IT Nation Is Celebrating Its 10th Anniversary
IT Nation, ConnectWise’s annual event will take place Nov. 12-14, 2014 at the Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek, Orlando, FL. ConnectWise reports the conference — marking its tenth anniversary — sold out in record time this year, and more than 2,400 attendees are expected.
On Nov. 13, Arnie Bellini, ConnectWise CEO, will deliver the keynote during the general session to begin a full day of events. Josh Linkner, author of The Road to Reinvention: How to Drive Disruption and Accelerate Transformation, is the keynote speaker for Nov. 14. Linkner is the NY Times Bestselling author of Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity and the CEO and managing partner of Detroit Venture Partners. He is also the founder and former CEO of ePrize, the largest interactive promotion agency in the world serving 74 of the top 100 brands, and he also founded, built, and successfully sold three other technology companies.
In addition to keynotes, IT Nation 2014’s agenda includes presentations from a number of featured speakers:
- Bradley Gross, the founding partner of the Law Office of Bradley Gross, P.A., a law firm that focuses exclusively on the transactions involving managed services providers (MSPs), VARs, and other IT solutions providers, is a leading legal authority in the area of cloud computing transactions and was a technology law correspondent for NBC television.
- Dave Mitchell, the founder of The Leadership Difference, has conducted “enter-TRAIN-ment” seminars for more than 250,000 people. He is the author of Live and Learn or Die Stupid! that focuses on personal contentment and performance excellence, and The Power of Understanding People, was an Amazon Best Business Book of the Month.
- Gary Pica is the president and founder of TruMethods, a coaching peer and accountability firm aimed at helping IT solution providers reach their full potential as MSPs and cloud providers. Pica’s company, Dynamic Digital Services, was one of the fastest-growing MSPs in the country, generating $500,000 in monthly recurring revenue. It was acquired by mindSHIFT Technologies in 2005, helping mindSHIFT become one of the nation’s largest MSP/CSPs.
- Holly Green, the CEO of THE HUMAN FACTOR, helps business leaders and their companies achieve excellence with a unique approach to strategic agility, alignment and engagement. She is a renowned speaker and has been featured on a number of television and radio shows including NBC, ABC, Fox News, and NPR. She is the author of More Than a Minute: How to be an Effective Leader & Manager in Today’s Changing World and Using Your Brain to Win in today’s hyper paced world, and she is a regular contributor to Forbes.
- Paul Dippell is the CEO of Service Leadership Inc., a global consultancy to IT solutions providers and technology vendors. Service Leadership is also the publisher of the Service Leadership Index, the benchmark of technology solutions and services organizations financial and operational performance. The company also developed SLIQ, the application that enables IT partners accelerate their business transformation and performance.
- Rick Gallegos is the president and CEO of Rick J. Gallegos and Associates, Inc., presenters of Dale Carnegie Training. He is the developer/writer of Dale Carnegie & Associates’ successful one-day seminar “How to Cold Call and Build New Customers.” In addition, he authored the sales management programs “Sales Leadership Excellence” and “Building Great Teams.”
IT Nation 2014 also features more than 100 breakout sessions, developed from partner feedback, as well as a vendor solutions pavilion and networking opportunities. In addition, ConnectWise and vendor partners are hosting educational events and boot camps prior to the official start of IT Nation.
For additional information, including a list of sponsors, visit www.theitnation.com.
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