Venue: Cafe Escadrille, Burlington, MA
Speaker: Jeff Papows, President and CEO of WebLayers, Inc.
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Category Archives: Recent Events
2011-11-15 SIM Silver Meeting
Boston SIM Silver is an organization dedicated to members who are approaching traditional retirement by assessing, planning, evaluating and discussing the transition from their professional careers to a new stage of life.
The goals of SIM Silver are to:
- Facilitate discussion in the transition to a post professional career stage of life.
- Provide a forum for helping its members conduct an assessment of their life in preparation for a post professional career stage.
- Provide a forum to review and assist its members in developing a post professional career plan.
- Share its members’ experiences as a method to gain insight into a variety of struggles, setbacks and successes in a transition.
- Facilitate a social network of post professional career Boston SIM members.
Membership in SIM Silver is voluntary and defined as first being or having been an active member of SIM and currently a member in good standing. Those wishing to participate will contact the Boston SIM Chapter Administrator to be placed on the SIM Silver mailing list. Meetings are conducted 4 to 6 times a year.
In addition to meetings, SIM Silver has a collaborative web-site where members can share information, ideas, and thoughts. Relevant information from a variety of sources are available at that site. For more information, contact the Boston SIM Silver facilitator, Les Ball, at lesballscituate@gmail.com.
Registration
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2011-11-02 Providence CIO Roundtable: Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity
The CIO Roundtable has become one of the most popular features of Boston SIM membership for those individuals who are identified as the Chief Information Officer for their organizations. The Roundtables provide opportunities for CIOs to discuss topics of interest with their peers in a relaxed, informal setting.
The CIO Roundtables are by invitation only to those eligible Chapter members and are offered in the Boston and Providence areas. The typical Roundtable program is hosted by a CIO at his/her company. The program begins at 1:30 p.m. with a presentation by a CIO member or invited guest on a topic chosen in advance. Ample time is provided for discussion with the presenter and among the group. After the program, refreshments and dinner provide additional opportunity for discussion and networking. Four CIO Roundtables are held each program year. Following is a list of recent CIO Roundtable topics: Group Collaboration Using the Internet, How to Manage and Succeed in Your Career as CIO, ERP Implementation Projects, Managing Remote Network Access, Justifying and Measuring the Value of IT, and Managing the Human Resource.
Event: November 2, 2011
The topic for this meeting is disaster recovery and business continuity. The event will be held at the offices of Gurnet Consulting, 10 Dorrance Street, Suite 700, Providence, RI. Three speakers will be featured:
Scott Kitlinski is the Director of Global Professional Services for Akibia, a global information technology services firm based in Westboro, MA.
Dave Smith was formerly the Director of the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency and is currently the Graduate Program Director at Salve Regina University.
John McWilliams is a business continuity consultant and president of JH McWilliams and Associates.
Registration
Registration links will be sent to qualified SIM members via email.
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2011-10-20 Monthly Meeting: Cloud Computing, Lessons Learned Panel Discussion
Venue:Burlington Marriott
Facilitator: Robert Klotz, VP of Technology, Akibia Corporation
Panelist 1: Mike Draper, Senior Consultant, Infrastructure Architect, Cloud Technology Partners
Panelist 2: Larry Bolick, CIO, Aquent
Panelist 3: Kevin Dushney, Director of IT, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
Panelist 4: Eric Marks, Founder, President & CEO, AgilePath Corporation
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2011-10-19 Helpdesk Roundtable: IT surveys & analyzing the results
Helpdesk Roundtable: October 19, 2011
All Customer Service and Helpdesk Directors and Managers are invited to attend the next Boston SIM Helpdesk Roundtable session on Wednesday, October 19th from 2:00 to 5:30 p.m. The meeting will be hosted at REIT Management & Research’s corporate headquarters in Newton, MA. Networking will continue over dinner at a local restaurant.
The topic for this meeting will be IT surveys and analyzing the results. We will have a guest speaker, Dr. Frederick Van Bennekom. Dr. Van Bennekom teaches in the Executive MBA program at Northeastern University’s College of Business Administration in Boston and at Babson College. He has published a book called The Customer Survey Guidebook which goes through the end to end process of creating, administering and interpreting results of a survey. (For more information on the book, go to http://www.greatbrook.com/customer_survey_guidebook.htm).
We will also be having a roundtable discussion on what to look for when interviewing a candidate for the help desk and what techniques are being used to recruit quality staff.
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2011-10-06 Practitioners Roundtable: Social Media
Between the opportunities that businesses are seeking to exploit through the implementation of social media initiatives and the growing multitude of employees abusing access rights on the job, today’s technology practitioners duties are evolving in new directions. On Thursday, October 6th, join with your fellow technology vice presidents and directors to discuss how they are they are addressing the challenges and opportunities of social media.
Location: Babson College, Wellesley, MA
Date: October 6, 2011
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM: Networking and introductions
4:15 PM – 6:00 PM: Program and discussion
6:15 PM – Dinner at Babson Executive Conference Center
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2011-10-05 Boston CIO Roundtable
The CIO Roundtable has become one of the most popular features of Boston SIM membership for those individuals who are identified as the Chief Information Officer for their organizations. The Roundtables provide opportunities for CIOs to discuss topics of interest with their peers in a relaxed, informal setting.
The CIO Roundtables are by invitation only to those eligible Chapter members and are offered in the Boston and Providence areas. The typical Roundtable program is hosted by a CIO at his/her company. The program begins at 1:30 p.m. with a presentation by a CIO member or invited guest on a topic chosen in advance. Ample time is provided for discussion with the presenter and among the group. After the program, refreshments and dinner provide additional opportunity for discussion and networking. Four CIO Roundtables are held each program year. Following is a list of recent CIO Roundtable topics: Group Collaboration Using the Internet, How to Manage and Succeed in Your Career as CIO, ERP Implementation Projects, Managing Remote Network Access, Justifying and Measuring the Value of IT, and Managing the Human Resource.
Registration
Registration links will be sent to qualified SIM members via email.
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2011-09-15 Monthly Meeting: Technology Trends with Dan Bricklin
Venue: Sheraton Needham
Speaker: Dan Bricklin, Consultant and co-creator of VisiCalc
Technology Trends
This wide-ranging presentation will cover various aspects of computer technology from the old PC days and the development of VisiCalc through what we are seeing today with respect to mobile, tablet, and other forms of computing. It includes first-hand photos and rare videos. Mr. Bricklin will also try to answer any questions you have about this past as well as trends for the future. Having directly participated in the development of software from the mainframe days to today’s tablets, he has a unique perspective as both a business person and engineer.
Dan Bricklin
Dan Bricklin is currently president of Software Garden, Inc., a small consulting firm and developer of software applications that he founded in 1985. His current product is Note Taker HD, a popular productivity tool for the Apple iPad. He is best known for codeveloping VisiCalc, the first electronic spreadsheet, while he was a student at the Harvard Business School. VisiCalc is widely credited for fueling the rapid growth of the personal computer industry. He also developed Dan Bricklin’s Demo Program, an award-winning tool for the MSDOS during the 1980s, and co-founded two venture-backed companies, Slate Corporation and Trellix Corporation, in the 1990s. He is a founding trustee of the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council and has received many honors for his contributions to the computer
Registration
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2011-08-16 Sharpen the Leadership Saw Roundtable
Sharpen the Leadership Saw
Time: 1:45 p.m. registration until after dinner
Location: iRobot in Bedford, MA
Speaker
Laura Packer
Storyteller and Trainer
Thinkstory: Organizational Storytelling
Book
Getting Naked: A Business Fable About Shedding The Three Fears That Sabotage Client Loyalty
About SLS
Sharpen the Leadership Saw is a quarterly half-day program offered to all current SIM members, and all former SIM RLF (Regional Leadership Forum) graduates, who are interested in evolving as a leader. Through carefully selected book discussions and speakers, the program offers an opportunity to improve a fundamental understanding of leadership, and your own personal brand of it.
For those of you who yearn to read, learn from and apply the concepts of leadership-related books, this program may be just the little push you need to make it happen. Join us at the next meeting and reconnect with your fellow SIM members and/or expand your network, “sharpen your saw” and practice continuous learning!
Registration
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2011-06-23 Practitioners Roundtable: The Promise and Peril of the Cloud
Cloud platforms are the next major revolution in computing. They promise to reduce capital expenditures, simplify the provisioning process, promote business continuity, and enable organizations to focus on their core competencies. We’re told that the Cloud will also make it possible to reach customers in new ways and even generate new revenue streams.
When considering Cloud strategies, organizations must consider issues such as security, data privacy, latency, disaster recovery, connectivity, and the potential for vendor lock-in. We must also evaluate how compliance with various laws and regulations will be ensured. Join your peers at the Director and VP levels (and/or invite your practitioner colleagues to join) for a lively discussion on the promise and peril of the Cloud. We will also be joined by Chris Hallberg, Azure Director – Microsoft Northeast, who will share Microsoft’s value proposition for its Cloud offerings.
Date: June 23, 2011
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM: Networking and introductions
4:15 PM – 6:00 PM: Program and discussion
6:15 PM – Dinner at nearby restaurant TBD
Location: Rhode Island Room, Microsoft, 201 Jones Road, Suite 601, Waltham, MA 02451
Registration
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