PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Jive
Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: JIVE) today announced its speaker
lineup for JiveWorld14, the premier conference for modern
communication and collaboration. Taking place October 21-23, 2014 at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in
Las Vegas, this year's program
will focus on how people and organizations can work better together
and gain competitive advantage through collaborative workstyles.
Building on the success of last year's event, which was attended
by more than 1,500 social business strategists, IT professionals
and business leaders from around the world, JiveWorld14 will bring
together a diverse mix of Jive customers, developers, thought
leaders and technology partners across several industries to
network and share best practices. Keynote speakers and special
guests include:
- Azure Antoinette, who is known as the
Maya Angelou of the millennial generation for her readings at
venues like TEDWomen2013 and Re/Code's Code Conference, will use
performance poetry to explore the way people's individual
workstyles are reshaping business and humanity overall.
- Adam Sadowsky, a renowned TED speaker
and CEO and founder of Syyn Labs, will take the stage along with
his team of mad scientists to share how they collaborate and mix up
their creative ideas into mind-bending machines.
- Michael Laffin, vice president of
corporate communications at global pharmaceutical company Mylan
Inc., which was last year's winner of the Jive "New Way to Lead"
award, will share how his company uses Jive to connect, communicate
and collaborate across the entire business to achieve its strategic
goals.
- Todd Moran, director of social
enterprise at Schneider Electric, a global energy management
specialist and last year's winner of Jive's "New Way to Business"
award, will share how Schneider is building momentum to organically
modify the company's workstyle one business group at a time.
- Tony McGivern, chief information
officer at analytics software leader FICO, will share his story of
how the company is transforming its business by empowering
employees to better serve their customers through user-centric
strategies.
"The world's best organizations depend on Jive to unleash their
employees' insights, ideas and impact – and we're excited to bring
so many of them together in one place to not only celebrate and
share their success, but get inspired by some of today's most
creative and collaborative minds," said Elisa Steele, executive vice president of
marketing and products, Jive. "At JiveWorld14, we'll showcase how
today's businesses can identify the preferred workstyles of their
employees, customers and partners, and as a result can embrace the
work habits that truly break down barriers to collaboration and
drive desired business outcomes."
Jive speakers Tony Zingale, CEO
and chairman, Matt Tucker, chief
technology officer and co-founder, and Elisa Steele will share their strategic vision
for the future of enterprise communication and collaboration, and
announce the 2014 Jive Award winners. JiveWorld14's main stage will
also feature a live performance by Internet-sensation band OK
Go.
In addition, the event will offer more than sixty breakout
sessions and hands-on training workshops about topics such as
advanced community management, customer and partner communities and
internal collaboration. Attendees can also sign up for a
pre-conference bootcamp covering the basics of enterprise
communication and collaboration. New this year, JiveWorld14's
Developer Conference will include an open hackathon and keynote
presentation from Matthew
McCullough, vice president of training at GitHub.com.
JiveWorld14 sponsors are leading technology and service
providers such as Diamond Sponsors Cognizant and PwC; Platinum
Sponsors 7Summits, Cisco and Okta and Gold Sponsors Accenture, Box,
Bunchball, JCS Consulting and Social Edge Consulting. To see the
complete list of sponsors, please see
https://jiveworld.jivesoftware.com/sponsors/.
For more information, follow @JiveWorld or #JiveWorld on
Twitter, and to register for the conference, visit
https://jiveworld.jivesoftware.com/.
About Jive Software
Jive (NASDAQ: JIVE) is
the leading provider of modern communication and collaboration
solutions for business. Recognized as a leader by the industry's
top analyst firms in multiple categories, Jive enables employees,
partners and customers to work better together. More information
can be found at www.jivesoftware.com.
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