How to Demystify IT for your CEO™ – The Presentation

Improve communication between IT and your Business

Most problems in IT organizations aren't technical – they're communication issues between IT people and their business customers. Misunderstandings and inappropriate user expectations cause more IT failures than technology does.

In this presentation I'll use common sense physical analogies to communicate the challenges facing IT, and explain why those challenges are so misunderstood by people outside the technology organization. I'll reveal the hidden traps into which IT organizations fall, and give you a way to avoid the traps and make your use of Information Technology more effective.

Learn from the insight I've achieved in my thirty-plus years of IT experience. I'll be happy to come to your company's location and do a one-hour or two-hour version of the "How to Demystify IT for your CEO" presentation. The presentation is suitable for audiences of any size, and it will identify the primary issues that prevent most IT and business people from working together, thus laying the foundation for a more successful IT relationship going forward.

The presentation fee is $2500 no matter how many people attend (higher outside the continental United States), and I'll also ask you to reimburse me for any travel expenses if you're outside Atlanta. All in all, this is a pretty small investment for the improvement you can get in the relationship between business people and IT people.

The presentation is most effective when the audience is a mix of business people and IT people The problem isn't just an IT problem – it's a problem in the way that business and IT people communicate – so both business and IT people need to get the message.

Want a sample of the type of presentation you can expect? Click here to view a Windows Media File version of a webinar I did in September, 2007. The half-hour presentation is an excerpt from the "How to Demystify IT for your CEO" topic.

Want to do more to address the communication gap between business and IT people?

Click here to see information about a full-day workshop on the same topic.

Call me now at (770) 331-6979,
or send an email to info@makingITclear.com

Money Back Guarantee

As with all MakingITclear® services, this presentation is risk-free. If you don't feel that the information in the presentation can make a significant difference in your company, then I'll refund your presentation fee (travel expenses still apply).

Testimonial

“... the presentation was a valuable insight into the creativity, expertise, concerns, and fears of the IT organization. Mr. Thrasher also highlighted several areas where we, as technical communicators, can help businesses and IT organizations overcome some of the problems endemic in these processes. Understanding how and why IT organizations behave as they do not only helps us understand how we can help ease these problems, but how they can open doors to our professional development.”

- Bill McClain, 2nd VP, Atlanta Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC), in his comments on a 2/15/2005 1-hour version of the presentation

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