If you still haven’t registered for CompTIA ChannelCon, let’s talk numbers. With your registration, you’ll have access to over 3,300 minutes of educational content, 26 intensive courses, six CompTIA Executive Certificate programs, four hot topic panels, two exciting keynote sessions and over 50 expert speakers. And, did we mention that it’s all happening at the luxurious Peabody Hotel in gorgeous Orlando?
Warm weather and refreshing pool aside, we know that you’re really at ChannelCon from July 29 to 31 to learn from the best our industry has to offer. Check out some of the expert speakers and channel chiefs presenting this year.
The Geek Squad Story
What do you get when you take $200, a crazy idea and love for all things technical? Learn how Robert Stephens took the world of IT support and made it famous – starring one chief inspector, 25,000 double agents and geekmobiles, the Rolling Stones, the CIA, the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile and over 50,000,000 messed-up computers. Hear his insights on how a lack of resources may be the very catalyst that makes you far more creative than your competition. Discover what he thinks will be the next big thing when you attend this business keynote session on Tuesday, July 30, at 9:00 a.m.
Best Practices in Selling Telecom
The ongoing convergence of IT and telecom technologies – and, more importantly, the decision-making preferences of the customer – continue to drive more partnerships between traditional IT channel firms and the telecom agent channel. On the flipside, more solution providers are adding telecom to their solution stack and selling it themselves. How do you know if you should go it alone or partner with a telecom agent? Hear the unique perspectives of a panel of experts as they outline the differences between the telecom and IT channels when you attend “Best Practices in Selling Telecom” on Tuesday, July 30, at 10:45 a.m.
Channel Chief Power Panel
Join a candid discussion with leading vendors, who will share their insights on the latest opportunities and challenges facing the IT channel. Hear their perspectives on everything from cloud and partner business transformation to mobility and convergence. Find out how they see the channel evolving in the years to come and what will be the critical value proposition for solution providers when you attend this power panel on Wednesday, July 31, at 9:00 am.
The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Your Solutions With Pictures
Say you’re on the way home from a conference. At the airport bar, you strike up a conversation with the person on the next stool. She asks, “What you do?” You say, “I manage enterprise architecture projects for mission-critical business applications with an emphasis on services oriented architectures.” She smiles politely and says, “You broke your what?”
Let’s face it: describing the complexity of today’s working world is hard – unless we use pictures. In this session, Dan Roam demonstrates step-by-step how anyone – regardless of artistic talent or training – can use simple pictures to describe what we do, explain complex concepts, solve fuzzy problems and sell others on breakthrough ideas. Attend “The Back of the Napkin” closing keynote on Wednesday, July 31, at 4:15 pm.
The numbers don’t lie! With this many experts in one place, you’re sure to walk away from ChannelCon with new information, training and connections. There’s still time to register for ChannelCon – get started today!
