Keys To Optimizing IT Spend In Your Tribal Organization

In this episode, we share some great lessons that our TribalValue partner, Virtual Procurement Services (VPS), discussed during a recent webinar with our TribalHub division. Learn the keys to utilizing a proper procurement strategy to reduce and recover technology costs, optimize purchasing processes, and improving organizational collaboration.
 
Now more than ever, tribal nations and businesses will need to do more with less as we continue to deal with difficult social and financial times. Our staff here at TribalHub talks with tribes throughout the country, and everyone is trying to gain their footing in this uncertain environment.
 
The majority of organizations are doing this by reducing their budgets. But, is that the right decision?  Listen in as we talk about how you can reduce your spending in a non traditional way and make creative changes that can deliver a real lasting organizational impact.
 
Show note links:
Virtural Procurement Services Webinar
Other topics in this webinar include: effective strategic planning, vendor and technology management, and procurement risk management. Which can be applied to all aspects of your community including tribal healthcare, education and other services.
 
Show Host: Michelle Bouschor, Connection & Resource Specialist, TribalHub
E: michelleb@tribalnetonline.com
 
Presenter: Fred Brown, CTO, Virtual Procurement Services
Presenter Bio: Fred Brown has over 26 years of IT experience, including 13+ years in tribal gaming and hospitality leadership and over 12 years in strategic technology consulting spanning multiple industries. Prior to joining VPS, Fred was Corporate CIO for Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment, where he built and led the coporate IT organization and was responsible for IT strategy, budgeting, integration and oversight of nine properties globally including one of the largest tribal resorts in the US, Mohegan Sun.
 
Presenter: John Torres, VP of Service Delivery, Virtual Procurement Services
Presenter Bio: With over 25 years of solution sales and sourcing experience, John leads the VPS service delivery team dedicated to our tribal government and gaming clients. Prior to joining VPS, he spent a decade focusing exclusively on helping nonprofit organizations and social service agencies leverage technology to help foster their respective missions. That experience makes John’s contributions to reducing and recovering IT spend for the tribes VPS works with especially gratifying.
 

Covid-19: What you should prepare for, what you can expect, and what you should be doing NOW with Larry Fretz, InfoTech Research Group

All of us here at TribalHub hope this podcast finds you and your family well and safe during this unprecedented health crisis we are all experiencing. None of us have a blueprint that shows us how we, as business professionals, should respond to the Covid-19 pandemic.  This is uncharted waters for all of us. So...what ARE we supposed to be doing?  
That’s what we asked Larry Fretz of InfoTech Research Group on this podcast episode.  Larry is the practice lead at Info-Tech Research Group for both the Native American technology research center (NATRC) and the gaming and hospitality research center (GHRC).  He and his team of analysts develop and deliver targeted research, specific to the tribal government, gaming, and hospitality industries.
In March, InfoTech launched the Covid Response Resource Center to provide tools, templates and a playbook for IT leaders to assist their organizations through this disruptive time and every day new tools are being added. Every week they’ve been hosting a variety of webinars, supported by best practices research and tools, on key topics such as WFH, managing remote teams, child care policies in a WFH environment, streamlining the workforce, cost reduction planning and even a 10 step IT pandemic strategy playbook. 
Listen in as Larry gives us his insight on what IT and business leaders can expect moving forward, what you should reasonably be preparing for, and what you should be doing right now.
We hope that listening to our podcast will bring some sense of normalcy to your routine.  Be sure to subscribe to our show wherever you listen to podcasts, and follow TribalHub on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.  You can find a list of Covid-19 resources from Info-Tech on their website.
If you or your tribe is looking for services or programs that may be of use as we work through this time of shutdowns and uncertainty, please visit our website, our social pages, or email michelleb@tribalhub.com.
Stay safe & be well.

Sycuan Casino & Resort: Innovative Technology, Leadership, and IT Involvement During Casino Expansion

In this episode, host Michelle Bouschor talks with Patrick Tinklenberg, VP of IT for the Sycuan Casino & Resort in El Cajon, CA. Listen in as Patrick talks about how he and his team incorporated innovative tech systems into the Sycuan Casino & Resort rebuild, get his thoughts on the right amount of IT involvement during a project of this size, and his advice on switching from working as a technology executive in tribal government to tribal casino environment.
You can visit the Sycuan Casino & Resort website at www.sycuan.com. If you have a topic for our show, or would have a story to share, please contact us at michelleb@tribalhub.com AND don’t forget to subscribe/follow our podcast to never miss an episode. Connect with all of us here at TribalHub by searching “TribalHub” on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter or visit our web page at tribalhub.com.
We hope you enjoy listening!
 

Sneak Peek: Expansion, Leadership & More with Patrick Tinklenberg of Sycuan Casino

We're giving you a listen into to our upcoming episode with Patrick Tinklenberg, VP of IT at the Sycuan Casino & Resort!  Great discussion on the casino's expansion, new technology that was implemented, and how he kept his team motivated during such an intense time.  Be sure to subscribe to never miss an episode, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn.
For more infomraiton on Sycuan Casino & Resort, visit www.sycuan.com.
 
 

Simplify your IT architecture with our TribalValue partner, Nutanix

Our TribalValue partner can assist your Tribal Nation in building an agile software defined data center.  Listen to see if they could be a fit for you!  
For more information, visit here:  https://www.tribalhub.com/tribalvalue/nutanix/
 
 

Sneak Peak: Spring talk with TribalHub

It may still be January here in Michigan...and there's really no warmth in sight.  BUT!  Spring IS right around the corner and so is our Spring issue of TribalNet's biannual magazine.  Take a listen to the sneak peak of our full episode that will air on February 6!

New Year's Podcast

Quick Fixes Are Not the Answer!
It’s 2020 and we resolve to start a podcast!  Welcome to the first episode of the TribalHub podcast!  Our goal with this show is not only to share information about TribalHub and all of our divisions, but to bring you stories, information and news from the tech side of indian nation.  We have some great guests already lined up and are excited to see where this takes us!
In this episode, we talk with TribalHub founder, Mike Day, about what it takes to make and keep New Year’s Resolutions.  Many people make them, most people never keep them. How can you make and keep a “resolution” in your person and professional life?  See if we find the answers during episode 1 of the TribalHub podcast.  
Podcast Notes:2019  U.S. News & World Report article:https://www.inc.com/marla-tabaka/why-set-yourself-up-for-failure-ditch-new-years-resolution-do-this-instead.html
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