2023 Michigan Regional Tribal Technology Forum

Bring your laptop! One representative from each tribe or tribal casino will be selected to partipcate in this- complete an online TribalHub common systems survey for their tribe, providing you and all attendees with more meaningful benchmarking data to be presented in the 10:30am session on Day 2.

Join us in this opening welcome session as we summarize the days' events, quickly introduce your regional group ambassadors and help you understand how to make the most of the next two days.

Always one of the most popular and meaningful sessions in our annual regional events, this is your opportunity to connect or re-connect with your peers at tribes from your region. In this roundtable style session, everyone will have the opportunity to introduce themselves and to share information or questions with the entire group in a session that will be limited to only employees from tribes.

Join together for lunch on behalf of your sponsors! PLUS have time to network and hear from the event sponsors. Be sure to visit them at their table for a chance to win some awesome prizes!!

Tribes of all sizes and resource levels are moving services to the cloud, but how do you do this while maintaining the security of your systems, network and data? Can I simply trust and rely on my vendors and service providers to simply "have that covered"? In this session our presenters will discuss Data Sovereignty in Native American Tribes focused on the best practices and information pertinent to using cloud solutions. The main objective is to provide information on how Tribal IT successfully navigate using cloud solutions while managing and protecting their data, and highlight the potential risks and challenges associated with various cloud solutions/providers. It will provide guidance on selecting a cloud provider, contracts, and implementing appropriate security/compliance measures to protect sensitive data. We will all discuss the importance of establishing clear data management policies and procedures.

Take a break, recaffeinate and fuel up for the afternoon at our sponsored break! While doing so, be sure to stop by and say hello to the sponsors who are supporting your region AND making this event possible! Be sure to visit each sponsor and drop in your name ticket to be entered in a drawing to win one of three $50 gift cards!

Attendees will leave this session with a renewed perspective on leadership. So many principles of modern leadership have been a part of Native American culture and traditional teachings for generations. Our speaker for this session leads this discussion and even engages attendees in a short hands-on activity to demonstrate some of what their tribe and casino does with all of their new team members. Applying principles of a traditional teaching that is thousands of years old to present day leadership.

In this interactive workshop we’ll explore the characteristics of effective team communication and how self-awareness helps you lead and collaborate better with peers and teammates. You’ll discover some quick, daily best practices to factor professional development into your day when you are on the go! Be sure you have completed the 3 short assessments prior to the session in order to get the most out of our time!

In this session we will quickly take a look at some benchmarking statistics and facts for this region from data in the TribalHub portal and data collected in the Monday 9am session. We will be including a very brief demonstration of the new TribalHub Members' Portal. Bonus - attend this session to be earn an entry for a $200 Visa gift card! Must be present to win!