Building a Global IT Community at NYU
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This is a presentation from Campus Technology about building a global IT community at NYU. It is about an organization called TorchTech, which I founded.
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Building a Global IT Community at NYU
- 1. NYU TorchTech Forging a Global IT Community
- 2. “Hello, My Name Is…”
- 3. Today’s Agenda • About NYU • TorchTech • Impact • Challenges & Opportunities • Q & A
- 5. TorchTech & The GNU
- 6. “It takes an village…” Armanda Lewis Ben Vien Brenda Mitchel Carlos Alegria Cassandra Ketrick David Ackerman Eddie Tan Edward Rogers Evan Silberman Francesca Socolick Fred Strauss Harvey Brereton Jeff Barry Jenn Stringer Jenn San Miguel Jerlin Chan Jim Robertson Jodi Goldberg Johanna Romano Jonathan Rodriquez Jonathan Winters Kamlesh Devjani Keith Whiteman Kate Hogan Kitty Bridges Kyle Blythe Laura Tretner Lawrence Mirsky Lucile Appert Lendyll E Capitulo Lisa Barnett Matthew Gee Marcos Suazo Mark Riley Marilyn A McMillan Monica McSharry Nicole Goldkranz Nelya Zonis Peggy McCready Ray Huang Razi Ahmed Rob Capellini Roddy Austin Sean McDonald Stefanie Ploof Shari Halter Tatiana Joyner Thomas Schmidt
- 7. Our Story
- 8. Our Principles & Philosophy
- 11. UnMeeting
- 12. “A turning point in the University’s IT History.” “There are a lot of common problems at NYU, and it's interesting to see how other departments are addressing them. Fortunately, after meeting some of my peers, it's now easy to reach out to them and bounce ideas off of them in the future.” Testimonial
- 13. Share Fair
- 14. Testimonials
- 15. Networking Breakfasts UX Networking Breakfast – 4/23 Summer Social - TBD
- 16. Testimonials
- 19. Return Attendees
- 20. Aspirational Interests Cloud Computing Web Based Applications Educational Technology IT Project Management Mobile Applications Online Education Information Security IT Leadership Web Development Social Media
- 21. Impact TorchTech offers the IT community a place for common dialog and coordination. The community is self organized, based on the needs of the community, and cuts across hierarchy and administrative departments and schools.
- 22. Challenges
- 23. Opportunities
- 24. Testimonial “I have been at NYU for 27+ years and to experience the TorchTech group and their mission to bring together all members of IT at NYU has fulfilled a long persistent desire. What better way than an IT community-led group to access and share the vast resources of this expansive university.” — Matthew Gee, Stern
- 25. Video
- 26. Thank You & Questions Evan Silberman ems296@nyu.edu nyu.edu/torchtech
Editor's Notes
- Welcome and thanks for joining me today
- IT Director at the School of Social Work, and founder of TorchTech
- Tell you about NYU, which shapes the context of TorchTech Share how TorchTech started, and what the organization looks like and accomplishes Talk about our impact at NYU in just under two years Discuss the challenges and opportunities of an initiative like ours Leave time for your questions
- 50,917 enrolled students 17 schools, colleges, and institutes 9.7% of NYU’s student body is international Over 16,000 employees Study abroad programs in more then 25 campus Two portal sites in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai Distributed and siloed organization Role that technology plays http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/nyu-facts.html http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/nyu-facts/fast-facts.html
- TorchTech supports this vision by connecting people who support technology
- As the old adage goes…It takes a village to raise a child… These are all the people who at some point were or still are part of nurturing and maturing TorchTech
- A lot of talented and smart people Doing similar but working independently Did research about similar communities at other schools Brought school and central IT leadership together and.. Asked two questions of our leadership TorchTech was born 900 members in a Google group
- Collaboration: bring people together to work on common projects and shared goals Knowledge Sharing: Share Fair; to teach and learn from each other Relationship Building: Unmeeting and Networking Events, CoP build support networks to elevate us all Google Group Website Activities. CoP
- Make of SC TorchTech is entirely volunteer It belongs to all of us, and is not affiliated with any single organization
- We’ve tried to establish a framework of activities to draw our community out through out the academic year.
- Has anyone ever attended an Un-Conference? Explain the UnMeeting Format and the benefits 26 topics that helped us gauge what our community was interested in and wanted to talk about
- This is feedback from our first UnMeeting. We were overwhelmed by the positive response, and inspired by the communities reaction to take the next steps.
- Describe the Share Fair and the Benefits
- Tell the story about the new, first time project manager
- Meet Razi who sent a list to our Google Group asking if anyone was interested in talking about IT managers. He started a CoP and TorchTech gave him a forum for his discussion via a Networking Breakfast. The format of these breakfasts, which happen two times per year are…
- Benefits of Networking Breakfasts are… TRANSITION FOR NEXT SLIDE…For each activity we collect important information about our attendees…
- 358 Uniuqe
- The evolving Global Network University and its related Global Pathways program requires a more holistic, coordinated approach to IT across NYU’s portals, schools and sites. Tell the story of Jonathan and Shari …. Website and promotions Collaboration and Improved Service Reducing Redundancy Catalyst for Ideas Creates Iterative Conversations Breaks Closed Information Loops Improves the User Experience Promotes Employee Retention
- Collaboration and Improved Service Reducing Redundancy Catalyst for Ideas Creates Iterative Conversations Breaks Closed Information Loops Improves the User Experience Promotes Employee Retention
- Challenges of running a volunteer organization Being able to offer value to everyone
- Give back --- Berkeley and UT Austin Facilitate more discussions via CoPs Membership directory – being able to align skills and interest to project work
- Talk about Jonathan Medium for people w/ a myriad of skills
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl1YlDLksto Cassie made this