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Dan Berger
CEO
Social Tables
October 2017
Staying Relevant in the Age of Automation
Futureproofing Your Career:

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100 employees
Raised $22.6 million
Founded in 2011

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Boost event sales overnight.
Sales Success Platform
Fuel demand.
Attract Fortune 500
planners with the space
search engine.
Search
Win more.
Negotiate faster with
personalized proposals.
Propose→
Grow bookings.
Engage qualified
planners with interactive
content marketing.
Convert→
Deliver better.
Create accurate setups
that lead to repeat
business.
Diagram→

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Free Social Tables
● Free diagramming, seating and
check-in capability
● 100% accurate floorplans
● 181,000 unique event spaces
● Live collaboration
● 700+ custom objects

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4,350 customers creating
2 million events with
250 million participants

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Sample of the 40+ awards Social Tables and its leadership have received.
We envision a world where every face-
to-face event achieves great things

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● Discover opportunities to advance our professional
development
● Examine strategies to manage these changes
Learning Objectives

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KEY THOUGHT
If so much has changed in
the past in 20 years, what are
the advances that will shape
the next 20 years?

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Where machines could replace humans—and where they can’t (yet). McKinsey.

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Internet Trends 2017 Report. Meeker, Mary.

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Sapiens. Hariri, Yuval Noah.

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OBSERVATION
We are becoming
increasingly reliant on
technology to do work.

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KEY THOUGHT
What can we do prepare?

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Step 1: Relax.

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Farmers, a Case Study
● In 1900, 30 million people in the
United States were farmers.
● By 1990 that number had fallen to
under 3 million even as the
population more than tripled.
● 90% of American agriculture
workers lost their jobs, mostly due
to automation.
● Yet somehow, the 20th century
was still seen as an era of
unprecedented prosperity.
How to Win with Automation (Hint: It’s Not Chasing Efficiency)

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Step 2: Embrace.

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Automation starts with a
baseline of what people do in a
given job and subtracts from
that.
It deploys computers to chip
away at the tasks humans
perform.
Automation vs. Augmentation
Augmentation means starting
with what humans do today
and figuring out how that work
could be deepened rather than
diminished by a greater use of
machines.
Adapted from Beyond Automation, HBR, 2015

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Human-centered automation is a term used to characterize
the use of automation technologies (e. g., intelligent aids,
displays, warning devices) to enhance the capabilities and
compensate for the limitations of human operators.
Human-centered automation

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Step 3: Reimagine.

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Redesigning Jobs
How to Win with Automation (Hint: It’s Not Chasing Efficiency)
When doctors have the world’s
medical knowledge at their
fingertips, they can devote
more of their mental energy
to understanding the patient
as a person, not just a medical
diagnosis. This will help them
take lifestyle, family situation
and other factors into account
when prescribing care. This will
change how doctors will
interact with patients.

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What Do Redesigned Jobs Look Like In Hospitality?
Hotel sales people Meeting consultants
Meeting planners Event strategists
Caterers Experience curators
AV techs Learning partners

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The 5 Career Choices You
Can Make Right Now

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Five Options for Career Advancement

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Five Options for Career Advancement

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Step Up - Is it for me?
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Step Up - Examples
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Step Up - Ideal outcome
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Step Up - L&D opportunities
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Five Options for Career Advancement

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Step Narrowly - Is it for me?
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Step Step Narrowly - Example
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Step Narrowly - Ideal outcome
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Step Narrowly - L&D opportunities
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Five Options for Career Advancement

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Step In - Is it for me?
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Step In - Example
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Step In - Ideal outcome
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Step In- L&D opportunities
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Five Options for Career Advancement

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Step Forward - Is it for me?
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Step Forward - Example
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Step Forward - Ideal outcome
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Step Forward - L&D opportunities
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Five Options for Career Advancement

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Automation Will Make Us Rethink What a “Job” Really Is

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Step Aside - Is it for me?
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Step Aside - Example
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Step Aside - Ideal outcome
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Step Aside - L&D opportunities
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We’re all born with a natural curiosity. We want to learn.
But the demands of work and personal life often
diminish our time and will to engage that natural
curiosity. Developing specific learning habits can be a
route to both continued professional relevance and
deep personal happiness.
- John Coleman, Passion & Purpose
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