2008 Members Conference
GroundWork group's 3rd Annual Members Conference was held Friday, October 17 at The
Fawcett Center at The Ohio State University. The theme for this year's conference was
"Collaboration – Working Together" and we explored this topic from a wide variety of
perspectives. Presentations form the eight breakout sessions are available below.
IT Managed Services
Data Management "Lost and Found"
How Green Is Your House?
How Does Your Website Reflect "Who You Are" or "Does It?"
Resource (Tracking) Management
HR – Utilizing Technology to Assess Job Skills
Stretching the IT Dollar
Quit Chasing Technology and Tame it!
Breakout Session Presentations
Title: IT Managed Services
Speaker: Stephanie Neighbarger, VP of IT, GroundWork group
Many nonprofit organizations find it
hard to keep up with the latest technologies, security threats and network
infrastructure challenges. Instead of using IT as a strategic resource
and expanding the mission and direct services, they waste valuable time and
money struggling to keep their equipment and software up and running
reliably. An IT managed solution provides a work smarter, not harder, way
to manage your limited IT resources. Come hear about how powerful and
flexible managed technology solutions can deliver the reliability and
performance you need to manage your IT within your budget.
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Title: Data Management "Lost and Found"
Speaker: Matthew Chretien, President, Intellinetics, Inc.
The task of managing data can be
daunting. But, it doesn't have to be. There are five (5) steps to
managing your data, keeping it from being "lost", so that it can always be
"found". This session will focus on the tools you can use to ensure that
you have access to the right information in the right place at the right time.
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Title: How Green Is Your House?
Speaker: Rockwell "Rocky" Bonecutter, Executive Partner, Accenture
IT, one of an organization's largest consumers of energy, is
being asked to show commitment to reducing carbon emissions. As non-profits and
educational organizations, Greening-up the data center is not enough. IT's
corporate role enables it to effect green change on a broader scale. Addressing
areas where IT can have an impact on the environment makes it possible to
architect solutions that tie in green goals while increasing efficiency,
productivity, and employee enablement. This session focuses on five key areas
in which IT can have a rapid impact on energy usage--and, ultimately,
competitive differentiation.
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Title: How Does Your Website Reflect "Who You Are" or "Does It?"
Speaker: Ben Blanquera, Director of Application Delivery, Progressive Medical, Inc.
Website's can be incredibly valuable assets to your organization.
In this session we review how to assess your current website
and review strategies to improve its value to your organization. We will
also discuss online social networking tools and how they can be leveraged in
your organization.
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Title: Resource (Tracking) Management
Speaker: Eric V. Schmidt, President, iBeam Solutions, LLC
Resource Tracking Management covers a
multitude of subjects with a multitude of resources that can be used in a
multitude of ways. This session will cover what resources are from tools
and materials to time. Coverage will include ways to track inventory
assets, employee time, library resource, managing copiers and fax machines,
ways to track vehicles and usage, and even programs that can be loaded on to
devices to track their usage and track them down if they are missing.
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Title: HR – Utilizing Technology to Assess Job Skills
Speaker: Chasity Kuttrus, Partner, Ray & Barney Group
"You have to use technology to attract and retain the best workers," says Ray & Barney Group Partner
Chasity Kuttrus. The reason for this increased importance in the
utilization of technology is that, "technology gives us an advantage in how we
assess the needs, source candidates and evaluate skills and behaviors."
Additionally, the generation now entering the workforce is so technically
inclined. If any company is going to be in the running for the best and the
brightest of these young workers, it has to be supportive of the way they want
to work – which includes using the latest technology. This breakout
session focuses on three primary areas: (1) Assessing your needs using
technology; (2) Sourcing candidates using technology; and (3) Evaluating
candidates using technology.
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Title: Stretching the IT Dollar
Speaker: John Hrusovsky, CEO, GroundWork group
In today's economy, stretching the IT dollar is more
important than ever. It is not about spending money, it is about spending
and stretching the dollar in the most cost effective manner and making the most
of available resources. This session will provide tangible examples and
methods to make the most of your IT investment. It will also explore how
to make IT a strategic aspect of the business on a shoestring budget.
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Title: Quit Chasing Technology and Tame it!
Speaker: Chris Wolfe, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of ChaseTek, LLC
Not a day goes by without a new experience. That's if
we are lucky! The world is changing faster than we can, and technology is
leading the way. New tools are readily available from all of the major
designers, creators, manufactures - pick a title – and none of us want to be
left behind. Businesses are always searching for the next great thing,
the next advantage. Guess what? There is no software or hardware or
platform or CSM or ISM or IBM or any M that will make everything right, except
you. Plan first is the mission. What needs done, how is it being
done today, what needs done better, what can help us do it better? This
is the normal process for evaluation, but how quickly we ALL forget one of the
first, and for many of us the only, Physics lesson we ever learned:
for every action there exists an equal and opposite reaction. Too often,
we implement solutions thinking they will solve our problems. The reality
is different and our approach needs to be different. Products are
designed to solve certain problems; satisfy certain needs. None of us
have the same problems or needs…or do we?
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