Excellent Professional Development Opportunities at SIGUCCS 2015

We are pleased to offer four outstanding, half-day, professional development seminars this year at the annual SIGUCCS conference on November 9-13, 2015, in St. Petersburg, Florida.

white_beach_and_seaWith something relevant for all IT professionals, these unique seminars offered in a half-day format are an exceptional value and not only enhance your professional portfolio; but also provide you the opportunity to apply various tools or strategies to delve deeper into current issues and develop solutions that will work for you and your institution.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from experts —  mark your calendar and attend one of the pre-conference seminars on Monday afternoon (November 9) to invest in yourself and “Make Your Sun Shine” in 2015!

Visit the links below to review a full description of each seminar. (Pre-conference registration fee is $150 for SIGUCCS members attending the conference.) Register now!


An Introduction to Internet Law (Psst: There’s No Such Thing!)
Steven J. McDonald, General Counsel, Rhode Island School of Design

A practical orientation to the basic legal issues confronting campus IT professionals, from FERPA to copyright to contracts to the cloud, and a practical framework for dealing with them.


Leveraging the Power of Influence
Shundra White, IT Director, University of Memphis

This session is designed to assist leaders in establishing a framework for understanding and leveraging influence as a tool in motivating others to appreciate and embrace change.


The Power of When
Patrick Rhone, Partner in Gladhill Rhone, LLC

All the meetings, projects, tasks, and everything else you need to do must fit into the day, but … When?  In this interactive workshop we’ll take the fear out of engaging your calendar to create meaningful commitments and take better control of time, tasks, and projects.


Performance Management
Dave Disney

Collaborate in this interactive engagement through exercises, activities, and workshops, to enhance your skills to lead using effective strategic and financially based support and service management framework. This session will empower you with takeaways for development of a successful support and service management experience.


Find additional information including the full schedule and program details, hotel accommodations, and more on the SIGUCCS 2015 Conference website.

About SIGUCCS Editor

The Special Interest Group on University and College Computing Services (SIGUCCS) is an association of professionals who support and manage the diverse aspects of information technology services at higher education institutions. SIGUCCS is one of 36 special interest groups of ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, the world's largest educational and scientific computing society. SIGUCCS focuses on issues surrounding the support, delivery, and management of those services, and provides professional development opportunities for its members and the other individuals in the field.