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Breakfast Briefing: Mastering the Rockefeller Habits featuring Verne Harnish
If you are looking for a way to break the entrepreneurial glass ceiling and move up as a professionally managed company while retaining an entrepreneurial spirit, then join us for an informative and enlightening presentation by Verne Harnish, an expert in the field of entrepreneurship. Harnish will discuss ways to master the "Rockefeller Habits" so that your organization can multiply its cash flow and profits, while driving to the next level to leave the competition far behind. Rockefeller Habits provides easy-to-use tools for making strategically smart decisions and for keeping everyone aligned and accountable to those decisions. Known as the "Growth Guy" columnist for several publications and contributing editor for Fortune Small Business magazine in addition to being named one of the "Top 10 Minds in Small Business," Harnish is the author of Mastering the Rockefeller Habits: What You Must Do to Increase the Value of Your Fast-Growth Firm, released in April 2002. Harnish is founder and CEO of Gazelles, Inc., a premier executive coaching program for leaders of mid-size firms with 30 to 2,000 employees. Presented by the Pittsburgh Technology Council and Catalyst Connection. Supporting sponsorship provided by the Pennsylvania International Business Development's Go Global Program. |
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IS Network: Retaining IT Professionals -
Winning the War for Technology Talent
The market for IT professionals is heating up. Employers continue to look for innovative ways to retain top technology talent. Join Stacey Cunningham, Vice President of Client Strategy for Career Systems International, for an in-depth look at what drives IT professionals to leave; how much the departure of an IT professional can cost an organization; what CIOs are doing to motivate and retain staff; and how to build an effective recruitment action plan.
Stacey Cunningham, M.Ed., coaches senior executives and their leaders on how to increase their organizational effectiveness through their talent management and leadership practices. Stacey’s innovative approach has helped leaders to develop practical and measurable strategies to retain and engage talent. As the Vice President of Client Strategy for Career Systems International she is responsible for shaping the future direction of the organization’s talent strategies, while delivering keynote addresses, writing articles and working on a new book with Dr. Beverly Kaye.
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PittJUG: Building Enterprise Applications with Spring and JPA
Thursday, March 20
IS Network: Requirements Management -
The Missing Link in Project Success
Monday, March 31
Pgh.NET: Real World Experiences with Silverlight
Tuesday, April 8
Pgh.NET: Pittsburgh .NET Code Camp
Saturday, April 12
PghOUG: Maximizing Business Value Across Your Enterprise…
Understanding the ROI of Database Archiving
Friday, April 18 |
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Luncheon: Achieving Excellence in a Mergers and Acquisition Environment
Microsoft and Agility Business Solutions welcome Steve Goden, Vice President of Planning for Cohesant Technology and advisor to The Cedar Brook Financial Partners who will share his experiences working with Microsoft and Agility Business solutions in an M & A environment.
Sun MD (Project Blackbox) Tour
Sun Modular Datacenter (widely known as Project Blackbox), the world's first virtualized datacenter, applies Sun's trademark innovation and network computing infrastructure expertise to engineer out complexity. Configured in an enhanced 20-foot shipping container and designed to maximize compute density while minimizing energy and space requirements, Sun MD provides a whole new alternative for quickly adding heterogeneous datacenter capacity where and when it's needed. Join Sun and it's key partners discussing solutions to some of today's greatest IT challenges. This latest Sun Tour is your opportunity to hear what other IT professionals have done to cut costs, meet compliance, increase security, and manage growth - and to get an up-close look at how Sun innovations and breakthrough ideas can help you do the same. At the Sun Tour event, you'll see how Sun can help you: Grow your business without increasing datacenter costs; Increase efficiency and capacity within your datacenter; Do more with less through datacenter consolidation; Use innovation as a competitive advantage.
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IT Software Development Process and Tools User Group
A new user group is forming in southwestern Pennsylvania. The vision of the group is to share knowledge about processes and tools that help IT improve efficiency, re-use, and traceability for software development. Individuals responsible for delivering high quality software or business solutions and interested in governance and traceability through the use of standard processes and tools such as IBM'sRational Tool Suite are welcome to attend. The group will provide a forum for these attendees to meet regularly to discuss issues, view demonstrations/tutorials and share experiences. For more info on the group contact James Kuminkoski or Geri Winters. If you are interested in providing feedback to help shape the group please complete our short survey.
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YWCA Robotics Team
During the months of January through March 2008, the YWCA will host an all-girl team, called “YWCA Delta F.O.R.C.E.,” in the Southwestern Pennsylvania Regional FIRST Robotics Competition. This robotics team of high school girls is a part of the YWCA TechGYRLS program that is designed to increase interest and familiarity in the fields of technology, where there is a gender gap between men and women.
The YWCA Delta F.O.R.C.E. team is currently searching for sponsors, mentors and coaches for training and competition. Members of the Pittsburgh Technology Council and their associates who are interested in supporting this all-female team may contact the YWCA Teen Leadership Institute at 412.365.1938.
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The Pittsburgh Technology Council’s Career Center currently boasts more than 1,400 open positions. For many students and recent graduates, this tool provides invaluable connections to internship and job openings within southwestern Pennsylvania. Council member companies use this resource to find basic entry-level candidates, seasoned C-level professionals and everyone in between. Candidates are encouraged to apply for positions through the Career Center and to post their resumes in our online resume database for recruiter viewing.
Junior Solutions Architect
at Network Access Corporation
Quality Engineer
at BodyMedia
Software Engineer
at DynaVox Systems
Please note: Effective January 1, 2008, non-members posting to the Career Center may only post three jobs in a calendar year.
Sign up to receive our weekly Hot Jobs e-mail delivered to your inbox every Monday. E-mail the Career Center team to subscribe.
CareerCasts
The Pittsburgh Technology Council presents CareerCasts…the link between regional employers and job seekers. CareerCasts are recorded interviews with southwestern Pennsylvania's top tech companies and HR professionals talking about unique aspects of their business and operations. Audio interviews provide on-the-go availability to job seekers and a high-tech tool for employee recruitment and retention.
Be sure to check careercasts.pghtech.org for more exciting details!
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