Welcome to the 30th of September e-Bulletin!
Business Development Forums
The well attended September 2008 Cluster Business Development Forum series "Software as a Service", has now completed.
We would like to thank all the presenters who made the forums such interesting events, and the members who hosted the events, OneNet, Vantex and Oracle. Without your collective generosity the forums would not have been such a success.
If you have any ideas that would make good topics for future business development forums, please send them in to John at j.tailby@healthit.org.nz
Forum presentations are available on the Cluster website from our library here. Please scroll down to the bottom of the page to locate the presentations.
HINZ 2008
The annual HINZ 2008 Conference is scheduled for 15-17 October in Rotorua. We will be running our very popular Elevator Pitch Session on Wednesday 15th of October. On Friday 17th, Andrea will be presenting on the Cluster collaborative projects E-Labs and the Consumer Health Portal
HINZ 2008 Elevator Pitch Session
This Year, the Elevator Pitch session will be part of the Welcome Function at The Skyline Redwoods Marquee. Elevator Pitches will be One Minute long.
Pitches will be judged on:
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The Hook: Does it attract your attention?
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The Market: Are the target customer groups identified?
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The Problem Solved: Does it describe the problem solved?
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The Results: Does it mention the results achieved?
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The Duration: Not to exceed the 1 minute duration
The Elevator pitches are supposed to be fun, informative and memorable. The drinks and light supper are kindly sponsored by Gen-i.
To read more on how to deliver an effective elevator pitch can be found on the Cluster website here
INNOV'08 EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION
Early Bird Registration closes on 1 October 2008. Register now for INNOV08 - Weaving Innovation into Health, 3 - 5 November Wellington Town Hall. You will have the opportunity to engage with world leaders in health innovation. An exciting line up of international keynote speakers include:
Carol Haraden, Vice President, Institute for Health Improvement, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. A quality of care researcher, educator and change leader. At INNOV08 learn about her work in patient safety initiatives and the development of idealised designs.
Lynne Maher, Head of Innovation Practice, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, UK. She leads in the field of innovation, exploring the practical application of new processes, methods, tools and techniques within the NHS to achieve transformational change for health services.
Richard Bohmer, Physician and Senior Lecturer of Business Administration, Harvard Business School. He brings years of extensive experience in both consultation and teaching capacities.
Register now for INNOV08. Visit www.innov08.org.nz.
