ANN ARBOR - Great Lakes Entrepreneur’s Quest has launched a new paid training service for entrepreneurs who sign up to compete in the business-plan writing contest. It’s called Cantillon. Miche Suboski, a small business advocate who works with GLEQ.Org, provides details in this special New Maker Interview on the GLEQ channel.
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TROY - Bob Montgomery, Executive Director of Information Technology, Oakland Community College, is the July 2008 Mentor of the Month. To hear more about the program, and what Montgomery gets from it, listen to this special edition of News Maker Interview on the ConnecTech channel.
TROY - ConnecTech and the Troy Chamber are partnering this fall to offer awards for web excellence, but instead of giving them to web development companies, they’ll go to individuals. This year’s ConnecTech categories include individual awards for excellence in Graphic Design, Copy Writing, Application Development and Blogging. To learn more, listen to this special ConnecTech edition of News Maker Interview.
TROY - A recently passed law requires private detectives and investigators to be licensed by the State of Michigan. In addition to traditional gumshoes, the law also applies to those engaged in investigating computer forensics such as the consultant your organization might retain to assist you in the event of a network security breach. ConnecTech is hosting a webinar on July 8 that will feature security professionals and state officials who will explain what the new law means to the Security community.
DETROIT - Ruthanne Largent is the Vice President of Information Systems at MGM Grand in Detroit, and has more than 25 years of experience in the IT industry. Largent also is mentoring ConnecTech member/mentee Kristi Susko of AT&T. Largent has been named ConnecTech Mentor of the Month. To listen to why she is taking the time to coach Susko, listen to this special ConnecTech edition of News Maker Interview.
LANSING - ConnecTech Lansing member William Ives is the Strategic Account Manager at TDS in Jackson. He has been named June member of the month for his efforts to start a chapter in Jackson. Listen to what Ives is up to in this special ConnecTech edition of News Maker Interview.
DETROIT - ConnecTech Detroit is hosting an RFID update program June 19 that will feature experts from Lowry Computer. Company founder Mike Lowry outlines what attendees will learn in this special ConnecTech Channel News Maker Interview.
DETROIT - Continental CIO Bill MacFarlane is the ConnecTech May Mentor of the Month. He is paired with ConnecTech member/mentee Angela Brown. To hear what MacFarlane said are the best reasons for working as a CIO, and for mentoring up and coming CIOs, listen to this special ConnecTech edition of Newsmaker Interview.
DETROIT - On June 4 at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Detroit, you’ll be able to meet and greet some of the area’s prominent technology and community leaders at the cocktail reception while contributing to two great Foundations - SIM (Society of Information Managers) and the Michigan Council of Women in Technology. On June 5, a day-long event for Directors of IT and CIOs, with guest speakers including Tony Scott, CIO of Microsoft, John Crary, CIO of Lear, Timothy Cox, CIO of OnStar and Tom Peck CIO of MGM Mirage, Las Vegas. Midwest Technology Leaders Founder Tracy-Ann Palmer discussed both in this News Maker Interview.
ANN ARBOR - Diane Durance, Executive Director of the Great Lakes Entrepreneurs’ Quest, discusses the overwhelming registration success of the spring cycle 2008. Some 79 entrepreneurs or teams of entrepreneurs have registered for the business-plan writing contest, nearly double the former record of 46. GLEQ is a sponsor of ConnecTech and the ConnecTech channel.
DETROIT - ConnecTech has launched a new feature on the ConnecTech channel, the Mentor of the Month profile. The April Mentor is
Joe Sawasky, CIO, Wayne State University Background: Prior to joining Wayne State University, he was the Chief Information Officer of the University of Toledo. Joe is mentoring Terrance Campbell.
GRAND RAPIDS - Davenport University has introduced a new specialty in Global Project Management within the Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems. While coursework and experiential learning will focus primarily in the information systems and technology area, the program also provides students with the opportunity to explore and apply the concepts in other areas such as finance and healthcare. The program will help prepare students to complete the Project Management Institute certification exam. Reid Gough, Dean School of Technology and Davenport University Online, provides more details in this special ConnecTech edition of News Maker Interview.
TROY - ConnecTech will host its fourth technology webinar this year on April about Assitive Technologies, and how the invention of tools such as screen-readers, text enlarging devices and Web interface programs increases the quality of life for people with disabilities. In this NewsMaker Interview Cathy McAdam, who is blind, talks about how she uses this technology to communicate on the Internet.
DETROIT - Brian Shay is a member of ConnecTech Greater Detroit, and is someone who is committed to uniting the technology community here in Michigan. He’s so interested in what the Network makes possible for technology professionals that he’s invited a group of his friends and colleagues to participate in his chapter’s upcoming event. Listen to Shay’s recruitment ideas in this ConnecTech Channel of NewsMaker Interview.
KALAMAZOO - Information Technology and eCommerce attorney Vincent Polley of KnowConnect PLLC will give an attorney’s perspective on how to both prevent and respond to information security breaches April 1 at the Kalamazoo M-TEC. The event is co sponsored by ConnecTech Kalamazoo and Michigan InfraGard. It is free to the public.
TROY - ConnecTech on March 11 will host its third webinar - the focus will be When IT Becomes HR. Rick Sabatos, an IT expert, will discuss the technical side of the issue. The webinar will outline employer rights as they relate to employee Web surfing, and how IT employees can keep themselves out of a sticky situation if they’re ever asked to implement the software. To learn more about this webinar listen to this ConnecTech channel program.
TRAVERSE CITY - ConnecTech on March 11 will host its third webinar - the focus will be When IT Becomes HR. Rachel Roe, an employment attorney, will discuss the legal side of the issue. The webinar will outline employer rights as they relate to employee Web surfing, and how IT employees can keep themselves out of a sticky situation if they’re ever asked to implement the software. To learn more about this webinar listen to this report on the ConnecTech podcast channel.
TROY - What would happen if a Chemical tanker overturned in your community making it impossible for your employees to get to work? Or if that much talked about flu pandemic kept millions of Michigan workers from getting to the workplace? On Feb. 12 at noon, the ConnecTech network will host a live webinar that will discuss those various scenarios and how your business can prepare for them. On the panel will be Cisco Systems’ Steve Gutschow. To get a preview of Steve’s talk, listen to this special ConnecTech Channel edition of News Maker interview.
TROY - What if a Pandemic flu strikes Michigan, infecting millions of people, including a huge percentage of your work force. What can you do? Patriot Services Vice President Scott Hiipakka will outline how at least you can prepare for this possibility in a live webinar Feb. 12 at noon at ConnecTech.Org. To get a preview of Hiipakka’s comments, listen to this special ConnecTech edition of News Maker Interview.
GRAND RAPIDS - Reid Gough, Dean School of Technology and Davenport University Online, discusses the schools new Master’s Degree in Information Assurance. The degree work helps train the next generation of security professionals and is offered both at the Grand Rapids campus and online. Soon it will be offered at Davenport’s Livonia campus.
TROY - Barry Demp of Barry Demp Coaching will serve as a coach and facilitator for a new Mentoring Program that will be offered in early 2008 by ConnecTech, the successor organization to the GLIMA Network. To learn all the details about this innovative new program listen to this special edition of News Maker Interview.
LANSING - Dan Wholihan, founder of the Republican Michigander political blog, talks about how sites like his will reshape the political landscape in the 2008 elections. Wholihan will participate on a ConnecTech panel Jan. 8 with other political bloggers.
LANSING - Julielyn Gibbons, also known as Liberal Lucy, joins a webinar panel on Jan. 8 that will examine the role the Internet will play in the 2008 elections. Gibbons is the founder of a blog that champions Michigan Democratic Party causes, campaigns and politics.
TROY - Rick Pluta, the Lansing bureau chief for Michigan Public Radio, will moderate a ConnecTech webinar Jan. 8 on how new Internet communication tools will change the way politicians campaign in the 2008 elections.
TROY - ConnecTech replaced the GLIMA Network throughout Michigan in December. Danielle DeLonge, the former GLIMA Network Manager, now heads up the ConnecTech chapters statewide. In this special edition of News Maker Interview, DeLonge talks about why the change was made and what new features it offers to former GLIMA members.
