1. IDEA Jam 2012
A TAG
Social
Business
Event N o v e m b e r 8 , 2 0 1 2
Agenda
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4:30pm—
Registration and
Interactive and Collaborative
networking
5:00pm—SPSU
Socialite bar is Meeting
open...learn about
the latest and TAG Social Business: Idea Jam 2012 – Bring your iPad/smartphone, have a beer, and
brainstorm with our experts!
greatest apps from
How do your returns and experiences from Collaboration compare to that of your peers?
the pros
Over 300 Georgia companies completed the TAG Social Business Survey this summer, sharing
internal company details about their social business technology deployments, company
6:00pm—Georgia
cultures, and change leadership practices. How do you rate? And how can you improve?
Social Business
Index Readout Do you offer a competitive experience for your employees?
Would your customers or staff consider you a good communicator?
6:30pm—Idea
Jam Session I What are others doing (or not doing) to communicate with your employees, prospects,
customers and vendors that you should be thinking about?
7:00pm—Idea
How does your C-level exec’s worldview differ from that of the staff employee?
Jam Session II
For technologies you might be considering, what’s
working and (more importantly) what’s not?
Be sure to bring your smartphone and/or iPad. You’ll want
to use it during the Jam!
This will NOT be your typical meeting where you sit and
watch a PowerPoint go by. It’s an IDEA JAM after all!
The program will include a read out of the survey results. You’ll then be able to participate in
breakouts to discuss key findings from the survey, led be subject matter experts, followed by a
reception and networking.
You will be challenged to learn by doing! We’ll put into practice a number of emerging social
business tools and best practices, including better use of LinkedIn (it’s not just for job
seekers!). Plan to take home nuggets that will immediately make you more effective in the
New World of Work. Prepare to learn, share, engage and have fun!
2. Paul Miller
Corporate IT Director, Collaboration and End User Computing Product
Manager at McKesson
Idea Jam Co-Facilitator
Paul is the IT Product Manager for the everyday tools people use to do their jobs - from Collaboration and Social technologies
(Email, IM, video web conferencing, social), to PCs,VDI, Mobile devices, etc. He has this role at McKesson, the largest
healthcare service provider in the world, in many ways a microcosm of the broader marketplace, as a federation of BUs of
various business types.
At Idea Jam 2012, Paul will partner with Eleanor to share the Georgia Social Business Index, as well as help moderate the
evening’s activities.
Paul is a graduate of Duke University; he also has an MS from Georgia Tech and an MBA from Emory University.
Meredith Martini
Manager Founder & Chief PlayWorker at PlayWorks Group
Convergence between Social Business and traditional Meetings and Events
Meredith is the founder and creative force behind PlayWorks Group. PlayWorks Group is a meeting design and team building event
planning company specializing in customizing and creating interactive team programming and participatory meetings for corporate
groups of all shapes and sizes.
Meredith is the meeting designer for Idea Jam 2012! She will also serve as a lead facilitator during table-jam ‘breakouts’ to explore
how social business technologies are transforming the way ‘meetings’ are held, turning them into ‘hybrids’ of traditional meetings and
social technology-fueled experiences.
Meredith is a graduate of Kenyon College, and has a Masters Degree from Georgia State.
Peter J. Stewart
SVP Collaboration Services & Strategic Partnerships at PGI
Application of virtual meeting technologies to drive business value in highly social
business contexts, such as recruiting, inside sales, online marketing and training
Peter leads the sales, solution engineering, and business development teams that support annual revenues of $500M and 35,000
enterprise customers. He builds partnerships with technology providers across industries that enhance and extend the capabilities
of PGi’s virtual meeting products.
Peter is providing the virtual meeting technology platform, iMeet, that is helping to power Idea Jam 2012. He will also lead a
discussion of how new virtual meeting technologies are being applied to help businesses of all types be more agile.
Peter is a graduate of Georgia Tech, and the Goizueta Business School at Emory University.
IDEA Jam 2012
3. Will Johnson
Manager at The North Highland Company
The Impact of Corporate Culture on Social Business Results
Will has 10+ years of accelerating the time to value and maximizing the impact of technology adoption at large enterprises, through a
focus on organizational change management, culture change, organizational effectiveness, leadership, and corporate communications.
At Idea Jam 2012, Will will be available as a lead facilitator during table-jam ‘breakouts’ to explore how cultural issues at a company
impact the meaningful adoption of social business technologies.
Will is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, and the Goizueta Business School at Emory University.
Eleanor Meacham
Investment Analyst at Cisco Systems
The ‘Georgia Social Business Index’
Eleanor analyzes technologies and technology companies through a business lens for Cisco’s partner organization
and internal operations.
She was the analyst who aggregated TAG members’ survey results into the “Georgia Social Business Index” we’re
reviewing at Idea Jam 2012.
She is a graduate of Elon University.
Kelsey Bouton Ally Sheintal
Director of Social Media and Business Business Development Manager at Modis
Services at Technology Association of Social Business for YOU!
Georgia (TAG)
Social Business Technologies in Practice
Ally Sheintal is a senior member of the Atlanta office of Modis, the second
Kelsey is responsible for TAG’s online presence on social business sites largest IT staffing services company in North America. She has a unique
including LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and TAGthink.com She manages the vantage point on the role of social tools in the placement process – from the
Social Media Council, which includes the social media managers for each of inside, that is the view of the hiring company.
TAG’s 31 societies.
Ally will be a lead facilitator during
At Idea Jam 2012, Kelsey will table-jam ‘breakouts’, sharing
demonstrate how to use TAG’s social ‘insider’ information about how
programs to learn, connect, and your “Social Business IQ” can be a
contribute – on your own time, outside key asset in finding the perfect fit for
of TAGs regular society meetings. your career.
She is a graduate of Georgia Tech. Ally is a graduate of the University
of Georgia.
