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NERCOMP 2008 opening panel presentation: From Their Viewpoint 

A podcast of this general session is available at http://connect.educause.edu/blog/gbayne/podcastfromtheirviewpoint/46496.

Panel: Cheryl Norton, President, Southern Connecticut State University, S. Georgia Nugent, President, Kenyon College, Susan Scrimshaw, President, Simmons College, Joanne Kossuth, moderator

These three awesome women college presidents shared their viewpoints on the role of technology in higher education

Introductory remarks:

Norton thanked the audience for caring enough to ask presidents their technology perspectives. She is finishing her 4th year as president.  She came from Colorado and found many of the same cultural issues between SCSU and her previous institution.  She moved into higher education by “mistake” as she has a gym teacher background in exercise physiology.  SCSU is primarily a commuter campus with about a 1/3 of the students in graduate programs.  Technology is very important for communications and keeping track of students.

Ever wonder what your president really thinks about: the role of technology in higher education; the job of the CIO; career paths; the future? In this hour-long podcast, recorded at the 2008 NERCOMP Annual Meeting, we feature a moderated panel discussion to learn how our panelists took their path to the top and what they learned along the way.

Participants in this conversation, entitled "From Their Viewpoint", include:

• Cheryl Norton, President, Southern Connecticut State University
• S. Georgia Nugent, President, Kenyon College
• Susan Scrimshaw, President, Simmons College
• Session moderator: Joanne M. Kossuth, CIO and Associate Vice President for Development, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

This 45 minute podcast features a keynote address by Scott Kirsner, Columnist for the Boston Globe, recorded at the NERCOMP 2008 Annual Meeting in Providence, Rhode Island. The speech is entitled, "What Innovators Can Learn from Hollywood".

Technology innovators sometimes expect that users will embrace new ideas and new tools with open arms. In reality, most innovations are met with hostility and indifference, and it can take a lengthy campaign to persuade organizations to change the way they work. In an illustrated spin through Hollywood history, journalist and author Scott Kirsner will demonstrate how innovators like Pixar, George Lucas, and Bing Crosby (yes, "Mr. White Christmas") have changed the movie industry while facing enormous resistance. He'll also describe the three kinds of people that exist in every organization and some of the key reasons people tend to rebel (or go into a shell) when confronted with a new piece of technology.

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Notes from: “What NERCOMP Innovators Can Learn from Hollywood”

A podcast of this general session is available at http://connect.educause.edu/blog/gbayne/podcastwhatinnovatorscanl/46455.

Scott Kirsner, Columnist for the Boston Globe, The Future of Video, Tech and Innovation spoke on the topic of innovation. 

Abstract:  Technology innovators sometimes expect that users will embrace new ideas and new tools with open arms. In reality, most innovations are met with hostility and indifference, and it can take a lengthy campaign to persuade organizations to change the way they work. In an illustrated spin through Hollywood history, journalist and author Scott Kirsner will demonstrate how innovators like Pixar, George Lucas, and Bing Crosby (yes, "Mr. White Christmas") have changed the movie industry while facing enormous resistance. He'll also describe the three kinds of people that exist in every organization and some of the key reasons people tend to rebel (or go into a shell) when confronted with a new piece of technology.