St. John Cathedral, Boise, ID
This week in Boise Idaho, Catholic diocesan information technology professionals from across North America are gathering for the 27th Annual Diocesan Information Systems Conference. During the conference attendees will be discuss new digital frontiers and explore how technology can support church ministries.
Check back to see what our attendees have to say about this year’s conference.
Keep up the good work, Board and Planning Committee! *j at Open Board meeting
Boise is very hospitable and day 1 so far has been very informative. Looking forward to great networking and learning opportunities the rest of the week.
Great conference so far. Boise, thanks for hosting!
My first DISC conference has been great so far. Looking forward to the rest of the sessions this week. Thank you for hosting, Boise!
Another great Conference Thanks for all the hard work! you always know what the hot topics are!
Thanks Boise for your hospitality and hosting a great conference! Thank you to the exhibitors and all speakers. Great outing!
Great conference. Thanks to the Board for all you do.
1st year helping plan a DISC conference, 5th conference attending. It’s going well. I always learn new things from other members, plus it’s nice to hang out with people that can relate to my situation. I really appreciated Roni’s willingness to speak openly to the members about the lessons learned from her Diocese’s recent challenges. I know that I learned something from that talk.
The keynote address “Transformation Through Technology” by Steve Boutelle, VP of Business Development at Cisco is going very well. His non-profit, government and for-profit experiences bring a greate set of perspectives for our Catholic Church in the future.
What a great conference! Loved the train ride last night. Looking forward to more visiting with the exhibitors. Thank you!
Great train ride last night!
Great expErience. Thanks.
First time participant and found a wealth of information and great networking opportunity All presentations have all been fantasic
a great conference, wonderful participants and excellent presentations. Thank you committee for doing a great job!
Lovely City. English weather. Themed, current and useful speeches. Need more time with vendors, and and for them to wear fewer blue shirts of the same hue.
Sorry if the weather is making you homesick, Richard! We’ll take your comments into consideration.
Great conference and have enjoyed the interaction with the vendors. It is great to be able to interact with them on both a personal and professional level. As for the speakers, was completely blown away by Robert Romas and his talk on just how easy it is to compromise a system. Great conference!
This is great
Having fun and learning a lot. Thanks to all who have worked to make this a great conference.
Once again, my single most beneficial source of training in “I.T. for the church” for the entire year. Wonderful conference, venue, topics, presentors, food & entertainment. Great job, and way to get us to go to the new site! Roni Argetsinger, Diocese of Des Moines
Once again my single most beneficial source of “I.T. for the church” training! Fantastic conference thus far. Roni Argetsinger, Diocese of Des Moines
DISC 2011 has been a great experience- excellent speakers and the networking invaluable! Thanks to the planning committee for attention to every detail.
This has been my first DISC conference, and already has been one of the most informative conferences I’ve been to. Great sessions, love being able to spend time with vendors. Boise is a beautiful city and I am definitely enjoying myself!
Great conference!
Thank u Boise! Having so much fun seeing fellow professionals and reconnecting.
Thank u partners and exhibitors for all your support!
Today’s program haa been another success!
Interesting speakers and topics. keep up the great work
I have a suggestion. We have talked about having a regularly scheduled set of Webinars between conferences. My suggestion is that we target some of these at a particular topic, say mobile device security; and at the end of the targeted Webinars we produce a DISC Best Practice policy template on the topic to present at the next DISC Conference.
As an extension to the webinar idea, during the presentation by Bishop Herzog on Technology and Evangelization the idea of training the Clergy on how to use online/social media came up. It was noted that Christine from the Diocse of St. Petersburg has had great response to some classes she has hosted for Clergy members on using technology. Maybe DISC should host some webinars for clergy & diocesan staff that are quick (under one hour) tutorials on various technologies and how they can be used for evangelization. This would make DISC known to a wider audience and hopefully encourgae more Diocese to join DISC (hey I watched a great class offered by DISC – are we supporting that group?).
One hurdle I see is getting an e-mail list togther to anounce upcoming webinars to non-DISC members. Any ideas on this?
Excellent conference, great speakers and very resourceful vendors! Thank you, thank you and thank you to all those who made this a success!
Great people, great vision!
Thank you to The Board and Planning members, all attendees, vendors, and speakers. It has been an invaluable and rewarding experience every year!
Congrats on a great conference. Hope ya’ll had fun.
Kudos to the board of DISC. Being a first time attendee I learned a great deal and will travel back to my diocese with some great ideas and information.
Thanks
Excellent content. This is my second conference, and I am looking forward to next year. Keep up the great work.
wow, so many good comments. I keep looking for my “LIKE” button. =D