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Greetings!
I couldn't be more excited over the announcement of our keynote speaker for our 10th annual Awards Night. We are expecting a sell-out crowd and are in the final stages of event planning for this special evening. If your company would like extra exposure we have some unique sponsorship opportunities for this year's event, including: Reception Sponsor, Media Sponsor, Award Sponsor, and more. Please contact me if you would like information on how to promote your company at this high-profile event.
In case you haven't noticed, our website and social media channels are growing! This means more exposure for the Tech Council and our members. Beginning next month we will be launching "Member Monday" where we'll spotlight one member company for the remainder of the year. Each week, we'll post an interview with a member and the topics and format may vary. If your company would like to get in queue for being interviewed, simply let me know.
Lastly, I would like to welcome Street and Company and TEKsystems as the newest members to our technology community. You can read about them and all our members here. I look forward to seeing you at our February Wired Wednesday.
-Jonathan Whitt, Executive Director
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| Save The Date: 10th Annual Awards Night MAY 17 | Keynote Speaker Cameron Johnson
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May 17: Save The Date For The Lynchburg Area's Premier Technology Event of the Year
Each year the Region 2000 Technology Council hosts a premier networking event and awards banquet recognizing the best and brightest in the region's technology community. In celebration of our 10th annual Awards Night we will be featuring globally renowned entrepreneur Cameron Johnson who will be speaking on 'Entrepreneurial Values and Thinking Differently'. You won't want to miss this!
At only 25, Cameron Johnson is recognized as one of the most successful young entrepreneurs in the world. Earning $15,000 a day by the age of 15, by the time he left high school he had a dozen profitable businesses under his belt. Overseas, he was the youngest American appointed to the board of a Tokyo-based company, and even hosted Beat the Boss, a popular entrepreneurial show on the BBC. Passionate and whip-smart about business, Johnson consults with Fortune 500 companies, garners extensive media coverage from CNN, The New York Times, CNBC and hundreds of other outlets...
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| Wired Wednesday: Business Benefits of Cloud Computing | February 16
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Our next Wired Wednesday luncheon is almost here.
Ranny Grubb, Chief Technology Officer of Virtual IT, Inc. will be presenting on the 'Business Benefits of Cloud Computing'. Come learn basic concepts of cloud computing and how these emerging technologies can transform the way you work. The presentation will include:- What is "Cloud Services/Computing?" IAAS (Infrastructure as a Service), PAAS (Platform as a Service) and SAAS (Software as a Service) Examples
- Introduction to Cloud Storage
- Why Use a Cloud Model?
- An Introduction to the Microsoft Business Productivity Suite
- Review of Top Cloud Computing Solutions
- Question & Answer Session
Details: February 16, 2011 from Noon until 2:00 PM at the Holiday Inn Select on Main Street, Lynchburg.
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| Tech @ Breakfast Coming Up | March 16
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Tech @ Breakfast is all about networking - get to know other local technology companies of all sizes. This quarterly breakfast meeting features two to three R2KTC member companies that will give 10 minute presentations about their business and/or upcoming technologies within their industry.
Fast paced and fun with opportunities for Q&A. Member companies are not announced ahead of time so you never know who you might be hearing from. Door prizes will be given. Don't miss out!
Where & When: Wingate Inn, March 16, 2011 from 7:30-8:45AM
Cost: $10 per person for R2KTC members, $15 for non-members.
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| Tech Council Hires Jason Fowler As Marketing Technologist
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The Technology Council recently hired creative professional Jason Fowler in the role of Marketing Technologist to help both maintain current marketing and communications efforts as well as broaden the voice of the Tech Council in the region.
Jason brings with him the trial-tested skills from various industries
and the raw creativity that brings a unique excellence to his work. With real world experience in multi-format graphic design, WordPress-based Web development, online marketing and social media messaging, his methodology has developed into an integrated approach that spans print and Web with a view for translating communications into community...
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| Lynchburg Community Trust Gives STEM Grant For Local Junior FIRST LEGO League |
The Future Focus Foundation, an educational non-profit organization supporting youth programs of the Region 2000 Technology Council, received a grant in the amount of $2,700 from the Greater Lynchburg Community Trust's Faye Marcum Mifka Fund.
The grant will be used to sponsor area 6-9 year olds to participate in Junior FIRST LEGO League, a foundational science and technology program featuring a real-world challenge, to be solved by research, critical thinking and imagination...
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| Ron Mathis of Edison2 To Speak At Engineer's Week Banquet | Feb 24 | 
2011 Engineer's Week Banquet: Local, Innovative, Engineering - Edison 2 | The Future of Personal Transportation
Come Celebrate Engineer's Week - Mark the contributions engineers make to the quality of life in our communities and enjoy the intriguing presentation by Ron Mathis, Chief of Design, Edison2 Corporation.
Mr. Mathis and the Edison2 design team are developing the next generation of fuel efficient, sustainable, personal transportation. The locally based team is winner of the Progressive Automotive $5M X-prize for the 'Very Light Car' that can achieve over 100 miles per gallon. Mr. Mathis is a mechanical engineer with over three decades of experience in professional motor racing including ground-up design of high performance race cars.
The evening starts with a cash bar social time from 5:30 to 6:30 PM, followed by dinner and program from 6:30 to 9:00 PM. Events include an awards ceremony for our local MATHCOUNTS© winners, keynote discussion and numerous other special engineering presentations celebrating engineering achievements over the past year...
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DATE: Thursday, February 24, 2011
TIME: 5:30-9:00 PM
LOCATION: Holiday Inn Select (Downtown Lynchburg)
601 Main Street, Lynchburg, VA 24504
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