ANN ARBOR - Hi-Tech Tuesday's Tales from the Trenches on March 21 is called Location, Location, Location: How MapInfo Helps Retail Leaders Find the Right New Markets and Sites. It's sponsored by the Ann Arbor IT Zone. Devon Wolfe, Global Practice Leader for Retail, Restaurant, and Real Estate, MapInfo Corp., will provide behind-the-scenes insights on
ANN ARBOR - The March 14 Hi-Tech Tuesday program will shift to lunch from dinner and feature Lou Pavledes, president of ELP Enterprises, the former CEO of Detroit's Civic Center who took the less traveled road in 2005 when he became an entrepreneur. Pavledes' conversion will be recounted in a special lunch program, catered by
ANN ARBOR ? Lucy Ann Lance, a broadcaster with Ann Arbor Talk Radio 1600 WAAM, will tell you what it takes to make a connection with people, on and off air, at Friday's Creativity Forum luncheon. What does it take to talk for a living? Start with a super-size personality that goes right through the
ANN ARBOR - Chuck Newman, who overcame business and personal crises to build ReCellular, the second largest company in the secondary user market for wireless handsets, will spin his story Tuesday night at SPARK Central - a story that will renew your entrepreneurial spirit. Join us for Tales from the Trenches tomorrow evening ? and
ANN ARBOR - Learn the skill to help a sales person gain more clarity in communication, and momentum in sales processes through verbally establishing, stating and confirming an agenda for each interaction on Thursday at the Ann Arbor IT Zone. Joe Marr, Marr Professional Development Corp., The Sandler Sales Institute, will present the seinar from
ANN ARBOR - The IT Zone doesn't want to compete with Valentine's Day ? so it's Feb. 14 Hi-Tech Tuesday has been switched to the lunch hour, the first time the popular evening event has been moved to noon. The event includes a Zingerman?s lunch and a lecture on non-verbal communication with Denise Anne Taylor,
ANN ARBOR ? Rob Pasick' LeaderConnect on Feb. 7 will provide a breakfast workshop to examine the popular book, ?The World is Flat.? The event, sponsored by the Ann Arbor IT Zone, will feature Rich Sheridan, Rob Pasick, Matt Sharp, Kathy Macdonald and guest presenter Thomas Schramm. The event runs from 7:45 to 9:30 am
ANN ARBOR - If you want to avoid long longs on Thursday at the registration desk during the Sixth Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurship, you need to register online by Tuesday. This annual confab of Southeast Michigan entrepreneurial groups typically draws from 250 to 300 attendees. Once again it's at Washtenaw Community College, starting at 5
ANN ARBOR - The Jan. 24 High-Tech Tuesday program is called Architecting Findability: IA Tactics and Methodologies for Maximum Search Engine Visibility sponsored by the Ann Arbor IT Zone. Linda Girard, principal, Pure Visibility, and Dan Klyn, information architect will make the presentation starting at 5:30 p.m. at Start Central. They will outline tactical interventions
ANN ARBOR ? High-Tech Tuesday this week will feature Tales from the Trenches: The Secrets of Cybernet's Success in Commercializing Funded R&D, which is sponsored by the Ann Arbor IT Zone. The presentation will be made by Charles Cohen, Ph.D., Vice President, Research and Development, Cybernet Systems. The program runs from 5 - 7 PM.