DigitalNow 2008 Conference Agenda

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DigitalNow 2009
April 15 - 18, 2009
Disney's Yacht and Beach Club Resort

Wednesday - 04/23/2008

All day Attendee Arrival
Contemporary Resort Lobbies
  • Conference and program materials distributed as part of Disney special check-in

Thursday - 04/24/2008

    7:00am - 8:00am Attendee Breakfast
    8:00am - 8:30am

    General Session

    • Conference Welcome with Hugh Lee and Don Dea

    • View the video of Hugh and Don's presentation.


    8:30am -  9:30am General Session
    • Download Chris Anderson's slides (PDF).
    • View a video clip of Chris' presentation (.wmv)
    • View the video of Chris' entire presentation (.wmv)
     9:30am - 10:00am

    Conference Break: Interactive Technology demos, and Partner Consultations in the Fusion e.Comm.unity Resource Center.™

    10:00am - 11:00am

    General Session Panel:

    • Power of the Niche: One Size Does Not Fit All Featuring Chris Anderson, Bonnie M. Cramer, Vice Chair, Board of Directors, AARP, Katherine Trahan, CAE, President and CEO, Safety Council, Louisiana Chapter, and Mark A. Langley CPA, Executive Vice President and COO, Project Management Institute (PMI). Moderated by Carla Balakgie, CAE, Executive Director, Electronic Transactions Association (ETA)
    • View the video of the panel discussion (.wmv)
    11:00am -
    12:30pm
    Super Sessions
    • Power of the Right Community - Moderated by Karen Christensen, CEO, Berkshire Publishing, this panel features: Sandy Fuller, EVP, COO, American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA); Mary Ghikas CAE, Senior Associate Executive Director, American Library Association (ALA); Jan Bray CAE, Executive Director, Association of Career and Technical Education (ACTE)

      Download the presentation slides (PDF).
      Download
      the session notes (PDF).

    • The Three Cs of Value: Content, Context, and Connections - Moderated by Ellen Wagner, Senior Director of Worldwide eLearning Solutions with Adobe Systems, Inc. with panelists: Richard Yep CAE, Executive Director, American Counseling Association; Katherine Trahan, CAE, President and CEO, Safety Council, Louisiana Chapter; Beth Perell, Director of Learning Solutions, Goodwill Industries International, Inc.

      Download Ellen Wagner's presentation slides (PDF).
    Workshops
    12:30pm -      2:00pm
    • Attendee Lunch
    2:00pm -
    3:30 pm
    Workshops
    • Bringing Your Web Site to Life with Personas - Presented by Tamara Adlin, Principal, Adlin Inc. and former Senior Customer Experience Specialist with Amazon.com.

      Download the presentation slides (PDF).

    • Media 2.0: The Next Frontier in Digital Publishing - with Matt Loeb CAE, Staff Director, IEEE, Gary Rubin, Chief Publishing and e-Media Officer, Group Publisher, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Donn Greenberg, Manager of Publications, Publisher, Project Management Journal, PMI, and Anne Zender, VP Communications, American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).
    Disney Institute Workshop: Disney's Commitment-led Business Approach presented by Dennis Frare, Disney Institute Consultant.
    3:30pm - 4:00pm

    Conference Break: Interactive Technology demos and Partner Consultations in the Fusion e.Comm.unity Resource Center.




    4:00pm - 4:45pm



    4:45pm - 5:30pm





    5:30pm - 6:00pm

    General Sessions: The Future is Now



    Nova Spivack
    and Jim Bower will follow up their sessions with demonstrations in the Fusion e.Comm.unity Resource Center.
    6:00pm -
    7:30 pm
    Reception: Fusion e.Comm.unityResource Center

    Friday - 04/25/2008

    7:00am - 8:00am Attendee Breakfast
    8:00am - 9:45am

    General Session

     9:45am - 10:15am

    Conference Break: Interactive Technology demos and Partner Consultations in the Fusion e.Comm.unity™ Resource Center.

    10:15am - 11:45am Super Sessions

    Workshops

    Fusion e.Comm.unity™ Resource Center

    11:45am - 12:45pm Attendee Luncheon
    12:45pm -   2:15pm

    General Session

    • Afternoon Keynote - Jeneanne Rae
    • Download the presentation slides from Jeneanne's keynote (PDF).

      View the video of Jeneanne's presentation.
    2:15pm - 2:45pm

    Conference Break: Interactive Technology demos and Partner Consultations in the Fusion e.Comm.unity™ Resource Center.

    2:45pm - 4:15pm

    Plenary

    Workshops

    • Delivering the Goods: Web Content for the 2.0 Era - Presented by Chris Carr, Director of Informatics, Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), Steve Drew, Assistant Executive Director for Annual Meeting and Informatics RSNA, and Paul Chang, MD, RSNA.
    • Key to Community Success: Facilitator Recruitment and Retention - Moderated by Maureen Mandel, Founder, M&M Association Management with panelists: Scott Ludlum, M.A., Director, Communities of Practice, ISPE; Deidra Hackley, Manager of Unit Support, ASME; and Carolyn Guyton-Ringbloom, Manager, Volunteer Services, American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).

      Download the presentation slides (PDF).

    • The ABCs of eLearning - Moderated by Sherry Budziak, President, .orgSource with panelists: Mark Salter CAE, ABC Director, Marketing & Communications, Forius Business Credit Resources; Susan Sedory Holzer, Senior Director, Strategy and Governance, American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) and; Beth Perell, Director of Learning Solutions, Goodwill Industries International, Inc.
    • Social Networking: Friend or Foe? What associations can learn from the commercial brands - A panel discussion moderated by Gregory Fine, CAE, Director of Communications and Marketing, Association Forum of Chicagoland featuring Andrew Hinton, Lead Information Architect, Vanguard, and Paul Rand, Vice President, Word of Mouth Marketing Association.
    • Executive Dashboards Made Simple: Searching Member Data with Ease - Presented by John Dorman, COO, Texas Medical Association, and Grant McInnes, Director, Business Intelligence, Texas Medical Association.

      Download the presentation slides (PDF).

    • Quality Debates: Transforming Controversy into Collective Knowledge - Presented by Alkis Papadopoullos, COO, HotGrinds.

      Download
      the presentation slides (PDF).
    4:15pm - 5:30pm

    Workshops

    Disney Institute Workshop: Disney's Commitment-led Business Approach - Presented by Dennis Frare, Disney Institute Consultant

    Fusion e.Comm.unity™ Resource Center


    5:30pm - 6:45pm

    Free Time

    Fusion e.Comm.unity™ Resource Center

    6:45pm Buses depart for dinner/evening event
    7:00pm - 9:00pm

    Dinner sponsored by Walt Disney Parks & Resorts

    Saturday - 4/26/2008

    7:00am - 8:20am Attendee Breakfast
    7:00am - 8:20am DigitalNow Advisory Group Breakfast
    8:30am - 10:30am General Session
    • Morning Keynote - Dan Heath, author of Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die. Join Dan as he discusses the six principles that will help you turn the ideas you discover at DigitalNow into a mission that your entire organization can be passionate about.

      Download the session notes (PDF).

    • Conference Close
    10:30am Departures 
    11:00am - 3:00pm Disney Institute Presents: High-Tech and High-Touch Behind-the-Scenes Tour 


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