Flickr Photo: kohtzyLast weekend, I was lucky enough to speak at The Arc of the USA's executive leadership conference. As usual, I did a session on social media, but they also let me trot out something new: Five Trends that Will Impact IT.

The presentation includes lots of tech stuff, of course. But one of the main points I wanted to drive home to this group of really smart and engaged leaders was the idea that tech trends aren't really just about tech: They reflect the changing world around us as much as they reflect the latest innovations. 

I tried to frame most of the trends in terms of the business changes that are happening and the possibilities and challenges they create for IT.

Here are the trends:

• Collaboration -- across the sector and within our own organizations
• Changing Work Force -- remote staff, job sharing, and alternative scheduling
• The Rise of Consumer Electronics --  now that everyone is a tech expert
• Awash in Data -- how to manage it and turn it into intelligence
• The Cloud -- because I just couldn't help but talk about it 

Here's the full presentation:

So there you have it. My two cents on the topic. What about yours? What would you include?