| Dr. Mary Lynn Manns,
UNCA |
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Mary Lynn Manns, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at the
University of North Carolina at
Asheville where she was on the faculty in the Department
of Computer Science for 18 years and is now in the Department of
Management. As the co-author of the Fearless Change: Patterns
for Introducing New Ideas book, she has done numerous
conference, academic, and industry presentations on the topic of
leading change. Mary Lynn was also the conference chair for
Agile 2007. |
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Leading Fearless Change |
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Technology is
always changing, so you continually have great ideas to bring
into your organization. But you often struggle to make them
happen because, unfortunately, those who want to introduce
change are not always welcomed with open arms. Mary Lynn Manns
has co-authored the popular book, Fearless Change: Patterns
for Introducing New Ideas, that documents successful
strategies of change leaders around the world. You can
learn how to influence others, overcome adversity and encourage
people to become so involved and interested in your ideas that
they really do want to change. Bring your frustrations! You
will work on creating solutions to the problems that allow
“powerless leaders” to fearlessly lead change in their
organizations. |
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| Rob Waggoner,
Microsoft |
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Rob has been in
the IT industry for almost twenty years. Initially as a
business applications developer, and then he moved into
infrastructure architecture and management. Rob joined
Microsoft over eleven years ago and has worked with some of
Microsoft’s largest global customers. Rob has helped build and
deploy architectures based on Windows NT 4.0 through Windows
2003 and is now working with customers on their Windows Vista
and Windows Server 2008 deployments. Rob recently moved into
the Partner Solutions Advisor role and now spends his time
working with our Microsoft Partners by helping them help their
customers be successful on the Microsoft platform. |
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| Harvey
Schoenman, Retired |
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After a 43-year career
in technology, the last 37 years in Information Technology,
Harvey retired in 2006. Harvey spent his last 15 years working
for PNC in a number of management positions and retired as a
Vice President and Technology Support Manager. Prior to that
Harvey worked for First Federal of Pittsburgh where he developed
a keen interest in microcomputer technology; early versions of
today’s PCs. He also worked 13 years for Financial Accounting
Services (now FiServ) where he managed Systems & Programming on
mainframe computers. His working career previously included over 7
years with Burroughs Corp (now Unisys) as a System Support
Representative with clients throughout the U.S.
Harvey has stayed
current with Microsoft’s desktop technologies and became
interested in Vista’s speech recognition and how it compares with
commercial programs. |
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| Vista Speech
Recognition & Navigation |
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Starting with Windows
Vista, Microsoft has embedded speech recognition for both
application program input as well as Windows navigation in the
operating system. We will see, via demonstration, just where
this technology stands and how well it stacks up against the
industry speech recognition standard, Dragon Naturally
Speaking. We'll examine how and
where each can be used to provide assistive technology to people
who are physically challenged, whether temporary or permanent. |
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| Craig Kennedy,
AITP HQ |
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Craig Kennedy is the Region Director for the Richmond Chapter.
He served on the Association Board of Directors from 2002
through 2005 and currently chairs the AITP Professional Member
Recruitment Committee and serves on the 2009 AITP Transformation Team. |
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| AITP National
News |
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Craig
will update us on the Professional Membership Fall Promotion,
the January 2009 Members Summit in Dallas, and the
Transformation Plan being presented to the Association Board in
Mesa, AZ this same weekend. |
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| Robin Ward,
AITP HQ |
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· Robin
is the VP of Information Technology at Heritage Trust Federal
Credit Union (26 years).
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AITP Member since 1989
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2008 Leadership Workshop Committee
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2008 Charleston Chapter President
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2007 Charleston Chapter Vice President
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2007/2008 Member of local committees |
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The AITP
Chapter Development and Governance Workshop (Part 1 of 2) |
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It is designed for AITP officers and members. The goal is
provide best practices and information about AITP – information
that chapters need to know to effectively lead a chapter or area
of the association. This session is intended to inspire and
motivate chapter leaders but more importantly achieve objectives
and continue to be successful. The session will enable and
empower you to grow in the areas of:
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Member Recruitment
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Member Retention
·
Member Recognition |
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| Sherry Deese,
AITP HQ |
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Sherry is the IT Director
at Charleston Aviation Authority (10 years)
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AITP Member since 1998
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2008 Leadership Workshop Committee
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2005-2008 Region Director
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2000 Charleston Chapter President
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1999 Charleston Chapter Vice President |
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The AITP
Chapter Development and Governance Workshop (Part 2 of 2) |
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It is designed for AITP officers and members. The goal is
provide best practices and information about AITP – information
that chapters need to know to effectively lead a chapter or area
of the association. This session is intended to inspire and
motivate chapter leaders but more importantly achieve objectives
and continue to be successful. The session will enable and
empower you to grow in the areas of:
·
Management Practices
·
Volunteer Motivation
·
Teamwork and Sharing |
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