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Announcing: The Bumpy Road Series
It’s no surprise that these difficult economic times are forcing businesses of all sizes to make changes – rethinking plans and priorities. But what may come as a surprise is that for some businesses, an economic “bumpy road” can create numerous opportunities for immediate and sustainable growth. How each business responds, adapts to, and embraces the necessary changes can make the difference between success and failure.
We can help. Starting in July, the Nashville Technology Council is joining with IBM to offer our members a special series of informational discussions over the coming months. The goal of these discussions is to offer business (and IT) decision makers useful ideas for improving the application of technology to their business – all in the context of today’s economy.
Some of our topics will include:
• Collaboration as a tool for business transformation
• Mapping out a winning business strategy
• Affordable approaches to security in a connected world
• Business Intelligence: Finding new value in old information
• Risk & Compliance: Remedies for regulatory woes
• Financing strategies, stimulus packages, and protecting cash flow
• Web 2.0: Ready or not, here it comes
• Exploring the case for Green Technology
• Business Resilience: Survival strategies
• Intro to Cloud Computing
• More…
Look for invitations to each of these free 60 minute webcasts – which you can attend from your office. After you register, you will receive confirmation and reminder via email.
July 15 – “Working Smarter: The Convergence of Collaboration and Social Networking”
August 19 – “Introduction to Cloud Computing: Insights and Implications for Business Leaders”
September 18 – “Going Green: Why, When, and How”
Nashville Technology Council & Digital Nashville present
Social Media 101
From Facebook to Twitter to Yelp and many more, social tools are dominating the way people communicate about all aspects of life, especially brands they like or dislike. In this session, Kate O’Neill covers the philosophy behind social media, why social marketing is taking over as the quickest way to reach an audience, rules for engaging a social audience and the many tools that are available.
Venue: Cumberland University
Labry Hall – Computer Lab 014
Lebanon , TN 37087
7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. – Breakfast & Networking
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. – Social Media 101
Cost: $25 per person
*cost covers breakfast, refreshments, and the program
Kate O’Neill has earned a reputation as a passionate advocate for innovative, interactive online experiences in business. Working in online content in Silicon Valley during the 1990s heyday, she introduced the techniques of blogging (before it was called blogging and before there were fantastic tools like Wordpress) to many companies as an employee and later as a consultant. As social networks and social media have sprung up, Kate has been a vocal advocate for their inclusion in savvy business and marketing strategy, as well, both for the SEO boost they often imply and for the way they can strengthen a business’s relationship with its customers and enhance the customer experience.
Kate currently runs [meta]marketer, a web marketing un-agency and freelance consultancy she founded this year. She also maintains four blogs, three Twitter accounts, and dozens of other semi-neglected social media accounts.
Directions:
• Take I-40 East (toward Knoxville) to exit 238 (Lebanon)
• Left at traffic light at top of ramp,
• Travel straight through four traffic lights,
• Left at the next light, Leeville Pike (West) TN Blvd.(East), Ryan’s Steakhouse is on your right.
• Straight at the 4-way stop,
• Right on South Greenwood,
• Left at the 2nd road on left, Martin Ave.
• Park in the parking lot along Martin Ave. Labry Hall is half way up the block adjunct to the gymnasium.
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JAN
Noel Williams Bio
Noel Williams
Senior Vice President and CIO, HCA
President, HCA Information Technology & Services, Inc.
Biography:
Noel Williams is President of HCA Information Technology & Services, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nashville-based HCA (Hospital Corporation of America). As an executive of one of the country’s largest hospital companies and second largest healthcare IT provider, Ms. Williams leads a staff of over 3,000 employees across the U.S., including five data centers and fourteen division support centers. She is responsible for delivering IT services to HCA as well as over 145 non-HCA hospitals and facilities. She also serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for HCA, responsible for HCA’s IT strategy and the overall operation of the company’s vast IT systems and services.
Ms. Williams has over 30 years of experience in healthcare IT, most with HCA. She spent 16 years in HCA’s Information Services Department in a variety of positions, including serving as Vice President of Information Services from 1993 to 1995. Her leadership helped earn HCA’s Internet Systems and Services over 20 industry awards. In September 1997, Ms. Williams accepted the position as CIO of HCA IT&S after serving as Chief Information Officer for America Service Group in Brentwood, Tennessee.
Ms. Williams has previously served on the board of Franklin Road Academy, the United Way of Middle Tennessee, the Nashville Alliance for Public Education, the National Alliance for Health Information Technology (NAHIT), and the American Hospital Association Working Group for Health IT Standards. She currently serves on the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering Committee of Visitors, The HCA Foundation, is an adjunct professor in the Owen School of Management of Vanderbilt University and is a member of the Leadership Nashville Class of 2010.
Education:
BS, Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 1977
MS, Management, Concentration in Healthcare Financial Management, University of South Carolina, 1987
Area(s) of Expertise:
Information Technology, IT Leadership & Management in Large Organizations, IT Strategy, Organizational Development
As a student, you are invited to hear, Noel Williams, Chief Information Officer of HCA, reveal how she achieved success through her career in technology. Ms. Williams is one of Nashville’s technology industry leaders and HCA was recently awarded one of the Top 100 Places to Work in IT by ComputerWorld.
October 8, 2009
4:30 – 6:00 p.m.
HCA
2501 Park Plaza – BLDG 1
Nashville, TN 37203
Click Here to RSVP
Join other students from area colleges and universities at this free event. Refreshments will be provided.
Parking Instructions: We ask all event guests to park in the overflow parking lot which is right off of Charlotte Ave. The lots on either side of the building are designated for HCA employees only. Parking is also allowed on the street (Park Plaza) in front of the building in designated areas. But we do please ask that attendees not park in the handful of marked visitor’s spots.
All attendees will need to enter at the front doors of the building, and will be asked to sign a sign-in sheet upon arrival and wear a name tag for the duration of their visit.
