HERDI Fall Conference in Dallas Sets New Records
Seven companies presented to a record eight panels at our fall conference. Dynamic Campus, SunGard HE, Perceptis, Discovery Education, American Student Assistance, Macmillan New Ventures, and Pearson (2 panels), while six potential clients observed the process to determine their participation in the spring of 2012 in Orlando.
At our reception and banquet, attended by all college presidents, clients and observers, our dinner sponsor, SunGard Higher Education, related their experience and appreciation for HERDI. SunGard HE has participated in several HERDI conferences and is scheduled to return. A portion of their comments follows:
“Hello I am Jaime Chambron, Vice President of Strategy for Professional Services at SunGard Higher Education.
“This morning we were privileged to spend time with 7 of your peers in this room to discuss a number of topics on our mind such as:
- What is working to remediate our struggling students
- How to leverage our limited resources – people process and technology – to do more with less and get to innovating vs. just maintaining at our campuses and what a shared services governance model can bring to this challenge
- And the roadmap you need to enable your vision of applying mobile technology to enrich the student experience
“We are interested to know how these topics are playing out on your campuses. What are your plans, are they on the radar, how are you addressing these issues. Our relationship with HERDI has provided us this unique opportunity to engage in intimate conversations about what is shaping the decisions made on your campus that impact your students. These conversations shape how and what we package and deliver to our customers everyday so we can appropriately articulate the outcomes and value you expect from the solutions we deliver. Intimate conversations and access to you in these venues is priceless to us, so thank you.”
The HERDI process is alive and well and growing rapidly. The spring conference will take place at the Swan and Dolphin hotel in Orlando, April 18-20.
