Give with us, is a unique web application developed by Trabian, in conjunction with Filene.

Trey, Brent and the team at Trabian continue evolution of web 2.0 thinking, that aligns perfectly with the Credit Union business model, and pulls the CU’s even further ahead of Banks.

To celebrate this year’s 21st anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Oakridge will be putting on a park clean-up day at Horton All-Sports Park. The focus for this year’s MLK Day project is to provide a safe place for kids to play.  This event will provide community members and organizations a day to come together and serve their community for a greater good. Tools and projects will be provided. Lunch will be provided for this event, as well as t-shirts and beverages. Bring working gloves and smiles.

Source: My Community Connection

‘Give with us’ is described on the blog this way.

The concept is pretty simple in that each Give With Us partner receives a branded website where volunteer opportunities in their community are posted. Take a look at selco.cugive.com for a prototype used by a Filene i3 project team.

Each Give With Us site can be fully controlled, moderated, and edited by non-technical staff at each participating credit union or non-profit. If you’ve got a volunteer coordinator or public relations manager, they’d probably make a good Give With Us administrator. (The tools are web-based and very simple, and we’ll be posting demos here soon.)

Jim at Netbanker does a review here.  (note Netbanker is having CSS issues, so that link might change).

Relevance to Bankwatch:

A clear theme has developed here.  Credit Unions, supported by efforts of people like Trabian, are leading the Financial Services charge to Web 2.0 (I know we hate that expression now) type services, with small, iterative and creative moves that align nicely with the Credit Union business model.  This will cement and further enhance their customer loyalty. 

Side note:  the opportunity is there for small regional US Banks to do the same.