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Send Us Your Feedback & Suggestions! Voicemail: 608.492.0321 (Note please tell us in your message if you do NOT want your voicemail to be included in the podcast). Email: wizardcast@thewizardnews.com Website: https://thewizardnews.com/wizardcast_home/contact-us-wizardcast We couldn't hold Midwest Dreamin' this year due to the pandemic. So we decided to bring you an opening keynote session closing keynote podcast streamed for your safety and convenience. Peter Coffee with a special introduction by Eric Dreshfield joins the WizardCast with a discussion on technology, trends, and impacts of the pandemic. Peter is the VP of Strategic Research at Salesforce and has often spoken at Midwest Dreamin'. We talked about how some of the responses to the pandemic is an actual accelerant of trends we were already seeing before the outbreak. Show Overview 0:00 Message in a bottle 1:07 Introduction 2:07 Pooling Jokes 2:42 Midwest Streamin' Intro by Eric Dreshfield 3:33 Peter Coffee "Keynote" 5:33 Eric Dreshfield Midwest Dreamin' story 9:10 How have things gotten different 10:30 The pandemic is an acceleration of trends that were already underway 15:02 Built a ventilator management tool app in 4 days 20:20 What's wrong with the term "digital transformation" 23:17 Digital Transformation in Education 35:50 Scenario Planning 36:55 Efficiencies of Cities 42:50 Is Midwest Dreamin' still Midwest & virtual conference 56:30 Browser Brave & Privacy 1:0840 Outro 1:10:30 Post Outro Books Mentioned Future Shock Ted Nelson Computer Lib Dreammachines Links in This Show Overnight digital transformation: Welcome to the year 2025, 60 months early ZdNet Joe Mckendrick Starlink Satellites Internet Scenario Planning with Peter Schwartz Brave Browser FEEDBACK You can ask your questions, make comments, bad jokes, and your requests! Contact Us via Website https://thewizardnews.com/wizardcast_home/contact-us-wizardcast Leave a Voicemail 608.492.0321 (Note please tell us in your message if you do NOT want your voicemail to be included in the podcast). Email wizardcast@thewizardnews.com HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! Share this podcast! Amazon Alexa Skill - REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS! Review Us Support the show! WizardCast Merchandise Store Shop On Amazon Libsyn podcast hosting: Get a free month with promo code: podmagic Other Ways To Support Participate In The Show! Share an IdeaExchange idea for our Ideas Highlight episodes! http://bit.ly/ideahighlight Ways to subscribe to The WizardCast Click to Subscribe via iTunes/Apple Podcasts Click to Subscribe via Google Podcast App Click to Subscribe via Stitcher Subscribe via RSS music & sound effects https://freesound.org/ Audio and Music provided by: Cherry (Instrumental Version) (Josh Woodward) / CC BY 4.0 Sounds from: http://www.freesfx.co.uk episode!