Marketing Campaign<\/span>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thefinancialbrand.com\/\" title=\"Jeffry Pilcher\">Jeffry Pilcher<\/a> &#8211; <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Results 2.0: Using Web 2.0 Tools to Achieve Real Business Objectives<\/span><\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ve heard many of these speakers before, and I&#8217;m looking forward to hearing from them again<\/p>\n<p>My session is called <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Using Social Media to Connect With Your Community: It Really Does Change Everything<\/span>. I&#8217;m excited and honoured to be sharing the stage with these amazing thinkers and experts.<\/p>\n<p>I am particularly excited to finally meet the amazing Ed Terpening in person. He will be chairing the whole event, and his take on things should prove illuminating and insightful.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m also really excited to hear from Jeffry Pilcher. After meeting him this weekend at <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250125092130\/http:\/\/barcamp.org\/w\/page\/400323\/BarCampBankBC\" title=\"BarCampBankBC\">BarCampBankBC<\/a>, and catching his energy and enthusiasm, plus after reading <a href=\"https:\/\/tinfoiling.com\/2008\/09\/18\/one-excellent-presentation\/\" title=\"One excellent presentation\">Gene Blishen&#8217;s review of a recent presentation<\/a>, I imagine he will close out the two-day conference with a bang.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for a conference on the future of financial services marketing and engagement, check out The Finance 2.0 Summit &#8211; <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Channeling the convergence of social media and finance: Practical marketing strategies to connect with your customer<\/span>. Coming to New York January 26-27th, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Let me know if I&#8217;ll see you there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago I was put in touch with Kristin Rodriguez at Financial Research Associates who was starting to put together a conference about social media and finance. She was calling it Finance 2.0, but beyond that she was simply seeking advice and support to put on a great conference. 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