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Making the Case for

Tech-enabled Meetings

Presenter Attendee

Agreement

Vibrate Please

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Safe space to agree, disagree,

ponder, question, plug or bash

About Me

@VelChain

About You!

You’re stranded at an airport for

days. What one device do you

hope you have with you?

Share one major technology

decision you must make for 2015

1. Understand the 3

primary areas where

meeting tech can

drive the greatest

business results.

2. Gain insight on

major tech mistakes

made by others that

you don’t want to

repeat.

3. Explore advanced

principles of

developing a

persuasive tech

business case.

Your Turn:

Which learning

objective is most

important to YOU?

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1. Understand the 3

primary areas where

meeting tech can

drive the greatest

business results.

1. Attendee Experience

2. Improved Process & Efficiency

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Which technology decision have you

made that impacts these three

drivers best?

2. Gain insight on

major tech mistakes

made by others that

you don’t want to

repeat.

1) Considering full

array of requirements.

3) Overthinking

your digital

plumbing.

Attendee experience

always trumps

staff efficiency.

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4) Digging

shiny objects

and bandaid

fixes.

Tech solutions

need three years to

yield optimal ROI

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5) Ready, Fire, Aim!

Phase your roll-out.

Create a business case

& report back.

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What lessons learned can you

share about past technology

decisions and implementation?

3. Explore advanced

principles of

developing a

persuasive tech

business case.

ROI = (Gain from Investment – Cost of Investment)

Cost of Investment

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Hardware

and

Software

Costs

Implementation Expenses

Re-occurring Expenses –

Maintenance/Support

Anticipated Expense Reduction

Gains from Improved Productivity

Share success or disaster stories on actual vs. anticipated ROI.

Making the Business Case

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