Breakfast Briefing 7

Wednesday, May 10, 7:30am - 8:15am Track: Breakfast Briefing

How to Speak at Conference LaDonna Spragg Application Tech Support Associate Manager, Accenture ladonna.l.spragg@accenture.com Darien Chimoff Program Chair, Alston + Bird Darien.Chimoff@alston.com

Session Description Do you have an industry topic that you are knowledgeable and passionate about? Do you have a desire to share your knowledge and expertise with others? Are you ready to take it to the next level - from Conference Attendee to Conference Presenter? You are invited to join us for an informational and interactive breakfast discussion to learn how to become a conference presenter.

Speaker Background LaDonna Spragg is a team lead, customer service champion, and training coordinator at Accenture, where she provides application support for Caterpillar dealers around the world. LaDonna has been a member of HDI since 2006, serving in several local chapter officer roles including president for the Central Illini and Chicagoland chapters.  She currently serves as district president for Region 2, District B.

Darien Chimoff is HDI 2017 Conference Program Chair and has previously served as Track Chair for both the Fusion and HDI Conferences. She is the cofounder and past president of the HDI Atlanta local chapter, former director of the Southeast region, and past chair of the HDI Member Advisory Board, where she helped set the direction for the HDI local chapters. Darien has spoken at conferences and other industry events on a variety of topics related to world-class support.

BB7: How to Speakat Conference

Darien Chimoff

LaDonna Sprague

Why are you here?

FREE HDI 2018 Change and Personal Growth Increase Confidence Personal Development,

Satisfaction & Achievement Improve presentation skills Give Back Expand your professional network Get a promotion

HDI 2017By the numbers………

HDI 2018 Timeline

Call for Submissions – 6/12/17 to 7/31/17

Selection & Interviews – 8/11 to 9/8

Speakers Notified - 10/20/17

Presentation Due - 2/23/18

HDI 2018 – April 10-13 Las Vegas!

• Summary – 200 words or less

• Why would someone attend your session?

• Thorough submission – No Typos!

• Specific, actionable, relevant TAKE AWAYS

• Upload Materials

Submissions

• 75 words or less

• Expertise – work successes, projects

• Speaking experience - LC/LIG, Conferences

• Certifications

• White papers, Blogs

- Journey Map - IT Vending machines

- AI & Automation - Digital workplace

- Gamification - Security

- Crowdsourcing - Log aggregation

- Women’s Summit - Machine learning

“How To Speak at Summit”

2017 Tracks• Program Chair/1 Day Pre-cons - Darien Chimoff

• Program Advisor/Breakfast Briefings - Fancy Mills

• Evolving Desktop Support - Rae Ann Bruno

• The Executive Stakeholder Perspective - Pete McGarahan

• Putting Metrics to Work -Aran McFarland

• Reinventing the Customer Experience - Julie Mohr

• Service Desk Foundations - Eddie Vidal

• Service Desk Masters - Lisa Hodges

• Support Center Optimization - Carrie Armstrong

• Team Performance and Transformation - Krista Ciccozzi

Improve Your Chances

• Gain experience first

• Less competitive tracks – Desktop, Metrics

• New, different, forward thinking topic, innovative approach

• Alternative format – workshop, polling, gamifiy, etc.

• Meet timelines, be responsive, easy to work with

• Make 2 submissions

• Non-commercial

HDI 2018 Selection Timeline

Track Chairs Selected 6/9/17

Review sessions & Reassign 8/11/17

Ratings & Interviews 8/25/17

TCs select top 12 in order 9/15/17

PC Balances Program 9/22/17

The Job of the Track Chair

• Is this a good topic?

• Is it appealing to a wide audience?

• Is this the best submission on this topic?

• Is this relevant now and over the next 18 months?

• Is the material specific and actionable? – Templates

– Can I implement it right away?

What if I’m Not Selected

• Work through Local Chapter to gain experience – LCO Meetings, LCO Calls, Summit, Grassroots calls

• Follow up with Track Chair

• Be flexible

• Join Toastmasters, get coaching

Session 804: Antifragility, DevOps, and Multispeed IT: Failing Forward to Success Friday, May 12 at 10:15 AM Antifragility is the art of becoming stronger via the application of stress and volatility. In our industry, it’s sometimes good to “fail forward” and build scar tissue to become stronger, smarter, and faster. In this session, you’ll see how cutting-edge organizations are realizing that processes galore are preventing their people, teams, and tools from feeling stress and working their muscles.

Success Story: Matt Haggerty

Questions?

Darien.Chimoff@Alston.com

678-852-4094

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