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Hi, I'm William and I head up the WEB Team (Web Engagement & Banking) at Vancity, Canada's largest credit union.

My opinions and views are just that, and don't reflect the views of my employer (or, perhaps, anyone else).

I can be found on LinkedIn and Twitter.

BCBBC08: Some final thoughts.

I am elated that BarCampBankBC was pulled off so wonderfully. It was a true pleasure to plan it and host it. But most of all, it was amazing to attend.

I must thank my two incredible partners in crime, Tim McAlpine and Gene Blishen. It was a great experience planning the event with these two. I also want to thank the incredible Brent Dixon who ensured as much of the event was webcast as possible and Morriss Partee for his truly hysterical and humbling Pecha Kucha.

I've updated the wiki with all the blogs and photos from the event I can think of. If I missed any, please add them.

In the end, it's less about any particular thing that was discussed than the nature of the conversations, the quality of discussion, the collaboration, the learning and advising. Two trends that emerged, I think were the future of banking and the ethical nature of banking. I was surprised that the session on social finance was completely full, almost everyone came and it was a lively discussion.

I'm tired, and I may post again as the dust settles for me, but I wanted to get a post out before the day ended. I am grateful to all the people whom I got to see again, all the new people I was fortunate enough to meet and all the people who engaged in the conversation. You make my life a better place.

Thank you to all who attended and contributed. It was a real high!

Labels: banking, barcampbankbc, bcbbc08, conference, credit union, innovation, vancouver

posted on Sunday, September 21, 2008

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5 comments
Awesome notes on the sessions. It was great to meet you in person this weekend. A lot of the sessions you live blogged were the ones I wasn't at so I'm glad I can get a taste of what went on in the other rooms.

This was an awesome event, thanks so much to you, Gene, and Tim for putting this on.
comment from Andy on September 22, 2008
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So incredibly pleased you were there, Andy. A real treat meeting you in person. See you next week in Indianapolis!
comment from wazaroff on September 22, 2008
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Mr. William. Thanks for jumping in and making this event come together. It was a pleasure to work with you and Gene. We knew it would be good, but I don't think any of us really knew how good.

Awesome job on the live blogging as well.
comment from Tim McApine on September 22, 2008
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@Tim - The feeling is so friggin' mutual, Tim. As David Mamet once said, You are a Prince among men and you're Yurtle the Turtle.
comment from wazaroff on September 22, 2008
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It was an honor to be a part of it! You guys are the best, and the Couv is a spectacular city! Congrats on creating a super environment for some great convo on important issues. Let's do it again soon.
-Morriss
comment from everythingcu on September 24, 2008
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