Morning Keynote

eLearning and Collaboration in the Global Economy

Bryan Williams

CEO, Remote-Learner.net

Remote-Learner.net (formerly Integrated Training Solutions) has been providing training, consulting and promotional multimedia projects for small and large organizations, advertising firms, governmental entities and school districts since 1982. His company has changed over the years as technology and the way in which training is delivered has changed. Organizational training companies are facing very exciting times, more so now than at any time since the end of the second world war when many people needed to be trained for civilian jobs. There are two major factors driving this incredible change; globalization and the Internet. As borders begin to dissolve and new powerful trading entities come into being (e.g. EU and Asian giants), language, skills and compliance trainings are in great demand. Today's adult learner is expected to reinvent him/herself every 18-24 months during the course of their lifespan, or risk moving downward in their standard of living. There are challanges in training the adult learner that are not faced by our teacher cousins in education.

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John Whitaker

Sr. Account Technology Specialist, Microsoft, Ed Solutions Group K-12

John Whitaker is a Senior Account Technology Specialist for Microsoft in the Education Solutions Group. John works with K-12 school districts in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Nevada. John’s Microsoft career began 7 years ago in Phoenix with Microsoft Consulting Services. During this time, he worked with corporations and educational entities developing software solutions.

In his current role, John provides technology and product solutions for K-12 schools.

Lunch Keynote

Web 2.0, Social Media and Social Networking, Policy and Strategy in Education and the Workplace

Francine Hardaway - Moderator

Partner, Stealthmode partners

Francine Hardaway, Ph.D. is an experienced technology marketing strategist with special expertise in early stage company operations. Francine was an Entrepreneurial Fellow at the Berger Center of the Eller School of Business, University of Arizona. She has taught entrepreneurship at several Arizona colleges, is on the Advisory Board of the Medical Informatics Program at Arizona School of Health Sciences (part of the A.T. Still University of Osteopathic Medicine), and the board of the American Biofuels Council.

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As a partner in Stealthmode Partners, she has helped package and secure funding for many early-stage technology companies. She has created positioning and marketing strategies for dozens of companies growth companies (from startup to IPO to maturity). Prior to co-founding Stealthmode Partners, Dr. Hardaway was Vice President of Corporate Marketing at Innovative Environmental Products, and Manager of Worldwide Press Relations at Intel's Computing Enhancement Group, where she planned the entrance of the intelligent I/O server chip into the OEM market and created the public relations plans for digital imaging, in-car computing, USB, and home networking. As an entrepreneur, Dr. Hardaway built the largest marketing/public relations firm in Phoenix, Arizona before leaving it to join Intel.

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Matt Moran

Consultant, Kreative Knowledge

Matt Moran is a consultant, author, speaker, and songwriter. He has authored numerous articles and provided presentations on business, innovation, customer service versus policy education, technology, automation, and the passionate pursuit of life! His consulting has focused on business-value driven solutions for small, mid-sized, and fortune 500 clients.

His writing includes the book, The IT Career Builder's Toolkit: Your Complete Guide To Building Your Technology Career In Any Economy (published by Cisco Press - a Prentice Hall/Pearson imprint), articles for print publications and online, and Notes From The Toolshed, hosted at IT Toolbox (not Matt's company) - a worldwide knowledge community.

As a speaker, he incorporates humorous anecdotes and music with relevant and pragmatic next action messages. More at: http://www.matthewmoranonline.com/

Lon Safko

President and CEO of Lon S. Safko & Associates

Lon Safko is an Author, Speaker, Consultant, Trainer, Entrepreneur and Innovator. He is an author of remarkable breadth, writing five innovative books. His books have shown corporations how to train managers to think creatively, detailed the secrets of launching a successful on-line business, offered advice to new home owners on reducing building costs, and related amazing stories about the serendipity of life. He is now using social media to write the definitive book series on Social Media, the first of which is "Social Media, How It Will Affect Your Company's Bottom Line". Lon also speaks about the importance of Social Media and the impact it will have on your business.

Lon Safko is a remarkably creative person. He is the creator of the "First Computer To Save A Human Life". That computer, along with more than 30,000 of Lon‘s papers, are in the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. He has created numerous hardware and software solutions for the physically challenged, developed the archetypes for the Apple Newton & Microsoft's Bob Operating Systems. Has been recognized for his creativity with such prestigious awards as; The Westinghouse's Entrepreneur of the Year, Arizona Innovation Network's Entrepreneur of the Year, The Arizona Software Association's Entrepreneur of the Year, twice nominated for the Ernst & Young / Inc. Magazine Entrepreneur of the Year, and The Public Relations Society of America's, Edward Bernays, Mark of Excellence Award, and nomination as a Fellow of the nation‘s Computer History Museum. Lon has also been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, PC Novice, and Popular Science Magazines just to name a few.

He is the founder of eight successful companies, including Paper Models, Inc., which uses personalized, downloadable three-dimensional models in business advertising, promotions, and education, which is being considered as an acquisition by a major search engine company.

Lon is a professional speaker, wowing audiences nationwide with his insights into innovation, creativity, and becoming a successful entrepreneur in the global digital age. Said one executive of First American Title Insurance, "This is the best seminar I've been to in 25 years." Teledyne said Lon‘s seminars are "Informative and entertaining, packed with useful information." And the U.S. Postal Service called Lon's seminar "inspiring and motivational."

Lon also privately coaches Fortune 500 companies on harnessing Innovative Thinking to create higher productivity and profits. These on-site visits and personalized presentations help corporate, government, and non-profit executives improve their operations and performance by capturing the innovative potential now wasted or overlooked. As Lon says, "When you start to see your world in a different perspective, you see new ways to do everything!" Lon Safko sees the world in a new way every day.

Dr. Brian Page

Director. Strategic Education Relations, Apple

Brian Page is a member of Apple's Strategic Educations Relations Group. His thirty-seven years as an educator have included teaching first, fourth, and sixth grades at the elementary level, teaching adult high school reading and literacy courses in secondary schools and pre-service college courses for prospective teachers at the university level. He has served a decade as a school principal,
several years as an assistant superintendent in a large school district with responsibility for K-12 curriculum and instruction, taff development, special education, vocational education, library and media services, etc.

In 1987 Brian received a Doctor of Education Degree at Brigham Young University in Educational Leadership, specializing in education
reform. He has authored articles on parenting, reading and literacy, and the use of technology in schools. In addition, Brian has developed new models of staff development, year-round schooling, and applications of computers to support instruction. Dr. Page joined Apple Computer Company in 1990 and today works and shares visions, research, and models with school districts, universities, and state education leaders. He also coordinates research projects in which Apple is invited to participate.