Corporate Sponsors
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We welcome new corporate sponsors. To have your logo added to this
newsletter, our website, and to receive a host of other benefits click here.
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Greetings!
I want to thank all the exhibitors and volunteers that made this year's Future Focus EXPO such a success. On Tuesday, more than 50 exhibitors and 1200 hundred students and parents were in attendance. This year's EXPO was our largest and most exciting career event to date.
The 2010 Edition of the GetSet Magazine showcasing local career opportunities was also handed out to students at the EXPO.The EXPO and GetSet Magazine are two great examples of how we are reaching our region's youth with the message that great careers await those that pursue studies in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. To find out more about how you can get involved, contact us here. EXPO photos will be posted soon on our Flickr site.
Jonathan Whitt, Executive Director
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New Website - New Features
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 We are pleased to announce our new website. Head over to www.techcouncil.us and check it out. We would love to know what you think about it and if you have any suggestions for ways to make it better. Thanks to the team at Blair Marketing for an incredible job designing our new website.
Our new site does several things for you. You can now RSVP and pay for events, renew your membership, easily connect with our social sites, subscribe to our news and events feed via RSS and much more. As with any good site, it's a work in progress so expect to see even more usable features in the future.
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FIRST LEGO Volunteers Needed 11/14
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If you've never participated in a Lego tournament
before, you might be surprised at the fun you'll have. Come watch
students from Region 2000 perform the skills they've developed all season; many
of them from your neighborhood schools.
The R2KTC and CVCC host the largest LEGO tournament in the state. Visit our website for more information about tournament day and come be a part of the 2009 Lynchburg Regional Tournament. We need volunteers on Friday evening, November 13th (set-up) and Saturday, November to serve as judges and more. This is a great opportunity for:
- School leaders to support their students
- High School juniors/seniors to earn community service
- Engineering students to foster future interest in STEM
- College students to enhance their portfolios
- Local business and industry to get involved; see your future workforce in action!
For more information or to sign up, contact Barbara Bragg, Tournament Coordinator at (434) 832-7672 or email her at braggb@cvcc.vccs.edu.
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Winter Wired Wednesday Luncheon 12/2
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Microsoft Sharepoint
Join us for a look under the hood of Microsoft's popular SharePoint portal, collaboration, and business intelligence platform. This event will provide value for all those considering or already using the SharePoint platform.
This will be an extended Wired Wednesday event broken into three sections: The Business Case for SharePoint, Getting Started with SharePoint, and EPM Live (3rd Party Portfolio Management with SharePoint).
Our speaker will be Sam Carlson, MS, PMP, MCTS with Virtual IT, Inc. Sam is Practice Leader for Virtual IT's Microsoft consulting practice. Sam is certified in configuring SharePoint and has presented extensively on both SharePoint and EPM Live.
Our Fall Wired Wednesday luncheon will be held on December 2nd from 11AM until 2PM at the Holiday Inn on Main Street, Lynchburg. The cost is $10 for Tech Council Members and $15 for non-members. RSVP's are required. RSVP online here or by calling 847-1447. You can also now pay online.
Wired Wednesdays are great for networking; come join us!
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Fall Wired Wednesday Videos Online
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 If you missed our Fall Wired Wednesday luncheon, the videos from the event are now posted in our Video Library. The topic was Office 2010 and Windows 7 and our speaker did an excellent job showcasing the capabilities of Microsoft's next generation OS and Office software. This is a great presentation to share with any Microsoft Windows user because Windows 7 will be an operating system you will actually want to upgrade to.
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Run 4 Team R2KTC
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 Congratulations to R2KTC board members Mike Goetz, Greg Sullivan, and John Vadnal for running the VA 10 Miler. Notice the shirts? They say "Run 4 R2KTC" and have our logo on the back. If you would like an R2KTC running shirt or to be a part of Team R2KTC for next year's VA 10 Miler let us know. I'm sure these guys would love the company and we'd love to have your support.
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