Tech Panel SU Symposium
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The document outlines an agenda for a technology strategies panel discussion. Topic #1 will address today's technology challenges for businesses. Topic #2 will discuss leveraging social media technologies for success, including facts about the growth of sites like Facebook and their importance in hiring. Topic #3 will explore how green IT initiatives can save companies money. Topic #4 will cover how technology impacts successful business leaders. Topic #5 will discuss the growing impact of mobile technologies on business. The panelists will then take questions from the audience.
Tech Panel SU Symposium
- 1. Technology StrategiesLeveraging Technologies to GROW your Business
- 2. Agenda Meet the Panel
- 3. Topic #1: Today’s Technology Challenges
- 4. Topic #2: Leveraging Social Media Technologies for success
- 5. Topic #3: How “Green IT” initiatives can save you money
- 6. Topic #4: Technology and the Successful Business Leader
- 7. Topic #5: Impact of Mobile Technologies
- 8. Ask the Experts / Q & A Ramon Ray Technology Evangelist & Editor – www.smallbiztechnology.com Author – “Technology Solutions for Growing Businesses”
- 9. Frequent Media: WSJ, NY Times, CNBC’s Danny Deutsch, The Big Idea
- 10. Producer – Small Business Summit – March 16, 2010, NYCRobert HustickBackground:CEO – Live Elements (Social Media Agency)
- 11. Internet Director – New York City Marathon
- 12. Executive Producer – American Museum of Natural History
- 13. Former Editor in Chief – New York Runner Magazine Topic #1: Today’s Technology Challenges
- 14. Topic #2: Leveraging Social Media Technologies for Success
- 15. Social Media Revolution If were a country – it would be the 4th largest
- 16. 78% of consumers trust peer recommendations, while only 14% trust advertisements
- 17. in 2009, a US Dept. of Education revealed that on average, online students outperformed those receiving face to face instruction
- 18. 80% of companies now use as the primary tool to find employees
- 19. in 2009, Boston College stopped distributing email addresses to incoming freshmenSource: YouTube video “Social Media Revolution” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFYPQjYhv8
- 20. Topic #3: How “Green IT” initiatives can save you money
- 21. Topic #4: Technology and the Successful Business Leader
- 22. Leveraging SaaS (Software as a Service)
- 23. Which technology strategy is better for small business - Best of Breed? Or single platform/minimal vendors approach?Point: “… trade feature depth for technologies that work together… the ability for technologies to work together is more important than features”Counter Point: “… Best of Breed works for big businesses because they have resources… most of the cost isn’t developing applications, it’s integrating applications”Source: The 5 secrets of high performing organizations http://www.sixdisciplines.comSource: Technology Strategy – how the best small businesses differ from the rest http://blog.hubspot.com
- 24. Topic #5: Impact of Mobile
- 25. By 2013, there will be more smart/super phones (1.82 Billion) than PC’s (1.78 Billion)Gartner
- 26. Ask the Experts!
- 27. Thank You.
- 28. Additional Topics: SaaS – salesforce.comMicrosoft Online