Keynote Speakers
Greg Schwem, Corporate Comedian
The Chicago Tribune calls Greg Schwem “king of the hill” in the world of corporate comedy. His show, “Comedy with a Byte,” takes a humorous look at technology and the way we conduct business today. Greg is hilarious and we are thrilled to have him on board! Greg will also facilate Speed Networking after his keynote - that should be a good time!
Rachel Happe, The Community Roundtable
Rachel Happe has over 15 years of experience working with emerging technologies including enterprise social networking, eCommerce, and enterprise software applications. We are excited to have her present her take on leading collaborative communities through their lifecycle.
Jared Spataro, Microsoft
Jared Spataro is Microsoft’s Senior Director of Product Management for SharePoint. During this closing keynote session, Jared will lead the audience on a discussion of how Microsoft sees the near-future social market, how customers are driving the vision for SharePoint and Office, and the role of partners in the Microsoft ecosystem.
The Agenda has been announced!
- The NewsGator 2012 Collective Agenda includes great speakers from Accenture, American Family Insurance, the Community Roundtable, Kraft Foods, Merck, Microsoft, Nalco, Oakley Inc., and OppenheimerFunds. Click here to see the full lineup!
- Boot Camp Workshop for the Social Enterprise - The first full day of the Collective will be a highly-engaging, interactive workshop focused on kick-starting or turbo-charging your social initiative. Throughout the day, we will discuss seven critical components including (but not limited to) governance, adoption, success metrics, and community management through the use of collaborative exercises, group work, and Q&A. The workshop is included as part of your Collective registration. Don't miss it - register today!
- This year's MC is Mike Hower! Mike is currently the Chief Learning Officer at Strategic Knowledge Solutions after recently culminating a 24-year career with the US Air Force focused on communities of practice, instructional systems technology and design, and leadership development.
- For customers and partners who are attending, be sure to join the Collective Community on eNGage - our Extranet - to get the conversations started before the event!
Customer Video Countdown
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Collective Community on eNGage to see customer videos from last year's 2011 Collective User Group Meeting. We will be posting a new one every week as we countdown to this year's 2012 Collective in March!
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