Have You Made Progress with Your Data Governance Program?
If your answer is a resounding “YES!” (and I hope it is), I’d strongly encourage you to present at a conference! You can read my previous posts Data Governance Conference – San Francisco, CA and More on the Data Governance Conference to get a feel for what goes on at these conferences. Its just like any other professional conference, accept that everyone around you is a Data Governance practitioner at their organization, is a data governance consultant, or is about to start Data Governance and wants to learn.
Presenting gives you a couple of benefits both within and outside of your organization. In your organization it gives both you and your program credibility you can’t buy. It shows you are respected by your peers and it gives your sponsors some confidence that they selected the right person for the initiative. Let your council as well as others know that you’ll be out of town to “present on the success our organization has had with Data Governance at the abc conference”.
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