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Reflections on the MDM Insight Conference (ed: WOW!)

In which Jill--joined by an actual conference attendee--congratulates everyone involved in the best MDM event ever!

I wanted to post an entry on the Jillblog last week during TDWI's MDM Insight conference in Savannah, but the event was so jam-packed with fabulous speakers, meaty panel presentations, great vendor demos, and a fantastic set of attendees that it was all I could do to keep up with everything.

My co-chair Wayne Eckerson and I will feature some highlights in an upcoming trip report. In the meantime, this letter from conference attendee Becky Miller from Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, just about says it all:

Lynne, Wayne, Evan, Jill, and all of the others for whom I can have no appreciation,

I just wanted to write and express my thanks for the wonderful work you all did in putting together the excellent event that Master Data Management Insight was. It exceeded all of my expectations - completely blew me away, frankly. In terms of content, it was utterly eye-opening for me on a topic that was timely and critical. MDM was not something I would have taken the time to learn about, I shudder to admit, in the daily course of things, being as busy as I am to keep up with the normal workload at Nationwide Children's Hospital. Yet, I am struggling with exactly the matters of MDM every day, but without the tools of MDM to help me. Having TDWI and you-all knock on my email inbox and pick me up out of my normal environment to take me to a magical place with all of the incredible minds of the business to focus on this problem for several days was a boon I could not have anticipated. I am incredibly excited to bring back what I have learned to Nationwide Children's and help steer us onto an entirely better course than we would have been headed towards otherwise - much sooner and much wiser. I have no doubt that with this conference you have steered our entire practice to new levels. You should feel very proud.

When’s the last time you went to a conference that was so good you felt like writing a thank-you note? To Wayne, the TDWI team, PPM Media, industry luminaries Rob Karel, Claudia Imhoff, and Andy Hayler, Evan Levy, and David Loshin, and my roster of extraordinary MDM best-practice speakers, thanks for helping us put on the best MDM event yet!

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