I am pleased to announce the launch today of a new blog Insurance Ecosystem.Com. My vision for this blog is to provide you with communicators that don’t normally blog but have great views and information to share. Each of these individuals has been wooed to blog here because I think they have so much to contribute in their area of expertise. PatAlexander.Com will remain the home base for my voice. I will contribute to this site from time-to-time or enter into the conversation via comments on a particular post.

I am inviting you to sign up to subscription to this new blog. Currently I plan to have new posts for you on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of each week. I have several committed communicators and some thinking about it. If you know of someone that does not regularly blog that you would like to hear, let me know and I will see if I can entice them to join us. If you are a regular blogger, but would like to join in the conversation here with guest posts, let me know.

I believe that the more we have involved in the conversation the better.

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As usual I leave HIGH-TECC with my head chocked full of new information and ideas.   I have yet to check out any of the new ideas, but it could happen very soon.  Maybe later today.

In addition to lots of new ideas, HIGH-TECC is a great time to see old friends, make new friends and strengthen relationships.  I was fortunate to have the week before HIGH-TECC to wrap up some loose ends so that while in Vail I could focus on the people and happenings there.  This is the one conference where there seems to be the time and opportunities for real networking.  I left refreshed, mind cleaned out from the fresh air and ready to be back at it this week.

As usual, Steve provided us with a great program and Jenny kept us all on track.  I am already looking forward to next year.  I would like to ask that you provide comments on HIGH-TECC Day 2 about the various break-out sessions or any other comments you would like to add to the various posts.

In the photo from left to right: April Feldt, Vertafore, Chris Kinsman, Vertafore, me and my husband Gene.  Visit the HIGH-TECC 2009 FaceBook page for more pictures.

On the 3rd morning we are all on information overload, but looking for more.  There seems to be no photo from the 3rd morning, but this is a photo from the 1st day when we still look fresh.  As you can see we are hooked into our technology.

As we struggle with waking up our minds Steve forges ahead with his What’s Great In 2009.   He is demonstrating voice recognition software Dragon  Naturally Speaking Version 10 Preferred.  We are moving on to the the many uses of video.  He is discussing a number of uses of video at websites, the use of video for training and how and why to use a Flip Video.  Steve is showing us how to use eyejot to send video emails to clients.

Good morning from the 1st day of HIGH-TECC 2009 in Vail, CO.  After opening comments from Steve Anderson we are engaged by Mitch Axelrod, Axelrod & Associates.  His topic, Win the New Game of Business.  Wow what a great opening session.  Some comments to share:

• Don’t think outside the box, “Throw Away the Box”.
• Imperfect action beats perfect inaction every time.
• Ask people why they bought from you.
• Ask people why they didn’t buy from you.
• Strengthen your strengths, don’t strengthen your weaknesses.
• Serve, deliver and serve some more.
• Thoughts are a dime-a-dozen, Knowledge is scarce and valuable, Wisdom is priceless.
• Are your systems a barrier to serving your clients or do they provide the tools to serve your clients.