Fall 2010 Chicago Church IT Roundtable at Willow Creek Community Church

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Willow Creek Community Church is excited to host the Chicago Church IT Roundtable on October 26th. The cost for this event is $35 and the deadline for registration is 10-15-10.

What: 

A roundtable is a peer-learning event where the participants are both teachers and learners. A roundtable is:

    * Small enough to emphasize interactive learning

    * Led by a facilitator and peer

    * Includes participants who have an affinity with each other

    * Does not include a strong agenda beyond sharing knowledge

Where:

Willow Creek Community Church

67 East Algonquin Road

Barrington, IL 60010

When:

Monday, Oct. 25

    * Dinner plans: We have a room reserved at Pinstripes. Dinner will be at 5:30 pm. Sponsored by Impact Networking 

Tuesday, Oct. 26

    * 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Roundtable discussions (continental breakfast, lunch, and snacks included)

    * Post roundtable meal plan:  The Lucky Monk

Who:

Anyone responsible for Information Technology in a ministry setting ... Business Admins, IT Directors, Network Admins, Helpdesk, staff or volunteers ... regardless of church/organization size.

Purpose:

To meet other IT staff and volunteers

    * Encouragement - "I am not alone." "Here I am understood."

    * Confidence - "I'm not so crazy after all."

    * Relationship - Develop on-going friendships

To advance the diffusion of innovation in a given topic area

    * Sharing knowledge, lessons learned, and experiences

    * Sorting out the big picture. How does it all fit? Where are we going?

    * Synergy of new ideas, new perspectives, and new dreams

To facilitate collaboration

    * Explore opportunities for teaming up to accomplish common goals

    * "Network" - Learn who knows what and who is doing what

Monday night dinner sponsored by Impact Networking

Nate Robinson of Impact Networking - 

Hotels: These hotels are closest (<1 mi) but there are others in the area. 

Hilton Garden Inn

2425 Barrington Road

Hoffman Estates, IL 60195

(847) 277-7889

Comfort Inn

2075 Barrington Road

Hoffman Estates, IL 60169

(847) 884-6400

Looking forward to seeing all the old and new faces! 

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Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments midstein@willowcreek.org .