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Discount code to attend Finovate.

Last October I was lucky enough to attend and live blog at the inaugural Finovate conference. Finovate was started by Jim Bruene, who writes both NetBanker and Online Banking Report. No slouch, he.

I loved attending Finovate 2007, and live blogging it gave me a great perspective on what I was seeing. The format is simple: each presenter gets seven minutes to present their solution or product. No PowerPoint, no speeches, just live demos so everyone can see what they do. You can read my blog posts here, here and here

Jim wrote a post on NetBanker the other day giving the details of Finovate 2008 with all the presenters listed. It's a great lineup!

This year, Finovate 2008 again happens in New York on October 14th at the Crowne Plaza Times Square. The cost is $995 USD, but if any of my readers want to go and are planning to book by the end of August, the Finovate organizers have given me a special promo code to pass along.

The first five people who go to finovate.com, and use the discount code "azaroff55" will get $250 off the $995 conference cost. It'll definitely be an event worth attending!

Labels: banking, conference, credit union, finovate, innovation, netbanker, technology, web 2.0

posted on Monday, August 25, 2008

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An interview with me about social media.

When I was at Finovate, I got to meet Christophe Langlois in person. I have been following his very good blog, visible-banking.com for some time now. He ended up doing an interview with me and posted it today.



View the interview here.

Labels: azaroff, banking, blogging, changeeverything, credit union, finovate, social media, vancity, visible-banking, web 2.0

posted on Tuesday, October 16, 2007

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My final thoughts on Finovate.

I just posted my final thoughts on the presenters at Finovate in a post titled My Finovate Wrap-Up. In it, I try to pull out those products and services that resonated with me, as someone who is passionate about social media and credit unions.

And some photos from the event below...


The building in NY where Finovate happened.


NetBanker's Jim Bruene introducing the event.


Finovate organizers Jim Bruene and Eric Mattson.

Labels: azaroff, banking, credit union, finovate, innovation, netbanker, social media, social personal finance, technology, web 2.0

posted on Monday, October 08, 2007

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A great time at Finovate.

I had a great time today at Finovate. I gotta hand it to Jim - he ran a good show. The format of giving each presenter only 7 minutes, no powerpoint, no bullets, just a real live demo of their product, was genius.

Maybe it was the curating, knowing that each presenter was invited to participate because they had something to offer made the difference, but every conversation I had was so amazingly useful. I don't think I have ever been to a conference where I got so many useful business cards.

I'd be curious to know what others thought, but I had a great time.

Now, my vacation begins...

Labels: banking, credit union, finovate, innovation, netbanker, social media, social personal finance, technology, web 2.0

posted on Tuesday, October 02, 2007

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More live blogging from Finovate.

My afternoon coverage can be found here.

Labels: banking, blogging, credit union, finovate, innovation, netbanker, social media, social personal finance, technology, web 2.0

posted on Tuesday, October 02, 2007

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Live blogging from Finovate.

I'm live-blogging from Finovate for NetBanker. See my updates here.

UPDATE: My second part of this post can be found here.

Labels: banking, credit union, finovate, innovation, netbanker, social media, social personal finance, technology

posted on Tuesday, October 02, 2007

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Off to Finovate.

I'm off to New York to attend Finovate on Tuesday. I'm excited to see first-hand demos of all of these products and services that are evolving the landscape of the financial services industry. Many of them I've read about, but seeing them first hand is a real opportunity to understand them on a deeper level.

I'll be live blogging the whole thing on NetBanker, so check in throughout the day on Tuesday and I'll be updating as often as I can.

And if you're gonna be there, please say hi.

Labels: banking, blogging, credit union, finovate, innovation, netbanker, social media, social personal finance, technology, web 2.0

posted on Saturday, September 29, 2007

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Live blogging at Finovate.

I'm very pleased to be going to NYC in October for Finovate. This is a new conference created by Jim Bruene who runs NetBanker. According to the website:

Following the popular format pioneered by DEMO, FINOVATE 2007 will provide each company with a mere 7 minutes to "wow!" an audience of 200 leading executives, investors, analysts, members of the press and bloggers with an actual demonstration of their latest and greatest product or service. The demos will be followed by intimate networking sessions where the attendees will get unprecedented access to the executives from these innovative companies.

Twenty leading companies have already committed to present including (in alphabetical order): Andera, Billeo Inc, CheckFree, ClairMail, Firethorn, Digital Insight (an Intuit company), Geezeo, Identity Theft 911, iPay Technologies, Jwaala, Lending Club, Metavante, mFoundry, Mint, Monitise, MortgageBot, MShift, Online Resources, Prosper Marketplace, and Yodlee.

I'll be a fly on the wall for the day, live-blogging the whole thing. I'm very excited to be covering the event and getting a chance to learn from all the innovative presenters. See you there...

Labels: banking, blogging, credit union, finovate, innovation, netbanker, technology

posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007

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