CONNECTIONS LISTEN UP What's ahead for ThinkTECH? How will the ThinkTECH Accelerator evolve to new heights? In episode 10 of the Independent Banker podcast, community banker Jack Hartings and ICBA senior vice president Wayne Miller join Charles Potts to discuss the exciting future of the ThinkTECH Accelerator now that all activities have been moved in-house. WHO'S IN CONVERSATION? EXCERPTS FROM Jack Hartings Chairman of Peoples Bank in Coldwater, Ohio EXCERPTS FROM Wayne Miller ICBA senior vice president and director of innovation activities HOSTED BY Charles Potts ICBA executive vice president and chief innovation officer, and host of the Independent Banker podcast " We've been extraordinarily proud of the hundreds of banks we've touched over the four years, but there are thousands more to touch. That is definitely part of my mission ... to expand what we do into a 12-month program that never sleeps. " -Wayne Miller " We saw innovation happening around community banking, but community bankers were dependent just on their cores for innovation ... This innovation process has grown and improved ... and we've had to expand this to taking it in-house and running it 12 months out of the year. " -Jack Hartings independentbanker.org // 83 Listen to Independent Banker: A Community Banking Podcast from ICBA wherever you get your podcasts or at icba.org/podcast. You can also scan the code below. SCAN ME Next up Episode 11 of the Independent Banker podcast discusses the importance of advocacy and how community bankers play a role in it, with insight from ICBA's government relations chief, Anne Balcer.http://www.icba.org/podcast http://www.independentbanker.org