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June 2011 ISSUE
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Greetings!
I want to thank everyone who attended our 10th Annual Awards Night and to all of you who made the night a smashing success. We were honored to have more than 250 people attend this year's event and to help us celebrate a decade of service to the technology community in Virginia's Region 2000. We are looking to do even greater things in the future and we always welcome new members and volunteers. If you've never joined the Technology Council then take a look at all we're doing and how we can help you grow your technology enterprise. You can check out our Strategic Plan and Member Benefits on our website. I hope your summer gets off to a fun and safe start and remember...wear sunscreen!
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| 10TH ANNUAL AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED | 
Our 10th Annual Awards Night and Technology banquet was a smashing success! We had a record crowd, lots of energy and excitement - we had a passionate keynote address from entrepreneur Cameron Johnson and much more. Many people were honored but the highlight of the evening was the announcement of the 2011, 10th Annual Awards. The winners were:
- The Innovator of the Year award went to Ms. Isabelle Duston, nationally and internationally recognized founder and CEO at iLearn4Free Inc and CEO at Apps Of All Nations...
- Educator of the Year award went to Mr. Douglas Wickham. Doug has been involved with Lynchburg City Schools since 1990...
- The Technology Company of the Year award went to B&W Nuclear Energy, Inc. With locations in Lynchburg, Campbell County and Bedford County, The Babcock & Wilcox Company is a global corporation with deep roots in Central Virginia...
- The Entrepreneur of the Year award went to Mr. Allen Leath, President of L&R Precision Tooling, Inc. Allen has demonstrated outstanding success in the development of his company, a commercial-based manufacturer of parts for a multitude of technology-based applications...
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| NEW VIDEO: VIRGINIA'S REGION 2000: A CONTINUUM OF TECHNOLOGY GROWTH |
 | | Virginia's Region 2000: A Continuum of Technology Growth |
At our 10th Annual Awards Night and Banquet we called together the regional technology community to celebrate with us the past, present and future of technology in Virginia's Region 2000. As a part of our evening we premiered a powerful, brief documentary video produced by outstanding talent, Devin Olson of Devin Olson Media that sums up the Region 2000 Technology Council's past ten years and it's impact on the wider community. It was deeply inspiring and we know many of you are eager to watch it again and share it with others. READ MORE>>> |
| MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: DISTRIBUTED IT SERVICES & BLAIR MARKETING | |
For our June Member Spotlight we feature two outstanding companies. We interview Paul Meadows, President/CEO of Distributed IT Services, Inc. and Kip Smith, President & Creative Director of Blair Marketing. Distributed IT Services: "...Every day we are seeing a continual convergence between voice, data and video. While this convergence began to be seen on occasion a decade ago, it has continuously gained momentum. In the past two years we have seen wonderful developments in Voice over IP technologies with advancements in Video over IP not far behind. Systems like the Cudatel Communications Server that we provide are becoming more like other server-based applications. As a result of that, organizations can manage their own phone system via intuitive web user interface as well as integrate their voice functions with other applications..." Blair Marketing: "...I think the other really revolutionary development in recent years has been the whole field of metrics. For generations, TV and radio stations lived and died by audience rating methods that used just a handful of households in each state to infer what the entire nation was watching or listening to. Nobody really knew for sure just how many people had actually watched a given TV show. But now, with the web, many advertisers' dreams have come true: we know exactly how many people have been to a site, exactly how long they stayed on each page, exactly how many clicked on an ad..." READ MORE >>>
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| STUDENT REGISTRATION OPEN FOR SUMMER CAREER ACADEMIES | |
Central Virginia Community College, in alliance with the Region 2000 Technology Council, and the Region 2000 Career Pathways through Tech Prep Consortium will once again sponsor high technology career academies for middle school & high school students during the summer of 2011. These academies are high-quality career exploration events designed to educate and inspire students to explore career pathways in Central Virginia. Camps are available to public and private middle and high school students, offering a planned curriculum, skill-building activities, industry tours, guest speakers and more. Camps are limited to 15 students each. GET DETAILS & SIGN YOUR STUDENT UP... |
| SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE TO HOST SUMMER ENGINEERING COURSE | |
 Sweet Briar College is hosting a summer engineering course for high school (senior and junior) young women titled 'Explore Engineering' July 24-29, 2011. This week-long course is built around hands-on, team based design projects that emphasize creativity. No engineering experience is needed to attend. Students have fun while working with engineering faculty and students.
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