We're amped for E2.0 Boston 2010!

By Melissa Risteff, June 12, 2010

NewsGator customers and executives will appear in seven sessions throughout the four-day event from June 14-17 at the Westin Boston Waterfront. Visit us in Booth # 213 to chat about your business challenges and our social computing solutions.


NewsGator Social Sites 2010 with SharePoint 2010 gives organizations a powerful solution for Enterprise 2.0. To see the video featuring representatives of Microsoft, NewsGator, and their joint customer, Accenture, click here.

 

Mark your calendar for these educational sessions!

 

NewsGator customer sessions:

 

Customer Panel: Avoiding Defeat from the Jaws of Victory

Merck’s executive director of shared business services, Robert Maguire, will join panelists examining how large enterprises deal with “mundane” considerations like governance, risk, compliance, security, scalability and identity in large-scale social computing implementations.

Wednesday, June 16 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. ET

 

Taking Innovation To The Next (Social) Level

Abbot Laboratories project manager, Anthony Bondi, will join a panel looking at innovation and ideation initiatives that leverage social networking and communities of employees and/or customers.

Wednesday, June 16 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. ET

 

Executive sessions:

 

Selling the Case for Accelerating Business Performance with Enterprise Collaboration Technologies

NewsGator Vice President of Sales, Brian Stern, will participate in this series of sessions and discussions focused on defining and selling the business value of E2.0 internally.

Monday, June 14 from 8:30 to 11:45 a.m. ET


The Microsoft Social Computing Workshop: Everything You Need To Know

NewsGator Vice President of Products, Brian Kellner, will join this workshop to help social collaboration strategists understand and evaluate Microsoft’s newest collaboration offering.

Monday, June 14 from 1 to 4:15 p.m. ET

 

Microsharing: It is All About the Tools. It is Not About the Tools.

NewsGator’s Holston will join a panel exploring the power of Twitter-like tools for communication within the enterprise.

Tuesday, June 15 from 2:15 to 3:15 p.m. ET

 

Social Vendor Idol’ competition

NewsGator’s Kellner will join other social computing vendors in rapid-fire demos. Industry analysts will vote for a winner.

Tuesday, June 15 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. ET

 

Establishing ROI for Enterprise 2.0 – Imperative or Irrelevant?

Holston will join a panel discussing: the challenges of quantifying return on investment on E2.0; various possible approaches for trying; and the ultimate importance of such metrics.

Wednesday, June 16 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. ET
Melissa Risteff

Melissa Risteff , Senior Vice President, Enterprise Engagment

Melissa Risteff is the SVP of Enterprise Engagement at NewsGator. She’s responsible for the adoption consultancy practice, partner competency and enablement program, and social business solution delivery – each having a major impact on aligning to customer business value and ultimately making social real. Melissa previously served as CMO of a collaborative analytics software firm, VP of Product for an eLearning company, and has held senior level strategy and product management roles at both Sun Microsystems and GE. She is a thought leader in the space – with advanced graduate research following her passion in social technologies and organizational development. Born in NY and raised in VT, Melissa moved to CO in ‘92 and stayed for the weather and lifestyle. She has an affinity for gastronomy, wanderlust, and hiking.

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