Churchill Club - Event Detail - Silicon Valley Fights Back Against the (Information) Monster it Created

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Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Silicon Valley Fights Back Against the (Information) Monster it Created

Speakers:
John Poisson, CEO, Tiny Pictures
Ellen Siminoff, Chairman, Efficient Frontier
Jonathan Spira, CEO and Chief Analyst, Basex Inc.
Tony Wright, CEO, RescueTime

Moderator:
Matt Richtel, Correspondent, New York Times

New Information! Enhanced Program! New Venue!

Our previously announced “Use or Be Used: Navigating Well in the Always On Society” program on March 26 deals with the growing problem of information overload, dubbed the “2008 Problem of the Year” by New York research firm Basex and estimated to be costing US businesses $650 billion per year.

Jonathan Spira, CEO and chief analyst of Basex has now agreed to join the panel and also to share his newest, proprietary research reports with program attendees. Also joining the panel is Tony Wright, CEO of RescueTime, who offers a web-based time management and analytics tool for information workers who want to be more productive.

Here’s the new program description that reflects these new developments:

Silicon Valley Fights Back Against the (Information) Monster it Created

Intel launched no email Fridays. So did US Cellular. Some managers at Genentech urge employees to check email only twice a day. The Valley and its denizens are trying to combat a problem of their own making: information overload. Everyone knows the issue. The very tools spurring your productivity are also undermining it. This is not merely a question of personal organization. Information overload is spawning industries. New businesses and new products are being created from the likes of Microsoft and Google, and numerous start-ups, too, to help people manage and mute the cacophony and onslaught of information. The question: what can you do to avoid becoming overwhelmed? Even further, can you capitalize or build or enhance your business around helping others to regain productivity? Or have we created a monster here destined to eat us alive (please forgive the hyperbole…we wrote the end quickly because we have incoming email and need to get to it right away).

Location:
Crowne Plaza Cabana Hotel
4290 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA

Qty: Description: Price:* (Member / Nonmember)

CD 03/26/08 Information Monster $10.00 / $20.00

DVD 03/26/08 Information Monster $20.00 / $30.00

*Membership price discounts will be applied based upon membership status of registrants.


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