Educause, all wrapped up.

My final update from Boulder. It's a fun little town and I will be back, hopefully for more Educause events. But for now I'm exhausted.

Too much fun, too much altitude, too much learning. If I was a drinker I'd be in real trouble. :)

Today were our presentations, with each of the six groups covering their questions in different ways. As you can see, we were all quite silly.

I'd give more detail, but that'll have to wait for the wrap-up post...aka when my brain works again. The presentations were quite fun though and were an excellent way of showing some of what we learned. We'd have showcased more, but there is no way to fit more information in a 10 minute presentation.

Another thing these presentations demonstrated was the ease at which teamwork can be built and the quickness with which solutions can be achieved. All that's required is a bit of professionalism and a smidge of swallowing pride.

Two results of the brilliant faculty here at Educause.

Yeah, I know, I'm gushing. But it's this is an amazing conference. I'm going to push for all my current and future coworkers to go to this as it's benefits extend beyond just managing staff.

The connections I've made are incredible, and some of these folks are people I'll be asking for help and advice from for years to come.

So I come away with whole new ways of leading and training my staff, which isn't just valuable to me but immensely valuable to them too. If I can better lead my OCs then I'll be better positioning them to handle the real world.

Which, curiously enough, bears no resemblance to working on a college campus. Not even a little.

This, by the way, is our group...well, most of it. I'm off to the left as narrator while our two 'abducted' employees are off to the right. You'll note that we adopted the hotel's haunted reputation for our skit.

Shh, don't mention the bedsheet to housekeeping. I don't think they noticed it had vanished.

I'll wrap this up with a group shot of our faculty. This was taken just as we began our 'testimonial' part, where we talked about what we were bringing away from all of this.

The most touching part, for me, was when one of my colleagues stood up to seek out those that had impacted him most here and mentioned me as one of the three that had most influenced him this conference. It seems my insight into staff management had shown considerable wisdom and he was thankful for it.

Heh, seems there's hope for me afterall.

Tomorrow, my plane ride home...if TSA lets me.