Roundup of recent media mentions: Philly.com and Schreyer Institute

I wanted to share a couple mentions we've gotten lately in the media.

The Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence added its thoughts to my "This is your brain on PowerPoint" post. There are some interesting food-for-thought bullets there that I'd encourage you to read over.

And Philly.com included Sam Batterman joining our Executive Advisory Board in its "On the Boards" roundup. Thanks for featuring us!

Welcome, Sam Batterman, to ProtonMedia's Executive Advisory Board

Sam Batterman

Greg Pelton won't be lonely for long on our Executive Advisory Board. Sam Batterman has just joined the Board as well. Yowzaa, talk about brain power!

Sam is a Visualization Specialist for Microsoft's Life Science Group. He's probably familiar to some of you. Regular blog readers know him from our LIFE SCIENCES 2010 event, where Sam was a panelist. He also recently penned a guest article on our blog.

Sam will be advising ProtonMedia on areas including company strategy, business development, and virtual technology innovation. He brings with him 19 years of experience in business intelligence and database technology, including eight years spent at Merck leading customer relationship management and sales force automation projects.

We're excited to have Sam with us, and issued a press release today with more details on Sam's background and what he'll be bringing to the table at ProtonMedia. You can catch it below.

The art of being simplistic and the science of using the right tool to explain the impossible

My friend Sam Batterman, Business Intelligence Evangelist, Pharmaceutical/Life Science at Microsoft, offered to do a guest blog post on a topic that's near and dear to our heart: Keeping it simple.

Thanks, Sam, for putting this together. Read on to see what he has to say. Have a comment? Leave it for Sam below.

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A few days ago, The New York Times ran a column in which the generals managing the war on terror condemned PowerPoint as a tool perhaps more dangerous than the insurgents killing service men. As a student of Business Intelligence, and a presenter for more than a decade, I have some opinions about this.

First, Microsoft is not blameless. PowerPoint is a huge part of the American and, indeed, the planet's business landscape. It isn't going away, no matter how many NASA officials and generals prohibit its use.

Pretty version of the LIFE SCIENCES 2010 transcript

I know, I know, it took us longer to create the PDF of the transcript from our LIFE SCIENCES 2010 event than it has taken us to create a 3-D virtual environment in ProtoSphere ... but here it is at long last!!! This transcript officially caps off our coverage of the event. Feel free to download, read, save, and share it.

It's packed with a lot of great information about improving knowledge transfer, speeding collaborative decision-making, and creating high-performance workplaces in life sciences. You'll get thoughts from moderator Erica Driver, ThinkBalm industry analyst, plus all the panelists, which included:

* Thomas Kaney, M.B.A., M.H.A., M.S.; Change Management Lead, Mandala Partners International (formerly Sr. VP, Human Resources and Strategic Planning, GlaxoSmithKline)

* Melanie W. Kittrell, Ph.D.; Executive Director, Global Customer Strategy and Channels, Knowledge Management and Innovation, Merck

* Dr. Tony O'Driscoll, Professor of the Practice, Duke University Fuqua School of Business, and co-author of the new book, “Learning in 3D”

* Sam Batterman, Business Intelligence Evangelist, Pharmaceutical/Life Science, Microsoft (formerly U.S. Sales Force project leader for CRM/SFA at Merck)

* And me

For all of our coverage of the event, including the video, podcast, photos, and more, hit our LS2010 label.

LIFE SCIENCES 2010: The transcript

If you thought we squeezed all the audio/visuals out of our LS2010 event from January, well, think again. We had a bit more water left in the sponge: The transcript of our panel discussion.

As you might imagine, proofeading a 90-minute transcript (30 pages!) takes some time. But we wanted to make sure there weren't any typos and our transcriber got everything down accurately. Nothing has been altered beyond correcting typos.

Here's the LS2010 transcript as a Word doc. We're also prettying it up in a nice PDF, and will have that for you on the blog in the next day or so. If you want to listen to the podcast or watch the video, you know what to do. (Hit the links!!!)

LIFE SCIENCES 2010: The podcast

Here's the podcast of the complete Life Sciences 2010 seminar and panel discussion that we held in Malvern, Pa., with Microsoft. You can listen to it online using our embedded player, below, or download it to your mobile device of choice.

As I mentioned in my previous post, which features Life Science 2010's complete video, we have more event content in the pipeline. Keep an eye on the blog to grab the upcoming transcript, slide show, and a high-def video of my ProtoSphere demo.

LIFE SCIENCES 2010: The video

As promised, we're rolling out video, audio, and other multimedia content spun out of the recent Life Sciences 2010 event held in Malvern, Pa., in partnership with Microsoft.

Our first deliverable is this video, which captures the entire panel discussion. We have a second video in the hopper, which we'll present here in another week or so. Also coming: an audio podcast that you can download and listen to offline, or right here using our embedded player; a slide show; and a complete transcript of the seminar.

Enjoy the show. And stay tuned to our blog for news of upcoming educational events.

MedAdNews recaps our LIFE SCIENCES 2010 event

Steven Niles provided a rundown of our LIFE SCIENCES 2010 event on MedAdNews. If you missed the event, Steven gives a good recap of some of the major arguments the panelists presented. Thanks, Steven, for covering it!

LIFE SCIENCES 2010: That's a wrap!

Our LIFE SCIENCES 2010 event went great yesterday. It was standing room only, and we had a nice mix of attendees join us from many life sciences companies in the area. We've had questions from those of you who couldn't make it, asking if you can get the information that was presented. Rest assured, our blogging team was armed and dangerous with cameras o' plenty at the event. We'll be spinning out video footage, photos, slide decks, and more on the blog. Just give us some time for production, but we hope to have coverage posted over the next week or so. THANK YOU to all the attendees, our panelists, and everyone who helped put the event together!

LIFE SCIENCES 2010 event: Panelists announced, few seats remain

Last week we told you that ThinkBalm analyst Erica Driver will be keynoting and moderating our LIFE SCIENCES 2010: The Global Collaboration Imperative event at Microsoft's Malvern, Pa., campus next Tuesday. Today I bring you the panelists. They are:

E. Melanie W. Kittrell, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Global Customer Strategy and Channels
Knowledge Management and Innovation
Merck and Co., Inc.

Dr. Tony O'Driscoll
Professor of the Practice
Duke University Fuqua School of Business
and author of the new book, "Learning in 3D"

Thomas K. Kaney, MBA, MHA, MS
Change Management Lead
Mandala Partners International
Formerly Sr. VP, Human Resources and Strategic Planning, GlaxoSmithKline

Sam Batterman
Business Intelligence Evangelist
Pharmaceutical/Life Science
Microsoft Corporation
Formerly U.S. Sales Force project leader for CRM/SFA at Merck

I'll also be sitting on the panel.

The event will open with a presentation by Erica, followed by a roundtable discussion with the panelists. Then Dr. O'Driscoll will present. After that, we'll turn the microphone over to you for a live Q&A session. By then everyone will be hungry, and lunch will be served.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, JUST A FEW SEATS REMAIN. So RESERVE YOUR SPOT before someone else swipes it.

I hope to see you there!