Has your shiny new data project lost its luster? Are you starting – or re-starting – a project and know it will be a challenge to get and keep people’s attention? Data projects can often be particularly difficult, especially when stakeholders are unfamiliar (dare I say, bored) with the topic. Many systems implementations or conversions take several months (sometimes years), and people's enthusiasm naturally wanes. 

This isn’t your typical review of project management tools or change management principles. It's an interactive session that focuses on creative, practical ways to draw people in and keep the ball rolling. Participants will be challenged to:

• Set aside assumptions and confront the myths that often kill momentum
• Consider the power of some unconventional, sometimes fun, methods
• Develop a plan for utilizing their unique skills and those of others

Increase your odds of a successful project by gathering some careful, sometimes clever, implementation approaches in this fast-paced session.

Speaker: Julie Amling

Julie Amling is the Director of Data Governance at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, where she works to build a shared understanding of where data lives, who is responsible for it, and how to keep it complete, accurate, timely, and synchronized.

Julie has broad experience in healthcare, including master data management, supply chain management, ERP implementation, process improvement, and communications. In addition to OSU, she has also worked at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Columbus, OH) and St. Francis Medical Center (Indianapolis, IN). 

Julie earned a master’s degree in health administration from Ohio State, a bachelor’s degree from Butler University, and a Six Sigma Black Belt certification from ASQ. She served as a Girl Scout leader for 13 years and has been married for 30 years to a man she met at the zoo. They have two adult children who, thankfully, still get along.