Symposium 08 was not a letdown

The FORUM Solutions/Trabian Symposium has just wrapped up and all I can say is "WOW". A lot of great ideas and information sharing. And Ron Shevlin did a completely awesome job with his role at this event. I think that addition to the 2008 Symposium was a great move by Doug True. What I liked most about this was that Ron challenged everyone, even those he might completely agree with to help flesh out even more of what they were talking about. I am sure there are several blog posts already or soon to be posted on the ideas. Look around the blog sphere and see others take on all the ideas.

Collaboration and community were two key themes I felt that were running through the entire symposium. Whether it be Young and Free or Thrift or Hyperlocal Credit Union...the point was that collaboration could help CUs get there. And VanCity's amazing focus on community issues making them the player in Vancouver is something that shows what community can be all about. Social media was another topic but one that I felt left a little to be desired because I don't really think anyone has it figured out for prime time...it still seems to implemented in too much of a marketing format instead of a true social media effort.