Dates: August 7, 2009

Organizers: Neerja Raman, Jerry Glenn, Aman Walia

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More media will be created in the next 4 years than in the last 40,000 years combined and most of it will be created by novices to media production. This opens new approaches to leadership and management that were impossible just a few years ago. How will we take advantage of this phenomenon?

In this workshop we will explore how multimedia and internet can radically reduce cost of gathering performance metrics while improving effectiveness – specifically through a redefining the concept of distance into digital distance which in turn defines emotional distance. Management by understanding and trans-institutional forms increases efficiency. We will:

• Present a case for the need for multimedia and internet in reducing emotional (heart) and geographic (head) distance
• Present the current status of projects in related areas using examples from the non-profit world such as the Millennium Project and its 33 Nodes around the world with its Real-Time Delphi and beginnings of collective intelligence systems
• Present our vision for use of multimedia and related infrastructure for reducing cost while improving return on investment, plus some coming attractions of the future of media with the increasing merger of mind and technology

You should participate in this workshop if you:
   • Want to be informed about cost reductions by using internet and media technology for gathering impact performance metrics

   • Need to justify resource allocation in technology

   • Want to find out new breakthroughs in global thinking

Co-leading this workshop with me is JERRY GLEN, Director, The Millennium Project
(http://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.jerome.c.glenn) - more info below.
and
AMAN WALIA- Founder and Chief Architect, MetrixLine - more info below

Who Should Participate:
Managers, executives, non-profit leaders and all people interested in collaborating about breakthrough innovation that applies to problems of global scope.

Workshop Fees:
The cost includes all materials; breakfast, and coffee breaks. Participants will visit campus eateries in groups for lunch.

Register Now: please go to the registration page and use the code OPEN

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Registration and Refund Policies:
If there are insufficient registrations received before June 30, 2009, we reserve the right to cancel the workshops and refund your registration fees in full. We will NOT be liable for the cost of travel or hotel reservations. Please contact information for advice on the possibility of cancellation.

STAP funds may be used for this workshop.

*Preliminary description. Subject to change.

JEROME C. GLENN cofounded and directs the Millennium Project, the leading global participatory think tank supported by international organizations, governments, corporations, and NGOs which produces the internationally recognized State of the Future reports. Jerry is the executive director of the American Council for the United Nations University, director of the AC/UNU Millennium Project on global futures research and policy, an international development consultant, author of 70 future-oriented articles in such as the Nikkei, ADWEEK, International Tribune, LEADERS, New York Times, Technological Forecasting, Futures Research Quarterly, The Futurist, and coauthor of the 1997-2005 editions of State of the Future.
 
Jerry has 35 years experience in futures research for government, international organizations, and private industry in science and technology policy, economics, education, defense, space, forecasting methodology, international telecommunications, and decision support systems. He was the deputy director for PfP International involved in micro-credit, national strategic planning, institutional design, training, and evaluation in economic development in Africa, Middle East, Asia, the Caribbean, and Latin America, founded CARINET computer network which focused on Latin America in 1983 (now owned by CGNET), and personally introduced data packet switching in 12 developing countries. He has consulted for corporations, USAID and its contractors, World Bank, UNDP, UNU, UNESCO, US/EPA, DOE, and several governments.

AMAN WALIA is the Founder and CEO of MetrixLine – a Next Generation company working with Corporate Managements to achieve greater business value through the fundamentals of Information Transparency. MetrixTrack – A Solution as a Service platform provides Managers across the organization real time Information and Metrics to their specific needs and tasks from multiple data sources in a fully automated way. This provides extreme visibility, connects the Organization across its divisions, provides extensive real time Analytics for immediate action ability and builds an Internal Learning engine for greater predictability in an extremely cost effective way. MetrixLine distributes the Power of Real Time Information to Managers when they need it most.

MetrixTrack has adapted to multiple business contexts of diverse businesses and Non-Profit Organizations addressing the need to provide Donors, Grantees and Non-Profit groups greater visibility.

Aman has over 17 years of experience in Technology, Process and the Indian and US IT Industry. Prior to founding MetrixLine, he worked with Mphasis (IPO and now an EDS Company) from the start-up phase and helped build the Technology and Delivery organization across three continents. The focus on extreme efficiency and concern with the traditional costs of providing relevant information to Managers in real time pushed Aman to begin working on MetrixLine. The vision being that the Power of next generation Technology and sound Mathematics of moving data, Corporations will increase efficiencies to make them a lot more profitable.

Aman is a Graduate of IIT Bombay and also has an MBA from IIM-B. Aman pursues multiple interests in Social Service and Philanthropy. Aman is also a recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus (for Services) awarded by his Alma Mater – IIT Bombay.

NEERJA RAMAN
Distinguished Visiting Scholar and Senior Fellow, Stanford University
http://neerja.raman-net.com; Blog http://fromgoodtogold.blogspot.com/
http://mediax.stanford.edu/people/visiting-scholars.html

Neerja Raman, Senior Fellow, Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Media-X, Stanford University, is a seasoned executive in innovation research and new business creation. In June 2009, she was named “Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business” by AABDC for her research in business models and metrics for technology-based solutions for sustainable development. She is coach and mentor for social entrepreneurs and corporate CSR groups.  Prior to joining Stanford, Neerja was Director, Strategic Planning and founder of the Imaging Systems Lab at Hewlett Packard Labs which delivered product ideas and advanced research for HP’s flagship printing, digital imaging and multi-media businesses. Neerja has served for two terms on the advisory committee for Cyber-Infrastructure, National Science Foundation, an initiative launched for improvement of science education in the United States.

A Women in Technology International, Hall of Fame inductee, Neerja is a recipient of various technical and citizenship awards including recognition by the California State Senate and Federation of Indo-Americans. She is a board member of several non-profits, is a frequent speaker at global conferences, and has written an acclaimed leadership and management book ‘The Practice and Philosophy of Decision Making’. 

Neerja’s blog, Digital Provide: from Good to Gold, is a resource for investors and entrepreneurs interested in social business creation. Her research has also been published in conference proceedings, magazines and as book chapter “Eco-Stacking: A Strategy for Success in Social and Business Agendas”. Neerja is a graduate of the Kellogg Executive Program, Northwestern University, and has Masters Degrees from S.U.N.Y Stony Brook, New York and Delhi University, India.