2010 SLATE Conference Keynote Speaker

I am very excited to announce that the keynote speaker for the 2010 SLATE Conference will be Ray Henderson, President of Blackboard Learn. In this position, Ray oversees product development, client success and support as well as the global services and managed hosting functions. He formerly led ANGEL Learning's product strategy, product development and go-to-market efforts. His more than twenty years of experience in educational publishing and technology platform development, shape a vision where the customer experience is paramount and the customer voice is integral to product development.

With that said, Ray has given us - the members of SLATE - a unique opportunity to define his keynote address. He wants to hear from us, about the most interesting, informative, and engaging way to present his talk. In other words, we pick the topic and set the tone.

What I am looking for from you are suggested topics or themes that you would like Ray to cover; product strategy, support models and client success, platform openness and integration - as examples - or anything else you can think of. So send your suggestion to me by Friday, July 16th. Hopefully a theme will emerge from all the suggestions. I will then send that along to Ray.

As always, we are looking for better and more engaging ways that the SLATE Conference can benefit you and your institution. I hope you will take advantage of this opportunity. Look forward to seeing you there.

Thanks.

Ken

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Ken Sadowski
SLATE Conference Coordinator
The University of Chicago
1100 E. 57th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
sadowski@uchicago.edu
773.702.4665