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We are very jazzed to report that the redesigned Verity CU blog went live yesterday at http://blog.veritycu.com. Thank you to the whole Verity crew for being such a real, intelligent, and hilarious group of people. This was the best kind of project.

There have already been several very nice comments, and Jim Bruene of netbanker posted a wonderful review here. Thanks, Jim!

On October 3-4, we’ll be co-hosting a conference with FORUM Solutions here in Indy. At the Partnership Symposium, we’ll connect and collaborate about credit unions.

Why should you save the date?

• Kickin Speakers. Right now they include: Jason Knight of Wesabe, Ron Shevlin of Epsilon, Guy Messick and Rob Rutkowski of CIiCU fame (and they‚Äôre darn good attorneys, too), Shari Storm of Verity CU, branding guru Denise Wymore, Lydia Johnson of Vancity, Doug True and Cam Minges of FORUM Solutions, and Trey Reeme (that‚Äôs me).
• Interactive Content. We‚Äôll be podcasting all sessions and vodcasting some, and all conversations will be shaped by the community. We’ll also set up live Twitter big screens in some sessions (for example Ron‚Äôs ‚Äì since he loves the service so much).
• You can be a speaker, too. We‚Äôre holding open auditions here on OSCU for a speaker slot. It doesn‚Äôt matter if you‚Äôve never addressed an audience before or if you‚Äôre as seasoned as Chris Farley in a van down by the river. Submit your auditions in any format you‚Äôd like ‚Äì text, audio, video ‚Äì but were it me, I‚Äôd record a video about what I‚Äôd like to present, upload it to YouTube, and post the HTML for the video as a comment to this post. Update 6/4: Tim McAlpine is the winner of the at-large slot. Congrats!
• It won‚Äôt cost an arm and a leg to attend. What else would you expect!? We‚Äôre going to keep the registration cost at $125 (nope, that’s not a typo), and the schwag will be top-notch: Moleskines, baby!
• Talent Contest. Yes, the Trabian/FS band will be performing. Doug W. on drums, Brandon (our new developer) on percussion, Charlie on lead, Brent on rhythm, and Cameron P helping out on bass. Anyone can enter. I‚Äôm sure the prizes will make it worth embarrassing yourself on stage.

We’ll link to the online registration form when it’s available – it’ll be on the new FORUM Solutions website, launching very soon. In the meantime, shoot me an email if you have any questions.

Treat your mother right.

This week Trey and I are heading to Ol’ Milwaukee, Wisconsin to present at the Wisconsin Credit Union League’s Annual Convention. Here’s a little doodle on the life and times of connectivity from our presentation:

Last week Trey flew into Dallas for the CUES Nexus conference. It was the first time we had been able to hang out since The Big Move, during which he had the Black Plague anyway, and I have to say it was great to see the guy.

The week was a whirlwind. Check out Trey’s OSCU post for more on presenting to some enthusiastic credit union marketers, embracing our geeky side, and in doing so hanging with rockstars of new media and marketing like Paul McEnany, Jake McKee, John Keehler, and Joseph Jaffe.

Jaffe gave the closing keynote at Nexus, and in that session said “marketers are storytellers.” Speaking of stories, here’s a good one about Jaffe’s company, Crayon:

The names Crayon and 93 Colors (their blog) were inspired by a Crayola Big Box , which has 96 colors. When you remove the three primary colors – red, blue and yellow (TV, radio, and print)- you’re left with 93 colors. Crayon uses these more interesting colors, like chartreuse (podcasting), salmon (Second Life), periwinkle (consumer generated media), and on and on, to tell their clients’ stories.

The end.

Our name happened because Matt is a crazy cajun from Louisiana.