July 17, 2006
By Dylan Skriloff
"The times are a changing" and these days its technology that’s leading the way. The RBA has its own discussion and presentation group dedicated to keeping members apprised of the latest developments and business applications in the arena of technology.
Group meetings occur 4:00 pm at Dominican College the first Thursday of every month. A table shows the group’s tentative agenda for the next several months.
The RBA Technology Initiative, co-chaired by Les Neumann and Howard Reiss, was founded in 2004; primarily to help Rockland business owners discover outlets to broadband Internet service.
"The Technology Initiative is critical because we all need the knowledge," Fran Reinstein of Mortgage World Bankers, Inc. said. As a person with a natural aversion to tech knowledge she tries to attend as many of the meetings as possible to keep up with things.
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The Tech Initiative’s Monthly Agenda
Refreshments and networking time are offered at all TI meetings. Topics include question and answer sessions and group discussion. Most meetings feature a sponsorship presentation by a participating company.
August – No meeting, summer break.
September – A guest speaker will offer sage advice on market differentiation, and how businesses can address different client markets through segmented emails, electronic promotional campaigns and marketing.
October – At this meeting you will be advised by an expert speaker about the physical and mental concerns of switching from one database or contact management software to another. Questions like "What are the pitfalls?" "When should you perform this operation?" and "Who should perform it?" will be answered.
November – You will learn how to use your updated CRM software or database to contact your customers, members or vendors through a segmented marketing effort and how to present the messages you are trying to convey through targeted marketing, branding of your electronic messages and creating a "look."
December – There will be a discussion and a guest speaker outlining how to create a technology roadmap for your organization. The meeting will help you weigh the many points to consider, such as; cost, implementation, training and adaptation.
January – A guest speaker will offer a talk with a twist. How do you go about training and educating your customers?
February – A guest speaker will advise on finding the right employees for your new technology driven organization. The best practices, methods, etc. will be discussed.
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