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.
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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.
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.
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 - 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.
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.
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.
