The challenges facing the world today are vast and complicated.  While the focus is often on the broad impact of these challenges, we at Goodwill know that they affect individual people and families in every community. As leaders throughout the Goodwill enterprise, it is our responsibility, now more than ever, to provide support and opportunities for people to achieve economic stability and build strong families and vibrant communities.

Navigating the Rapids to a Brighter Future

Given the challenges of our current economic reality, leaders need to be on their game at all times in order to seize the opportunities presented and address challenges before they become problems.  In order to be top performers, it is critical that today’s leaders are energized to propel their organizations through growth and change.

To successfully manage change, we must make time to assess how we are utilizing technology and how innovative we are to adapt to these changes. Learning more about the newest technologies and innovative practices will help us become catalysts in strengthening the Goodwill enterprise, its’ mission, the brand, influence and leadership. In San Antonio, the 2012 Conference of Executives features new opportunities for attendees to engage in conversations around growing the Goodwill enterprise utilizing technology and innovation as tools.

During the conference, we will be showcasing our own innovative practices and technology advancements.  Our new registration software has the capabilities for you to start networking as soon as you register for the conference, through the eSocial Networking Tool. This tool will allow you to set up individual appointments with sponsors, GII Team members and other attendees.  During the conference, we will feature a "Ted Talks" style general session where we will hear from different presenters on the topics of technology and innovation.  We also plan to communicate with you before, during and after the conference through video blogs on MyGoodwill and through the GII COE twitter account.

Sending updates to Twitter while you're away from your computer makes things much more interesting. It's all done through text messages (aka "SMS"), which you probably use all the time anyway, so there's not much to learn. Twitter doesn't charge a fee for its service, but be sure to know what your text messaging plan looks like with your wireless carrier.  To create your own Twitter account, go to www.twitter.com and sign up. The official event twitter is: http://twitter.com/GIIEventCOE.

                                           

The River Walk

The world-famous River Walk is one of the top visitor destinations in Texas and a cornerstone of our robust meetings industry. Also known as the “world’s largest hotel lobby,” it’s the perfect place for networking, nightlife and entertainment.

What started as the vision of a young architect, in 1929, has grown, over the decades, into one of the world's most distinctive meeting places -- old and new friends meet up, travelers pause, families congregate, lovers gaze; and weddings, reunions, business meetings spill over into the River Walk.