Awesome ILTACON sessions

I’d like to highlight one session that is noteworthy in my opinion and other sessions that have Fish employees.

A Recipe for Great Leadership with Bruce Griffiths is going to be great. Bruce is a retired US Coast Guard Captain, and he has created a fantastic Competency Modeling System. I first met Bruce at UCSD’s Leadership and Management Program several years ago, and we’ve used his system for several years for our organizational development with our teams. His session is limited to the first 100 participants. If you are in a leadership role, I highly recommend this session.

I’m speaking on DevOps and how we’ve used it to transform some aspects of our culture. I’ll be talking about the cultural changes that can apply to any IT Department; you do not need a development team to embrace the cross-departmental collaboration aspects of DevOps.

Jason Baker will be discussing Windows 10 Deployment Best Practices based on our experiences with Windows 10 over the last two years. He has put in a massive amount of time on this session.

Jennifer Beaudette will be part of a panel discussion on killing email collaboration. She’ll be speaking about our experiences with Slack and Microsoft Teams. We have multiple departments and groups using MSFT Teams. My personal goal is to eliminate email collaboration at my firm within two years with Microsoft Teams.

A Recipe for Great Leadership

ILTACON 2017 Annual Educational Conference

Event Code:

#ILTAG55

Date:

August 15, 2017

Time:

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PT

Location:

Mandalay Bay I

Speaker(s):

Bruce Griffiths

Area of Focus:

Leadership / Professional Development

Great leadership makes a big difference on any team, but what ingredients are required? Let's whip up some excitement during this highly interactive program focused on the competencies that will help you bring out the best in yourself and your team. We'll begin by discussing the challenges you face as a leader in today’s operating environment, including organizational health. Then we will use the Polaris Competency Model Executive Card Set to build our recipe for great leadership. Card sets have been purchased by ILTA and will be yours to keep and use with your teams. Attendance will be limited to the first 100 people through the door.

#ILTAG55

DevOps A Development Philosophy to Generate Value and Innovation

ILTACON 2017 Annual Educational Conference

Event Code:

#ILTAG9

Date:

August 14, 2017

Time:

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT

Location:

Mandalay Bay K

Speaker(s):

Beau Mersereau

Area of Focus:

Business & Legal Process Improvements

You’ve heard the term "DevOps," but what does it mean for your organization? Companies worldwide are moving to DevOps/BiModal IT to redeploy resources and produce higher levels of business value. Learn about the culture and approach of DevOps and the business value and opportunity of adopting this mindset.

Takeaways:

? Understand the DevOps culture

? Learn how your clients are implementing DevOps *Identify where your IT department falls on the spectrum (utility, innovator or Agile)

? Discover how to explore and implement DevOps at your firm

#ILTAG9

Windows 10 Deployment Best Practices

ILTACON 2017 Annual Educational Conference

Event Code:

#ILTAG34

Date:

August 14, 2017

Time:

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT

Location:

South Seas Ballroom B

Speaker(s):

Jason Baker

Area of Focus:

IT Operations, Applications

Come learn how the deployment landscape is changing with Windows 10! There are new, streamlined ways to upgrade, deploy, manage and secure Windows 10 in your current environment. See how to ease the burden of a roll out and at the same time learn about new and exciting features that your firm can take advantage of right away. We will focus on hands-on experience and real-world examples from other firms. Learn how to apply them to your environment with ease and efficiency.

Takeaways:

? Develop an upgrade strategy

? Identify security enhancements

? Explore when firms have not followed Microsoft recommendations and why

? Determine which processes you should have in place prior to deployment

#ILTAG34

Replacing Email with a Collaboration Platform That Works

ILTACON 2017 Annual Educational Conference

Event Code:

#ILTAG121

Date:

August 17, 2017

Time:

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PT

Location:

South Seas Ballroom A

Speaker(s):

Jennifer Beaudette, Cindy Thurston Bare, Rose Jones, Glenn Renda

Area of Focus:

Business & Legal Process Improvements, Knowledge Management

Target Audience: Practice Mgmt Professionals, KM Professionals

People are social, and collaboration software recognizes this. They allow you to communicate using blogs, articles, wikis, comments and status updates, just as you would in social networks. See how Slack, ThreadKM, SharePoint and Microsoft Teams are challenging email’s dominance as a communication hub. Also learn what conditions are needed to make social collaboration successful, the challenges involved in implementing social collaboration tools and which tool is right for your firm. We'll share methods, processes, designs and practices related to the successful replacement of email with other collaboration mediums.

Takeaways:

? Examine reasons for choosing a collaboration platform to replace email

? Outline conditions for a successful implementation

? Explore examples of how people are using various tools

#ILTAG121