CIO Constituent Group

The EDUCAUSE Board meets in person 4 times a year, and as you might expect, because the annual conference is such a key activity of the organization -- for both community-building and financial stability -- we discuss at least some aspect of the conference at most of our meetings. There was a sense among a number of CIOs a few years back that the conference was no longer a must-attend event. There were concerns about relevance of the content, unmanageable size, and increasing pressure on travel budgets. To their credit, Diana and the EDUCAUSE management and staff have listened carefully to the membership and Board and have been acting on what they heard. So since it may not be obvious to everyone, I thought I'd take this chance to share a bit of what the Board and I get to hear more regularly about the evolution of our conference over the past few years. One change has been a focus on CIOs and senior IT leaders, whose interest in attending had been waning. Rather than presume it...