Thanks for the VERY GOOD TURN OUT -- let's keep it up!!

Ralph, Senior Vice President, Information Technology for Medicis -- thank you very much for your presentation. And a very large thank you to Tim Hayden of DPScience who purchase the first round for everyone!!!!


February 10, 2009, speaker will be Jeff Luth, Impress Public Relations. the title is “The Wonderful World of Public Relations.” Smaller companies tend to be enamored with their technology and often find themselves either with a solution in search of a problem or simply unable to effectively articulate their value proposition. Larger companies may have difficulty creating a unique identity for new products and services. In these cases, generating awareness and interest is critically important. Yet for many companies, the marketing / public relations process is often conducted as a series of standalone activities, without an underlying strategy or any structured coordination. This equates to the sound of one hand clapping. Marketing 201 is about creating the strategies and tactics that can effectively advance business goals.

We will meet at the CRAVE Bar & Lounge, on Mill Ave. February 10, 2009, from 5:30 PM -- 7:00 PM

March 10, 2009, speaker is Dave Cooke. Mr Cooke, is a nationally recognized media guru. Popularly referred to as “The Sales Cooke”, Dave proactively addresses the changing business environment by bringing focus to authentic interaction. As the Founder of Strategic Resource Group, “The Sales Cooke” is pursuing his passion by presenting unique organizational programs designed to increase customer effectiveness, strengthen team relationships and integrate shareholder investment. Cooke gets real with the growing euphoria of the social media experience. As a Founding Partner of World Webinar Network, “The Sales Cooke” brings refreshing insight and enthusiasm into the current trends and complexities of a growing global business environment.

"The Sales Cooke" will be speaking on social media techniques. There are all types of conversations out there in the Internet. Some of those conversations are specifically about you and your business, and many more are about your areas of interest and expertise. Have you been trying to figure out where these conversations are? Many people are talking about social media and social media tools, how many of those are able to help you understand why you need to look at these tools. “Joining in the Social Media Conversation and What it Means for Business” discusses the reasons you would be interested in the social media dialogue, how it could help you and your business, and some ideas for getting started

April 14, 2009, speaker will be Arunabha Sen Ph. D. Associate Professor, Computer Science & Engineering. The title is -- "A Hitchhikers' Guide to Network Science"

Abstract --
Network Science is an emerging discipline that draws upon a variety of well established disciplines, such as, Graph theory, Game Theory, Probability Theory, Algorithms and Complexity Theory, Machine Learning and Data Mining. The techniques from Network Science can be applied to a variety of application domains, Computer Networks, Electric Power Grid Networks, Social Networks, Transportation Networks and Biological Networks, to just name a few. In this talk we will undertake a journey through the galaxy of networks and find out how basic tenets of Network Science rule all these different planets.




Thanks again to the ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE of the CITY of TEMPE and a great big THANK YOU to the ARIZONA TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL. If you want to present at a Tech-e-Tuesday contact me at herb.f@asu.edu