Description:
This session will review the changes Microsoft is making in the FAST TRACK services from a single customer success service for Office 365, to the addition of new products and onboarding services, including INTUNE. We are here to help you Envision, On-Board and gain value through your MEEC License Agreement.”

Why INTUNE?
“Educators expect to be productive across a variety of device types with consistent access to the applications they need.
IT, wants to empower employees by providing flexibility, but also needs a scalable way to keep institution information secure across both personal and school – owned devices.

Simplify management of applications and devices with Microsoft INTUNE – a part of your MEEC license bundle.
Provide access to applications, data and resources from virtually anywhere on almost any device, while helping to keep institution information secure.

Benefits include: Device choice, management of Office mobile apps, protect data, manage from the cloud or extend your existing System Center Configuration Manager infrastructure.
**Targeted Audience… Staff responsible for deployment of technology.

Presenters:
Terrell Hadden – Escalation Engineer
Thomas C. Finney – Sr. Relationship Manager
Scott Walker – Technical Account Manager

Description:
If you’re moving to a cloud for your HR, Finance, or Student system, should you bother to document your current business processes? When is the right time to develop future state business processes? We will describe what, why, and how to use business analysis to accelerate your Cloud ERP implementation.

**Targeted Audience.. Organizations planning to adopt new cloud ERP solutions (HR, Finance, Student)

Presenters:
Adam Kutcher, Senior Consultant, Navigator Management Partners

Competency-based Education: Examining Next Generation InstructionalModels

Description:

Competency-based education (CBE) has been receiving a tremendous amount of renewed attention lately, especially In higher education circles. Hundreds of institutions across the US are showing interest, yet many are unsure what a competency-based program entails in terms of implementation details. This 45-minute webinar offers an opportunity to review and discuss the ways institutions are implementing competency-based education and what they have learned in the process.

**Targeted Audience……. Curious higher education academic leaders, faculty, administrators, instructional designers                                            

Presenter: 

"Christopher Sessums, PhD

Learning Strategies Consultant

D2L Ltd.

Project Leadership vs. Project Management - Why it Matters for IT Project Success

Description:

"In this webinar Vantage Point Consulting founders explores important distinctions between project management and project leadership and their effect on project outcomes at education institutions like yours.

If you are planning a strategic project or have projects underway that are stuck or falling behind…ask yourself these questions:

1) Do project sponsors clearly communicate, motivate, mentor and inspire the delivery team and stakeholders?

2) Does the entire organization understand the business objectives for the project and its relationship to longer-term vision and strategy?

3)  Does the team have the right experience, skills, knowledge, and bandwidth needed for success?

4) Are stakeholders engaged throughout the project and feel ""bought in""?

5) Is your communication effective and do you have a plan to manage change during and after project launch?

6) Are the politics of the project fully understood and navigated?

If you answered “No” to any of these questions, Vantage Point Consulting invites you to join us and learn how your project management approach can be the difference between success and failure. We will share real life case study that will convince you that project success means you may have to grow your project managers into project leaders.

**Targeted Audience……. CIO/CTOs, Product Owners, Program Managers, Project Managers, Project Sponsors, PMO                                       

Presenter: "Jeffrey Carpenter, Vice President

Harold Tran, Managing Partner for Higher Education"

Microsoft & Planet Technologies- Cloud Discovery Workshop with Microsoft Azure!

January 12^th, 2017 9am to 3:45 pm

Please register by January 5^th, 2017

Microsoft Elkridge Office

6518 Meadowridge RD

Elkridge, MD 21075

Description:

Hands on Workshop.  Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Services provides cloud-based storage, virtual networks and virtual machines that can be provisioned on-demand to support lab, pilot or production application workloads. In this Hands-on Lab, join Microsoft and Planet Technologies to get you up to speed on the Microsoft Azure platform from an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) perspective. The class is led by a trainer with deep, real-world, Higher Education specific experience with Azure.  All attendees will work through a series of labs geared to provide hands-on experience in Azure. The workshop will take attendees from knowing nothing about the cloud to actually having deployed Virtual Machines and services to the cloud.

**Targeted Audience-Technical Teams with Organizational Sponsorship

Presenters:

Sheela Varadhan, Solution Sales Professional, Microsoft US Education, Azure

Robert (Bob) Ballard , Principal Cloud Strategist, Planet Technologies

**Requirements:

Bring a laptop (and power cord) that runs Linux, OS X or Windows with your favorite browser installed.

Prerequisites: An open mind and a desire to learn; no experience with Azure or cloud computing required!

Audio Visual Innovations (AVI-SPL)- Utilizing Digital Signage Technology to Better Engage Student, Faculty and Alumni

Description:

"The Education 'industry' is increasingly introducing technology within the education environment at all levels. With digital signage the means of presenting information is very varied and can include video, Flash animation, moving text, alternating images, RSS feeds and live TV.  With ONELAN digital signage you can:

•     Display news and details of campus events

•     Instantly convey emergency messages

•     Provide sports updates

•     Highlight important events

•     Wayfinding: assisting navigation for students and visitors

•     Allow instant registration for student clubs and activities

**Targeted Audience…  Education Administrators and IT Professionals               

Presenters:

Brian Hughes:    ONELAN North American Sales Manager, AVI/SPL

Sayed Enver:      ONELAN Senior Sales Engineering Manager, AVI/SPL

SHI/Symantec

Description:

The webinar description is as follows: Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) 14 "What's New"

New features to include:

- Intelligent Threat Cloud Service for client installation packages

- Generic Exploit Mitigation

- Advanced Machine Learning

**Targeted Audience… All existing Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) customer's                 

Presenters:

Brian Pallozzi, Principal Sales Engineer

Sierra- Cedar, Inc. -Case Study: NAU Transforms Student Services with CRM and Sierra-Cedar

December 8^th, 2016, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm

To join, please register by December 7^th, 2016

Description:

Institutions recognize the importance of providing quality student services, an effort that is becoming front and center in an increasingly competitive environment. In an effort to improve student services, Northern Arizona University (NAU) worked with Sierra-Cedar to create its Student Service Center, a physical one-stop shop with staff representation from a variety of service areas on NAU’s campus. Learn how NAU leveraged its Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system to capture student interactions and key data to help meet its current business goals. This session will highlight the University’s planning and decisions that led to transformative initiatives that will ultimately fulfill its vision for the future. A live demonstration and Q&A session will also be included.

**Targeted Audience…Admissions Officers, Enrollment Officials, Athletics Officials, IT Management, Student Affairs Officers, Registrars                                                                         

Presenters:

Vince Salvato, Vice President, Salesforce Practice, Sierra-Cedar

Kara McIntyre, Salesforce Consultant, Sierra-Cedar

April Tuomi, ITS Team Lead, Northern Arizona University

ATTAIN-Moving to the Cloud to Breakdown Silos: Cut Cost, Increase ROI and Improve Effectiveness

December  7^th, 2016, 10:00 am to 11:00 am

Please  register  by December 6^th, 2016

Description:

During this session, we will explore how Maryland higher education institutions are using Workday to break down silos, engage with constituents, increase revenue and reduce costs across the organization.

**Targeted Audience… MEEC Members

Presenters:

Steve Elder, Workday Program Manager, Attain