Event Archive
April 2013
4/2/2013
Ruby Brigade
The Ann Arbor Ruby Brigade is a local group which promotes the use of the Ruby programming language.
4/3/2013
Selling Smart Workshop - Building Trusting Relationships by Challenging Prospects
Ann Arbor SPARK
Learn to use your understanding of a prospect’s business to challenge their thinking and take control of the sales process.
Challenging salespeople teach their customers. They focus the sales conversation not on features and benefits but on insight, bringing a unique (and typically provocative) perspective on the customer's business. They come to the table with new ideas for their customers that can make money or save money — often opportunities the customer hadn't realized even existed.
4/3/2013
3 Free and Easy Ways to Create Online Videos
LA2M
How would you like to be able to create videos—FOR FREE—after watching a 30 minute presentation? If this sounds too good to be true, keep reading, because it sounds good AND is true!
4/3/2013
Ann Arbor Computer Society
AACS meetings are free and open to the public. Meetings include time for job seekers to announce their availability and for employers to announce job openings. Pizza and soft drinks will be provided free of charge. Supporting membership is $20/year. Members are entitled to participate in elections and to win door prizes.
4/4/2013
The Business Value of Joy
Washtenaw Community College
Methodologies practiced The Menlo Way™ are both joyful and disciplined. This session includes a discussion of iterative and incremental development, estimation, planning, and work authorization as described in "Extreme Programming Explained" by Kent Beck and the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). Hands on exercises and take-away materials enable attendees to begin practicing these new processes in their own work environment.
4/4/2013
Michigan Energy Forum - Michigan Energy Policy 2013
Ann Arbor SPARK
Governor Snyder has begun a process to deliver comprehensive energy policy recommendations by December 2013. How we address energy policy has broad impacts on climate, economic competitiveness, employment and job skills, environment, and health. What should be our major policy focus within Michigan? Can we find the right balance given divergent opinions? Our expert panel will discuss implications for goal setting, strategies, new technologies, and the legislative process.
4/5/2013
Mark Frauenfelder: Making Makers
University of Michigan Library
Mark Frauenfelder, co-founder of the collaborative weblog "Boing Boing" presents the tools, technologies, and social changes that are driving an all-ages maker movement, and a gallery of fun and fascinating homemade inventions.
4/9/2013
Ann Arbor OpenCoffee
Ann Arbor SPARK
This is a networking event for entrepreneurs, investors and those who work with innovation businesses, particularly in IT, cleantech and life sciences.
4/9/2013
SBIR/STTR 101: Intro and Overview
Jayne Berkaw Marketing & Communications
Attendees will learn SBIR/STTR program basics, including: program purpose, eligibility, sources of funding and tools for proposal development
4/9/2013
Marketing Roundtable - Advertising Isn't Dead
Ann Arbor SPARK
In this era of social media, SEO, and mobile many seem to think advertising is somehow passé. Hear from a panel of industry experts how you can harness the latest advertising strategies to achieve solid marketing ROI. We’ll explore best practices for advertising programs, and even turn some of your thinking about advertising on its head with new options you might not be aware of.
4/10/2013
Client Expectations: Meeting, Managing and Loving Your Clients
LA2M
Their seems to be an unspoken "love / hate" relationship that marketers have with clients. If you don't believe me, just take a look at ClientsFromHell.net. Sure some people are difficult to work with, but bad interactions is typically the fault of marketers. We often don't realize it's just as hard being a client as a provider. The simple solution to most client woes is managing expectations
4/10/2013
Solutions for Information Discovery and Collaboration
GDI Infotech
Too much time is spent looking for relevant information and ineffectively working with others within the workplace and in doing business. Enterprise-level tools too often are leveraged with the intent of surfacing information in meaningful ways and supporting collaboration. Ironically, these tools are counterproductive as they become barriers to information and don't support how people want to share information with each other.
4/10/2013
The State of Investing in Healthcare: Opportunities from a VC Perspective
MichBio
Please join us on April 10th at the next BioArbor event to hear from two seasoned venture capital investors, both with capital to invest and novel investment strategies. Both are based outside of Michigan, yet have made local investments and are actively seeking opportunities to invest in Michigan. The event will offer a great platform to hear about the broader dynamics in healthcare venture capital: what has changed, where are the opportunities, and how should we move forward.
4/11/2013
Ask-the-Investors
GLEQ
A panel of venture capital and angel investors will field your questions and provide suggestions to help you build a better business. Each of the Ask-the-Investor events is different based upon the questions from participants. Find out how Angels differ from VCs, how they work together to make successful ventures and what they want to see in customer capital. Attendees will have an opportunity to network before and after a pure Q&A event. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet them and ask your questions.
4/15/2013
Strategies for Leading Change - Influencer Training
Vital Skills International
Influencer Training provides proven strategies for leaders to uproot entrenched habits and execute change initiatives in teams and entire organizations.
The truth is, we all need to be better influencers. Hardly a day passes that we don’t try to influence ourselves or others to do something different. We do our best to motivate employees to demonstrate more concern for profitability. We struggle to enable our teams to complete projects on time and on budget. In summary, we continually work on ways to exert our influence, but we regularly fall short.
Drawing from the skills of many of the world’s best change agents and combining them with five decades of social-science research, Influencer Training creates a powerful and portable model for changing behaviors.
4/15/2013
Michigan Robotics Day
National Center for Mfg Sciences/UMich
Come experience the cutting-edge advances made by Michigan robotics’ companies and research organizations, hear from leading minds in the field, and see how students are diving into the field at the high school and college levels.
4/15/2013
Business Law & Order - Business and Legal Issues in E-Commerce
Ann Arbor SPARK
Join us at our next workshop, as we will be discussing business and legal issues in the following areas: 1) Informational vs. business oriented web sites, 2) On-line advertising and search engine optimization, 3) Domain names and 4) Privacy and 5) DMCA and COPPA compliance.
4/16/2013
Lunch & Learn
Saline Area Chamber of Commerce
Lunch & Learn
Mike Klein, Co-CEO, Online Tech, onlinetech.com, will be the featured speaker at the April 16th Lunch & Learn
4/16/2013
Acheive Your Potential: Resumes and Interviewing
American Business Women's Association
Finding a job is hard work. Whether you are looking for a new employer or applying for a move within your current company, you should keep your resume up to date and have accessible resources to help you shine during an interview. You will learn: valuable resume writing tips, options for keeping your skills competitive, networking and communicating skills, interviewing skills, and what info to have readily accessible when you receive a call from a potential employer.
4/16/2013
AA OSA Apr. Talk - Dr. Jeffrey Fessler
Ann Arbor Chapter, Optical Society of America
"Accelerating image recovery using variable splitting methods"
This talk by Dr. Jeffrey Fessler of the U-MI EECS Dept. will first review recent methods for accelerating image denoising and image restoration, and then describe new developments in accelerating optimization methods for image reconstruction.
4/17/2013
Livingston Regional Job Fair
The 2013 Livingston Regional Job Fair will be held Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at Crystal Gardens in Howell. Last year, hundreds of job seekers attended the event. The event is open to all job seekers. We especially encourage Veterans to attend.
4/17/2013
Inbound Marketing
LA2M
Do you want more qualified leads from your company website? Are you trying to grow your email marketing list? Looking for ways to engage your customers and build deeper relationships?
4/18/2013
The Reluctant Networker: Beyond the Mixer and the One-to-One
The Reluctant Networker, LLC
Do you feel like you have reached a plateau in your networking practice? Wondering what else you can do to bring it up a notch? Check out this workshop for some tips, techniques, and tactics to make your connections count.
4/18/2013
Courage at Work: Unleashing Your Inner Lion
Human Resource Development
The workplace is fraught with daily challenges—challenges that may provoke fear, stress, or even excitement; but challenges nonetheless. These challenges can undermine our performance or inspire our courage; allowing us to step up to challenges, assert innovative ideas, and seek out leadership opportunities…all for the good of the organization.
4/18/2013
Manage Fear, Master Life ®: The "Business" of Courageous
Human Resource Development
Every day you’re faced with dilemmas, problems and issues at work. But research shows, those who know how to courageously deal with business discomfort flourish in their jobs. Six-Time EMMY® winner Shawne Duperon and founder of Project: Forgive takes you on a journey of courageously facing difficult work-related tasks and conversations, to finding peace and—yes, forgiveness—at work. You’ll learn how to spot a problem and nip it in the bud, courageously communicate as a leader (formal or informal), and create more peace and harmony at work for yourself and others.
4/19/2013
Starting Your Own Business
Ann Arbor SPARK
At this forum you will learn about personality traits that impact entrepreneurialism, creating a marketing plan for your business, legal, accounting, and risk considerations, product development, business plans and financing options. You will have an opportunity to get advice from a variety of business experts and organizations that are available to support new ventures.
4/23/2013
Building Better Relationships Breakfast
Saline Area Chamber of Commerce
Great Networking Opportunity! Come meet and hear from members about their businesses and about what is going on in our community.
4/25/2013
You, Inc.: Building Your Personal Leadership Brand
Human Resource Development
Your identity or brand helps communicate your value and what you stand for as a leader. Knowing this helps you make smart decisions about the work you want to engage in, identify opportunities where you need to stretch and grow, and let others know what you can contribute. In this course, based on the latest concepts by experts, you'll actively work to translate your core strengths and talents into a tangible personal brand.
4/25/2013
IEEE Spring Conference
Sales and Marketing Insight
Can Image Processing and
Artificial Intelligence Help in
Cancer Detection, Diagnosis
and Treatment Response
Monitoring?
4/25/2013
The Power of the Mind to Achieve Business Success
South East Michigan Entrepreneurs Association
With this Presentation you will take away tools to: Discover how to achieve the mindset of an entrepreneur, Learn the real secret to business success, Move past your old belief system, Accelerate your personal and professional growth, Create the life you want and deserve.
4/26/2013
Donuts and Inbound Marketing
Whole Brain Group
Are you tired of wasting time and money on marketing efforts that don't really work?
At The Whole Brain Group, we're Inbound Marketing experts, which means we specialize in marketing tactics that make potential clients seek us out.
On Friday, April 26, from 9:00am-10:30am, we are hosting a FREE workshop, where you will learn how to convert leads into customers, how to create content for different stages of the buying cycle, and more! This workshop will take place at our office, at 109 E. Ann Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104.
While the event is free, registration is required. Follow the link for more information and to register for the event. We look forward to seeing you there!
http://wbgdonutsandinboundmktg.eventbrite.com/
4/30/2013
Hot Shots: Career Connections
Ann Arbor SPARK
Bring your resume, and come and mingle with growing, innovative companies in a fun and relaxed environment!