The 2011 Huntington Bank Innovations Awards, presented by IAPP, IARP, and TAWPI, recognized the creative use of advanced technologies, tools, and processes in accounts payable automation and accounts receivable automation. We are excited to have the opportunity to recognize the professional accomplishments of our members through these annual awards. The entries considered demonstrate a creative business process redesign, an innovative technology or application of technologies, an exceptional business performance and value to the enterprise, or a combination of those.

The 2011 Huntington Bank Innovations Awards recognized organizations in each of the two categories: 

Accounts Payable Innovation: Organizations that deployed advanced use of transaction-based images and data to boost efficiency and the bottom line

Accounts Receivable Innovation: Organizations that leveraged technology and the business process to take remittance and receivables to the next level.

Keynote Presentation by Ed Robinson

From Fighting the Storm to Dancing in the Rain (Change Management)

Ed Robinson – Business Adviser, Author Ed Robinson Speaks – Transforming Professionals into Rainmakers

Business Management and Organization – 1.0 Credit

Is your organization experiencing change? Are the professionals in your industry being challenged by new ways of doing business with industry or regulatory changes? In this program, Robinson pre-interviews the meeting planner and members of the target audience and develops "the storm" around their respective issues. He then shares core, universal strategies to dance and thrive through all the storms in your life, echoing his key philosophy that you can't wait for the storms to stop! You've got to learn how to dance in the rain.

Core content included:

• Taking responsibility
• Taking ownership
• Not being a victim of storms
• Being a professional
• Focusing on the purpose of your quest, job, career, and life

Participants learned:

• Formulas for success.
• Attributes of professionalism.
• Keys to personal success and self-motivation.
• The power of an energetic infusion of targeted confidence.