Corporate Executive Board
The Corporate Executive Board Announces Alliance with the McIntire School of Commerce Foundation to Manage and Promote the Network Roundtable
Alliance to Increase the Prevalence of Essential Network Analytics at the World's Most Progressive Organizations
ARLINGTON, Va., Feb 23, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Corporate Executive Board (NASDAQ: EXBD) today announced a strategic alliance with the McIntire School of Commerce Foundation, the fundraising arm of the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce. Through the partnership, the organizations will work together to manage, develop and grow the school's Network Roundtable, the leading provider of research and tools to help organizations assess and improve the way their teams work and collaborate.
"Organizational network analysis is a powerful tool for developing teams and leaders and growing businesses," said Rob Cross, Associate Professor in the management department of University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce. "By offering valuable insights into how an organization's high performers build and maintain their networks, we help drive innovation, collaboration and revenue growth."
The new alliance will bring the organizational network analysis tools and resources of the Network Roundtable to CEB's premier network of executives and business professionals.
"Organizations worldwide look to the Corporate Executive Board and our related programs in learning and other functional areas for insights into how to build and develop high performing individuals and teams," said Andrew Huddart, General Manager of the Corporate Leadership Council, a division of the Corporate Executive Board. "The Network Roundtable offers unique and powerful insights and tools to help organizations improve their talent and business outcomes. We are excited to work with Rob Cross and the McIntire School of Commerce to bring the impact of these resources to our members and to expand the network."
As part of the alliance, Rob Cross and the McIntire School of Commerce, whose undergraduate business program is currently ranked number one in the nation by BusinessWeek, will continue to lead the research efforts of the Roundtable, while the Corporate Executive Board will take on responsibility for serving and growing the membership. Both organizations will collaborate on deploying the analytic tools and survey services to members and other organizations.
Gerry Starsia, Associate Dean for Administration at the McIntire School and the McIntire Foundation's Treasurer, added, "We are delighted that the Corporate Executive Board will be working with us to grow the Network Roundtable. Their access to a global network of high performing organizations will allow us to expand the number of organizations we work with and thereby broaden and deepen our insights and impact."
About The Network Roundtable
The Network Roundtable is a user community supporting the use of, and research into, how network analysis is used to advance organizational and personal performance. The Roundtable works with leading organizations and researchers to develop theories, best practices and user technology. These developments are shared with members. In turn members share their insights into how network analysis is and can be applied to strategic imperatives such as cost containment, innovation and leadership development. For more information, click here.
About The Corporate Executive Board Company
The Corporate Executive Board drives faster, more effective decision-making among the world's leading executives and business professionals. As the premier, network-based knowledge resource, it provides them with the authoritative and timely guidance needed to excel in their roles, take decisive action and improve company performance. Powered by an executive network that spans over 50 countries and represents more than 80% of the world's Fortune 500 companies, the Corporate Executive Board offers the unique research insights along with an integrated suite of exclusive tools and resources that enable the world's most successful organizations to deliver superior business outcomes. For more information, visit www.exbd.com.
About The McIntire School of Commerce Foundation at the University of Virginia
The McIntire School of Commerce Foundation plays a critical role in helping to build and sustain the tradition of innovation that is fundamental to McIntire's success. Established in 1978, the Foundation receives gifts for the School and serves as a vehicle through which the School offers its top-rated undergraduate, graduate, and executive education programs. Through its fundraising efforts and conscientious oversight of gifts, the Foundation Board works to support important initiatives such as curriculum enhancements, scholarships, faculty support and research, and state-of-the-art technology innovation. Currently, the McIntire School of Commerce Foundation is helping to lead the School in its $150 million fundraising campaign. For more information, visit http://www2.commerce.virginia.edu/giving/about.asp.
SOURCE: The Corporate Executive Board Company
The Corporate Executive Board Company
Joni Renick, 571-303-4074
jrenick@executiveboard.com
571-303-3000
www.exbd.com
The McIntire School of Commerce Foundation
Paul Flatin, 434-962-4888
Paul.Flatin@comm.virginia.edu www.commerce.virginia.edu/
Penn Interactive Media
On February 23, WIMI kicked off the spring semester of the Penn Interactive Media Colloquium. Andrew Lucia, Peter Lloyd Jones and Jenny Sabin of the Sabin+Jones LabStudio presented their research to a packed house.
Sabin+Jones: http://www.sabin-jones.com/
Attendees were impressed by the stunning images and theoretical models that are being created at the intersections of medical research and design principles, applied by LabStudio.
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Get Your Head In The Cloud!
Yep it's true, Presto on the Cloud is here! I admit, at first glance, it might appear that all we're doing is trying to ‘Keep up with the Joneses’. But look a little further and you'll find much, much more. It's a great opportunity for all mashers to truly kickstart their mashup efforts. Let me tell you what I mean.
Here's how my boss put it, "We took Presto and we've fused it together with 3 very important things: the cloud, a community, and tons of content. In other words, we put Presto in a hosted environment (Amazon's EC2), then connected it to the Mashup Developer Community (with thousands of mashers worldwide), and finally we seeded the Presto Cloud with over 250 enterprise data sources and services (to jump start your mashing)".
The day of the ‘lone coder’ is over, at least in the world of mashups. Presto, combined with the virtual nature of the cloud and an entire community focused on building out shared solutions, gives us the chance to truly change the face of enterprise development.
Dan Hudson was one of the cloud beta testers. (He also created the ‘Haiti Crisis Communication Dashboard’.) Leveraging Presto Cloud, Dan has been able to quickly demonstrate how multiple data sources can be mashed together to create an actionable view of information. His dashboard was just the start of what we can build together. By Dan sharing all of his Haiti mashups with the entire Mashup Developer Community, we’re all able to become part of his mission. Visit the Mashup Wall, to view and interact with his work.
So, how do you start mashing in the cloud? All of our community members have been given a Presto Cloud account. Simply visit the Presto Cloud login page, enter your MDC username and password and start mashing in seconds. And remember don't forget to share your mashups with fellow community members because who knows, you might share the same mashup thoughts.
For more details on the Presto Cloud, read our FAQ or watch the 5 minute Welcome Video. Get your head in the cloud!
- Jessica Agunsday
jessica.agunsday [at] jackbe.com
Enterprise Mashup Summit
The Open Enterprise 2.0 Mashup Summit is Friday, 12 March 2010 in San Francisco, California USA.
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) March 3, 2010 - The Open Mashup Alliance, Jackbe Corporation, The Programmable Web, Serena Software, EMU Summits, Adobe Systems Incorporated, Ribbit, DreamFace, Hinchcliffe & company and many others announces the Open Enterprise 2.0 Mashup Summit on Friday, 12 March, 2010 in San Francisco, California USA (http://www.emusummit.com/). The Enterprise Mashup Summit will be held at San Francisco State University beautiful downtown campus in the heart of San Francisco.
Some Sponsors
- Adobe Systems
- Mashable
- Serena Software
- Ribbit Corporation
- EMU Summits
- Jackbe Corporation
- DreamFace
- Open Mashup Alliance
- Programmable Web
- Hinchcliffe & Company
This Open Enterprise Mashup Summit provides the deep expertise, open tools and relationships to achieve mastery of enterprise mashups (EMU). The Mashup Summit is tuned and optimized for business leaders, business users, information strategists, IT architects, programmers, developers and knowledge management professionals. The Open Enterprise Mashup Summit is an inaugural gathering of the Open Mashup Alliance and the global enterprise mashup community.
"We are very excited to be a founding member of Open Mashup Alliance and to foster mashup interoperability and portability through an open language for enterprise mashups,". said Deepak Alur, Vice President of Engineering at JackBe, and summit sponsor.
"Open enterprise mashups are the future of business computing. They are fundamentally redefining operations, tactics and strategies in the smartest organizations. They provide the essential capabilities to integrate and transform yesterday's process orientation into our network-centric future," said John Maloney, founding sponsor of the Open Enterprise 2.0 Mashup Summit.
"Using Adobe's Rich Internet Applications (RIA) technology, enterprise customers are exploring mashups to deliver contextual, task centric workspaces that aggregate information from different backend applications." - Kumar Vora, VP & GM, Adobe Systems
Open Enterprise 2.0 mashups are the fastest growing ecosystem on the Web by far. They are becoming commonplace in and between top global firms. Enterprise mashups drive improvements in resource utilization, productivity, innovation and sharply improved corporate performance overall. Firms have discovered the spectacular business advantages of enterprise 2.0 mashups.
Pricing and Availability
Registration for the Open Enterprise 2.0 Mashup Summit is open and available now. All are welcome. The event tuition, the full-day learning experience, meals, refreshments, materials, books, discounts, Wi-Fi access and registration is $299.00. Secure, online Website registration in advance required. There is no on-site registration. All are welcome. http://www.emusummit.com/
About
The Open Enterprise Mashup Summit was founded in 2006 in Silicon Valley. The community was conceived and is sponsored by participants only. Sessions are open, low-cost, practical and conversational. Participation is capped to optimize interactions. Join the conversation to improve performance, growth, greater effectiveness, faster innovation, customer delight and mastery of open, network-centric enterprise mashups.
Participatory Action Research
Plexus Institute webinar with Nancy Dixon
Organizational Studies that Don't Just Sit on the Shelf
Register for Free Program
Wednesday March 17, 2010 @ 11:00 AM eastern, 10:00AM central, 9:00 AM mountain, 8:00AM pacific
“Lessons learned” studies, “evaluation" and "assessment” don’t have a very good track record for making a difference in organizations. There are lots of reasons for this. Sometimes the findings are not credible, or are too abstract – but in the end, all too frequently, the recommendations are never carry out. In most situations in which an organization asks or is required to take an in-depth, objective look at an issue, the study report is more likely to be the end rather than the beginning of change.
Participatory Action Research is a way to conduct an organizational study that has a very different outcome, that is, change starts to happen while the study is still being conducted. By the time the study is completed there is already a buzz in the organization about the issues and people are trying out changes. Participatory Action Research is, at its heart, a conversational process, not an impersonal survey, nor an experimental design with “subjects;” rather it is a conversation between organizational members. That conversation takes place between interviewer and interviewee, between members of the interview team, and between organizational members in the conversations set up to discuss the findings. All of the conversations are a part of the change. In the end all change is a result of organizational conversation – the only question is who is invited into the conversation. Participatory Action Research is a methodology to focus the organization on conversations that matter and invite into the conversation those whose work will change.
Join us for a conversation about participatory action research with Nancy Dixon sponsored by Plexus Institute. Nancy has an in-depth understanding of tacit knowledge, that includes:
1) how it is developed within each individual's mind and
2) the processes that enable it to move from one mind to another.
She is expert at analyzing conversations to discover why the transfer of critical organizational knowledge is blocked or is occurring effectively.
Nancy is a prolific writer with eight books and over 50 articles on the topic of knowledge transfer and organization learning including:
Common Knowledge: How Companies Thrive by Sharing What They Know (Harvard Business School Press, 2000)
CompanyCommand: Unleashing the Power of the Army Profession By Nancy M. Dixon, Nate Allen, Tony Burgess, Pete Kilner and Steve Schweitzer, Center for the Advancement of Leader Development & Organizational Learning, West Point, NY.
This webcast is part of the Plexus Institute Organizational Consultants’ Learning Network series on Liberating Structures. Can't make the date? No problem! This program will be available on-demand after the live program date, so please register anyway and we will send you a link to the on demand recorded program.
summer workshop on social network analysis
Birthplace of Abraham Lincoln
Hardin County, Kentucky
This is to announce that online registration is now open for the 2010 LINKS Center summer workshop on social network analysis. The workshop will be held June 7-12, 2010 on the University of Kentucky campus. The workshop features multiple sessions, some of which run concurrently. The schedule is as follows.
Refresher Sessions (1-day) Mon June 7
- Networks for Novices. A simple introduction to the social network field by Dan Brass, Ginny Kidwell and Travis Grosser
- Graphs and Matrices. Elementary graph theory and matrix algebra taught by Steve Borgatti, Rich DeJordy and Dan Halgin
- Stats 101 for Networks. Statistics refresher specifically aimed at preparing participants to learn SIENA and exponential random graph models (ERGM/p*). Taught by Martina Morris
Main courses (3-day) Tue June 8 through Thu June 10
- Introduction to Network Analysis. 3-day introduction to the analysis of social network data using UCINET and NetDraw. Taught by Rich DeJordy and Dan Halgin.
- Advanced Network Analysis. Topics include describing network change, analyzing multiple relations, 2-mode data, advanced centrality concepts, missing data, and more. Taught by Steve Borgatti
- Stochastic Modeling of Networks. The first two days, taught by Christian Steglich, are on using the SIENA model for analyzing longitudinal data. The third day, taught by Martina Morris, is on using exponential random graph models (ERGM/p*) to model networks
Application Areas (1-day) Fri June 11
- Security. Network analysis in the context of national security and crime-fighting. Taught by Kim Glasgow
- Organizations. Network analysis used in the context of organizations and management. Both the academic research side and the consulting/applied side will be covered. Taught by Steve Borgatti
- Health. Network analysis in the context of public health. Both research and applied approaches will be covered. Taught by Tom Valente
Works-in-Progress Conference (1-day) Sat June 12
- A forum for workshop participants to present network research in progress and receiving expert feedback. Led by Joe Labianca
1-on-1 Research Development Sessions (appointments available every day)
- An opportunity to meet 1-on-1 to discuss your research with Ajay Mehra
For those of you that have attended before, we’ve made a few changes this year. Most important is that we are imposing a limit of 50 participants per session (last year’s 150+ was just too big). We’ve also adjusted the offerings to provide more help with your own research, and to target more specifically certain application areas (such as management, public health, and national security/crime).
One price covers all 6 days of the workshop. Given the limit of 50 participants in each session (except the conference, which is unlimited), it would be a good idea to register early. Besides, there's a 20% early bird discount! Also, fulltime students pay only half price. Visit the workshop website for full details: http://www.linkscenter.org/workshops/
Stephen P. Borgatt
Paul Chellgren Chair of Management
LINKS Center for network analysis of organizations
Gatton College of Business & Economics
University of Kentucky
550 S. Limestone St., Lexington, KY 40506-0034
Office tel: +1 859 257 2257, Mobile tel: +1 978 394 2787
Email: sborgatti@uky.edu, steve.borgatti@gmail.com
“Unsticking” a Network
Networks often become “stuck” far short of their aspirations and potential. What processes can support a network itself to change, renew and revitalize?
- Steve Waddell
February 24, 2010
CoLABoration: Program for the Future 2010
| We would be delighted to have you join us for CoLABoration 2010 next Wednesday March 3 at The Tech Museum. (http://programforthefuture.org/conference). We will explore and use a number of collaboration exercises and technologies and invite you to bring your own to share. At an evening reception finalists and winner of the Engelbart Prize will also be announced. We do hope you can join us for this unique event!
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Enterprise Mashup Summit hashtag
@emusummit
#emusummit
The Enterprise Mashup Summit hashtag is #emusummit. Please follow @emusummit. Use #emusummit as the pre/post and live event Twitter tag stream.
Please use the emusummit tag for Flickr, delicious, blogs, etc.
Secure, online registration is open. Registration ($299) includes meals, books, parking, refreshments, materials, Wi-Fi access, reception, materials, group workspace and discounts. Registration in advance required. No on-site registration.
EMU Summit: http://emusummit.com/
Registration: http://www.regonline.com/EMU10
Questions: EMUSummit@emusummit.com