OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill ? Information technology workers are getting little guidance or support from their employers when it comes to career training and education, according to the findings of a survey released by the Computing Technology Industry Association. The vast majority of respondents to the CompTIA survey ? 85 percent ? said they decide what
ANN ARBOR - The Robotics Industry Association is accepting nominations for the 2006 Engelberger Robotics Awards that will be presented at the 37th International Symposium on Robotics/AUTOMATICA this May in Germany. The award is named after the Joseph Engelberger, the founding force behind industrial robotics. Engelberger was president of Unimation, the world's first industrial robot
GRAND RAPIDS - A rapidly growing business has forced glimaWEST President Jeff Meyers to resign effective January. glimaWEST Vice Presdent Randy Shier will take Meyers' position on the board. "Something has got to give and I need to scale back my duties with glimaWEST," Meyers said. "To have somebody at that position, you need someone
FERNDALE ? The February glimaSoutheast 5:01 Networking Event at Dino?s Lounge will benefit Special Olympics Michigan, provide music CDs from a Detroit artists as door prizes, and give early arrivers A Bag of Useful Things. Non-members, who wish to join glima at the mixer can get their $10 admission fee deducted from the annual $75
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
TROY - Josh Linkner, founder of ePrize, kicks off Automation Alley's technology speaker program called Fast Track 2006 where he'll explain how to lead your company to the next level of business. Linkner explans how to motivate your team, manage through adversity, and build a culture of excellence. Rich Sheridan of Menlo Innovations will list
TROY - Ken Rogers, executive director of Automation Alley, was appointed by Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm in January to the Strategic Economic Investment and Commercialization Board, which sets the strategic direction of the fund, approves investment decisions and oversees the administration of the program. The 21st Century Jobs Fund is a billion dollar plan
TROY - The next Automation Alley Fast Track To Success marketing and business development session on Feb. 1 will teach business owners and sales managers how to create and maintain sales staffs. Building a Sales Staff is a presentation of ideas and methods to assist business owners and sales managers in creating and maintaining a
TROY - GLIMASoutheast and its newest strategic partner New Horizons Computer Learning Centers of Michigan will kick off the 2006 Sunrise Seminar Series February 9 with a presentation on how to use Excel 2003. The event will take place at the New Horizons of Michigan office located at 2800 Livernois (Suite 250) in Troy from
FLINT ? Rowe Engineering, a business member of GLIMAEast, is moving its offices, and more than 100 employees, from Mundy Township to new digs in downtown Flint, part of the downtown revitalization efforts underway in this auto factory town. The change involves Rowe?s Civil engineering, Land survey, Aerial photography, Planning and Landscape architecture departments. Rowe