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As
a Member of GMA your
are invited to
"MANAGING
THE BUSINESS OF TECHNOLOGY "
Speaker:
Barry Henderson
MIMC CMC
Innovation
and Business Development Pty Ltd
and
President, Institute of Management Consultants
and
"HANDLING THE MEDIA "
Speaker: Doug
Weller
Director,
Corporate Media Services Pty Ltd
Date: Tuesday 20th
June 2006
Time:
5:30pm
for Management
Briefings commencing 6:30pm
Venue:
Room 915, Level 9
Victoria
University of Technology
300
Flinders Street Melbourne.
Managing
The Business Of Technology
Barry Henderson
MIMC CMC
How
can business leaders who are not technologists or who have not maintained
currency in their technical discipline make appropriate decisions, build
competency in new technologies and avoid costly mistakes?
Technology does not only provide opportunities – there are also threats.
Creating value from technology is a critical challenge for the business
leader, yet often investments in new product, process of information
technologies, have not met the expectations of improved performance to the
organisation's bottom line. Substantial
writedowns, the result of an inappropriate selection of technologies to grow
the business, are a significant cost to business.
Technology, from a leadership perspective, has to be a key strategic
resource for building the organisation’s competitive advantage.
A review of many business planning texts and workbooks reveals that
technology rarely rates a mention other than as facilities and equipment
linked with production processes, quality and manufacturing standards, or
occupational health and safety issues. Strategic technology management
represents a fundamental shift in the way technology is perceived and
incorporated within the business.
However, many managers are reluctant to address the effective use of
technology as they believe, incorrectly, that they must have expertise in
technical disciplines to manage technology effectively.
Managers must understand the potential that technology holds for generating
business efficiencies and opportunity. Developing
new organisational structures, new management styles and new approaches to
harness technology and innovation, along with understanding the impact
technology has on the marketplace are senior management tasks.
The challenge for business leaders is to build responsive and adaptive
organisations in a tough, technologically challenging world where technology
is constantly reshaping the way organisations undertake business.
Barry Henderson and his team at Innovation &
Business Development work with senior management to identify and adopt
specific approaches to implement the management of technology - both as a
technical activity and as a strategic business resource.
Handling
The Media
Doug
Weller, Journalist & Trainer
Doug
established Corporate Media Services in 2004. He has been a consultant media
trainer since 1996.
Doug brings to his training programs 30 years experience in journalism. This
includes 13 years with the ABC in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra
and Washington D.C.
After Washington, and following a year as political reporter in the Canberra
Press Gallery, he transferred to television in Melbourne, anchoring a
national morning news and current affairs program. Other positions held at
the ABC include Editor, Chief of Staff and Executive Producer.
Doug has also lectured in Journalism at RMIT University, worked as a
political adviser, developed media strategies and executed issues and crises
management programs for a range of companies and organisations.
He has conducted more than 600 presentations on the media, and he has also
designed and presented a range of advanced training programs for journalists
from Indonesia, Vietnam and China.
He is now Director of Corporate Media Services Pty Ltd.
Career Highlights
ABC
Correspondent - Washington D.C.
Television
News Anchor - First Edition
Political
Reporter - National Press Gallery Canberra
Lecturer
in Journalism - RMIT University
Ministerial
Adviser - Queensland Government
Executive
Producer - Asia Pacific
National
Reporter - ABC TV Sydney
Bureau
Chief - AM/PM Programs
Accreditations:
1996
- 2006 Quill Awards Judge
Best New Speaker Award (Southern Region) - (TEC)
Resource
Speaker Excellence Award - (TEC)
Foreign Training
1999 Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City TV - Presentation Skills Training
2001 Indonesia TVRI - Presentation Skills Training
2003 Indonesia Metro TV - Presentation Skills Training
2005 China The General Administration of Media and Publication
(GAPP) - Senior Management
Training
2005
Indonesia TVRI - Presentation Skills Training
2006
Indonesia -
IASTP 111 - Print Journalism Training Project
Bookings: Follow
This Link
GMA
Vic/Tas Chapter
2006
Board Room Briefings Calendar
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Tues
Jul 18th |
"LEVERAGING
YOUR IP INTO AN EXPORTABLE TRAINING PRODUCT"
Lea
Rushton, AUSTRADE (Sydney Office) |
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Tues
Aug 22nd |
"HOW
DIGITAL TV CAME TO AUSTRALIA"
David
Pitt, Vice President (Finance) & CFO, Monash University |
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Tues
Sep 19th |
"CFO
OF THE FUTURE"
Malcolm
Simister, LMN Consulting |
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Tues
Oct 24th |
"INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY AND THE LAW"
Duncan
Hart, Duncan Hart Consulting |
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Friday
Nov 24th |
CHRISTMAS
FUNCTION |
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