Making Connections and Making You Think

Every conference has its purpose and place. The conference that’s on my mind today is NTCA’s Telecom Executive Forum, which just wrapped up this week. It’s the mark of a great meeting when your newly expanded 75-minute peer roundtables still aren’t enough time to compare notes and cover everything the group wants to discuss. And it speaks volumes about the commitment of the attendees when the room is packed from first thing in the morning until late in the afternoon, with people dialed into sessions that covered topics ranging from macroeconomic impacts on the telecom sector and creativity in supply chain management to competing on customer experience and strategizing for sustainability in serving rural markets. There may be no meeting we do that better captures the spirit that I’m emphasizing as I step into this new role at NTCA, and that I’m hoping we can convey across our membership—Embrace change. Push innovation. Help members help themselves.