Highlights from Hearsay Social Innovation Summit with heads of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, Kiva.org, and Silicon Valley startups

We hosted the inaugural Hearsay Social Innovation Summit at our San Francisco headquarters last Wednesday, 2/27. The afternoon event brought together experts across fields to explore the rapidly changing technology landscape available to financial institutions. With the growing availability of social sales productivity tools, financial organizations must continue to innovate.

Fireside chat: Sallie Krawcheck (@SallieKrawcheck), Former President of Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, Wealth Management and Former CEO of Citi Wealth Management, and Hearsay Social CEO Clara Shih (@ClaraShih)

A heartfelt thank you to all of our customers, partners, prospects, and friends who joined us in-person, over the live stream, and on Twitter (#HSSInnovation) last Wednesday. In case you missed the event, here are recaps of the various presentations and panels:

Scroll down to see photos (even more photos available here) and tweets from the event as well. We look forward to seeing you at the next Hearsay Social Innovation Summit!

Silicon Valley CEOs at Hearsay Social Innovation Summit — From left to right: WePay CEO Bill Clerico (@billclerico), Trizic CEO Brad Matthews, Simple CEO Josh Reich (@i2pi), CreditKarma CEO Kenneth Lin (@kennethlin), and Managing Director Chris Andrews (@cbandrews) from Northwestern Mutual

Premal Shah of Kiva.org at Hearsay Social Innovation Summit — Clara Shih and Premal Shah (@premal), President of Kiva.org

Jonathan Lister at Hearsay Social Innovation Summit — Jonathan Lister (@jlisterca), VP of Marketing Solutions at LinkedIn

Attendees mingle at the Innovation Summit wine reception.

I woke up and thought "There are so many more opportunities today in marketing". Great ideas from #hssinnovation yesterday

— Kevin Kozuszek (@kkozuszek) February 28, 2013

Look at all that #swag. Great Marketing Team effort today at @hearsaysocial #hssinnovation… http://t.co/P8JT3P3QMR

— k.elizabeth (@kathleenelee) February 28, 2013

Invest your time on prof networks (LinkedIn) | spend your time on social networks (Twitter/FB) – @jlisterca #hssinnovation

— Eileen Nolan (@eileenpnolan) February 28, 2013

OH at @HearsaySocial summit: "social media isn't about replacing people, it's about making people super human" #HSSInnovation

— Meagan Hency (@mherf) February 28, 2013

Incredible stories at #hssinnovation from @premal @kiva – crowdfunding and reducing the cost of lending to empower more entrepreneurs

— Gen Williams (@gywilliams) February 28, 2013

Watching @i2pi of @Simplify speak on the@HearsaySocial panel. Rep PDX #HSSInnovation

— RaceJohnson (@RaceJohnson) February 27, 2013

@salliekrawcheck says Financial Services is all about client advisor relationships! #hssinnovation pic.twitter.com/AWjxvLoN1I

— Michael Lock (@michaelhlock) February 27, 2013

If it's all about you (the company), you're doing social wrong. Listen first. #hssinnovation

— Eileen Nolan (@eileenpnolan) February 27, 2013

It's all about relationships. Financial clients leave when you don't call back/email/tweet fast enough – @salliekrawcheck at #HSSinnovation

— Eileen Nolan (@eileenpnolan) February 27, 2013

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Ronny Kerr