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Documentary Film Crew at Tuesday’s Meetup

dcesarini — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:30:00 +0000

Documentary film student Rebecca Sjonger and her production team from the Art Institute of Vancouver will be on hand Tuesday, August 25th interviewing meetup members about Canada’s monetary system.

As part of her film program, she is looking for objective public opinion:

We are making a short documentary on the Canadian monetary system. We are keeping it objective and looking for public opinion on the subject. We will be asking questions like: “How do you feel about the monetary system?”, “How has it affected you?”, “How do you feel the recession has effected the country?”, “What do you think the Canadian economy will look like in 10-25 years?”

For those interested in being interviewed, Rebecca has posted further details on the meetup message board.

Since this month’s meetup also happens to be an open-format event be sure to RSVP, and add your own discussion topic.

Photo: Amsterdamize

which way to the BarCampBankBC 2?

dcesarini — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:33:00 +0000

On Saturday, September 26th, I’m attending BarCampBankBC 2, and I recommend you do too. BarCampBankBC is a community-driven event organized by Tim, William, and Gene that aims to “foster innovations and the creation of new business models in the world of banking and finance.” Last year I attended, met advocates of the credit union community, and was inspired by the potential for mobile banking. This year, I’m anticipating discussions on online social networks, the role of community, transparency and accountability in a financial crisis, and hopefully hear from William about his trip.

To register, and for more information, check out the BarCampBankBC 2 wiki.

social media, social finance meetup immortalized in social video

dcesarini — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:34:00 +0000

July’s meetup was all about ‘the social’ – with a discussion about social media best practices by Monica Hamburg, a social finance demonstration by Vince Hodges, and an exceptionally social group of meetup members. The meeting could not have been more social – or so you would’ve thought. Now, thanks to the in-kind editing sponsorship of Ronnie Bugay, even the video of July’s meetup has gone social.

After the public acknowledgment of my inexpert filmmaking abilities, Ronnie made the generous offer to sponsor the meetup with his editing time and skill. In spite of poor lighting, a shaky camera, and my inadvertently ending recordings in the middle of sentences, Ronnie did an excellent job.

In addition to the video, Monica has uploaded her slideshare notes on social media best practices for finance professionals (see below), with additional bookmarks on delicious.

No time to check for Twitter messages? Twply!

dcesarini — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:15:00 +0000

Twply alerts you to new personal messages on Twitter using email notifications. Whenever someone sends you a public message on Twitter, Twply forwards that message to your email inbox so you can respond.

Before Twply, users were forced to manually check their Twitter inbox for public messages (called “mentions” or @replies).

The service is free, and I recommend it despite it’s (now resolved) bit of launch controversy, and the possibility they may eventually introduce advertising to notifications as a source of revenue.

For those of you thinking that Twply will get you off the hook from spending any time online – not so fast. Keep in mind Twply doesn’t email your entire Twitter timeline, just your public messages. In order to stay in the conversation, and send some messages of your own, you’ll still need to make some time to connect online.

The question then, is how do you “make time” to connect online?

Dan Dunn on inbound marketing and the ROI of social media

dcesarini — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:29:00 +0000

Hubspot specializes in getting leads for small and medium business through inbound internet marketing. I was curious about the difference between inbound marketing and traditional marketing, so I had a chat with Dan Dunn, Director of Customer Experience and Product Owner at HubSpot.

Listen now:

During our discussion he talked about one of marketing’s greatest challenges – calculating the ROI of social media. Referring to an MIT study on the ROI of Hubspot, Dan described how to get the best bang for your buck in social media, and pointed out some online marketing tools.

Lastly, when asked about the existence of an East Coast – West Coast rivalry, Dan commented on Boston’s contribution to social media marketing.

You can connect with Dan through Twitter and LinkedIn.

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darrell heaps on Q4 social media and xbrl

dcesarini — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:45:00 +0000

Darrell Heaps and I met as co-panelists at the 2009 CIRI Conference in Victoria, and I wanted to ask him more about how Q4 Web Systems is managing corporate communications using social media and XBRL. Here we discuss Investor Relations 2.0, connecting with clients online, the impact of XBRL on the Investor Relations role, and the opportunity companies have in embracing social media in the approaching transition to XBRL.

For companies concerned with communicating their investment proposition, Darrell identifies the biggest benefit of implementing a social media strategy: that companies focused on quality content, with the leverage of social media channels, place themselves at a distinct competitive advantage in obtaining investment dollars.

You can connect with Darrell on LinkedIn, Twitter, and his blog.

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investment research goes mobile with Mobile FRC

dcesarini — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:57:00 +0000

Perceived by many as an industry in crisis, one investment research company is flourishing through digital connectivity. Their latest enterprise, an application that delivers free investment alerts to your mobile phone, builds on their web, desktop and social media infrastructure.

I had a chance to talk with Brian Tang, Founder and President of Vancouver’s Fundamental Research Corporation about their company, what makes them different, and about their latest application, Mobile FRC.

You can connect with Brian on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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next meetup: upload or download? philanthropy meets frugality online

dcesarini — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:36:00 +0000

On July 14th, Monica Hamburg and Vince Hodges are going to meetup and discuss how the newest online services are both extending philanthropic outreach, and bolstering personal finances.

Monica’s recent keynote address to MyCharityConnects Conference titled “Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Oh My! Understanding Philanthropy 2.0 articulated the effect of connecting through social media in assisting charities in their fundraising and marketing. Finance professionals will hear how social media is compatible with their own financial communications, building relationships through transparent, timely, and proactive communications.

Vince, on the other hand, will discuss how the internet has unleashed powerful, new, online savings applications. Founder of Pennyminder, an online personal and social finance service, Vince will discuss how the emergence and utility of social finance are compatible with the principals that lead to growth in personal savings.

Vince has also just announced a new project, called Chipped.in, that will track group fundraising and contributions over the web, mobile, or desktop. You can sign up now to be notified when the application is released.

Monica’s bio:

“Monica Hamburg is a Vancouver-based speaker and social media consultant/evangelist. She is a researcher, investigator, and observer of today’s multi-media world. She contributes to the popular digital marketing magazine “One Degree” and blogs at “Me Like the Interweb ” about social media and its relation to business and connecting. She also wields her evil sense of humor on her “Your Dose of Lunacy” blog.”

Vince’s bio:

“Vince Hodges started in the tech-industry more than 28 years ago. A programmer by trade and an entrepreneur by nature, Vince admittedly has a bad memory and as his finances became more complex and his businesses grew, so did Vince’s financial spreadsheets. So he wanted to simplify. Finding that HE was now spreading himself thin, he started up Pennyminder to remedy the condition.”

Galelio Design films sponsoring Tuesday’s meetup

dcesarini — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Your gentle suggestions to improve the meetup video editing have been heard. Thanks to the generosity of Ronnie Bugay, Galelio Design films has become an in-kind sponsor for this Tuesday’s meetup, and our video editing is about to get a major upgrade.

Check out some clips at Galelio Design films.

Ronnie has some serious editing skills. He’s been honing his talent in Germany lately, where he was co-directing a music video for the Duesseldorf instrumental group, Canja, and participating in the Howcast Online Film Festival.

As a recent Vancouver arrival, Ronnie’s looking to connect with Vancouver’s film community and build on his documentary and fiction film projects. He can be reached at Ronn_gb [at] galeliodesign.com.

A few recent projects he’s been a part of:

The Bridal Show
Wind Jammer
Animation Block Party
Short film “Breakaway”
3rd Annual Gimme Credit Screenplay Competition

My Interview with Tracy Piercy of MoneyMinding.com

dcesarini — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:24:00 +0000

This afternoon I interviewed Tracy Piercy, Founder and CEO of MoneyMinding.com about the financial education system she delivers that “closes the gap between you, your goals and your financial decisions.” I wanted to learn more about how she fills-in that “missing link” between financial professionals and their clients, and about how she connects with clients online.

As Tracy explains, MoneyMinding.com can be found on Facebook, Twitter, Blogging, Amazon.com, and LinkedIn.

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