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Update from our October Meeting
If you attended our October Meeting, you heard Brandon call SafeMart Alarm Company to demostrate their customer support. We didn't believe it when the ACD said, "press 5 to speak to the President." Brandon left a message. Well, it so happens that the President of Safemart did return Brandon's call. Brandon explained that he was doing a presentation to an IT professional association and was using SafeMart as an example of the reach that customer support can take. The President responded by saying he wished he was in his office to take the call.
How cool is that!!
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Greetings!
Please plan to join us for our November Chapter meeting Friday, Nov 19th at 11am. Rebecca Blau, our VP of Communications, has a fun presentation based on her experiences as a roller rink manager. And, you may be surprised at how much you'll relate to her experience. We'll have ample time to network with others, too.
Meeting will be held in the San Francisco office of Learn iT! Lunch will be provided.
We look forward to seeing you,
SF/Bay Area HDI Officers Nenita Rozzi President |
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 Everything I Learned about IT I Learned in 1983 as a Roller Rink ManagerBy Rebecca Blau
In 1983, Ronald Regan was President, Bill Gates was 28 and there were only about 2 million personal computers in the world. Rebecca Blau, in 1983, had a Master's degree in Marketing and was riding the wave of popularity of roller skating sweeping the nation as General Manager of Playland Roller Rink in Atlanta, Georgia. At the time, she had no idea that she would go on to a career in IT and even less insight that her roller rink experience would serve her so well in that career. Rebecca's "All I Learned about IT I Learned in 1983 as a Roller Rink Manager" presentation is fun and informative. You'll enjoy hearing about how being a roller rink manager paved the way to a successful IT career.
Where & When:
Learn iT! San Francisco ( Map) 33 New Montgomery Street, Suite 200
San Francisco, California 94105
Friday, November, 19th 11:00AM-1:00PM |
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About the Speaker
 Rebecca Blau is Project Manager at Franklin Templeton Investments in San Mateo. She has a Master's degree in Business/Marketing from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. Rebecca started working in IT in 1987 entirely by accident. As she was trying to figure out what career she wanted to pursue and while working as a temp at a company putting in a Novell 2.0a network, she had her first taste of IT support. Questions related to the network and WordPerfect 4.2 came to the CFO. Rebecca's responsibility of answering his phone inadvertently transferred her role into Help Desk technician. Wanting to be even more helpful, Rebecca read the book "Running DOS" and immediately recognized her calling.
Information technology, Rebecca discovered, was the perfect blend of art and science. Since then, Rebecca has held many IT positions, including CIO of a major LA law firm and since moving to the Bay Area, Service Desk Manager for the City of Santa Clara and a high-tech software company. |
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HDI Analyst of the Year Award
 Do you know a Tier 1 unsung hero? Is there a Support Technician in your organization who deserves recognition for demonstrating a commitment to excellent service and consistently exceeding performance objectives?
Time is running out. Click here to submit your Analyst of the Year Nominee by December 1st. For more information, click here or contact Nenita Rozzi. Nominees are eligible to win a FREE trip to Las Vegas to attend HDI's 2011 Annual Conference and Expo. |
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