• Tue. Mar 27th, 2007 @ 11:15am - 1:30pm
• eInnovate
• University Club (Milwaukee, WI)
• Address: University Club, 924 E. Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202
• Fee: $ 40.00
• Sign-up online via credit card by clicking here

The Future of Healthcare

The future of technology innovate in Healthcare is a broad topic and e!nnovate is proud to bring a panel discussion that represents the differing aspects ranging from Healthcare providers, insurers, payment processors, and manufacturers.

Scheduled Panelist:

Neal Linkon
Web Communications Manager, Aroura Health Care

William Mortimore
Managing Director, HealthCare Growth Partners, LLC

Aleks Nikolich
Vice President & Strategy, Business Development, & Technology, Direct Supply

John Reynolds
President Metavante Healthcare Payment Solutions

Scott Weltz
Senior Vice President Analytics and Tools, Bowers & Associates

David Widmann
General Manager, Rad / R&F, GE Healthcare

Who Should Attend?

Technology strategists, managers and innovators. entrepreneurs, startup executives and venture capitalists.

Developers, programmers and other visionaries that have interest in the Healthcare industry.

Why Should You Attend?

This is a great opportunity to learn first hand how technology innovation is shaping the future of the Healthcare industry in Wisconsin. The panel discussion will highlight current innovations, along with providing insights into future possibilities! Bring your questions along to the session and our panelist will provide their insights.

Date, Time and Location

Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Location: University Club, 924 E. Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202

Schedule:

11:15 am Registration and Networking

11:45 am Introductions

12:00pm Lunch

12:30pm Panel Discussion & The Future of Healthcare

1:30pm Adjourn

Cost:
$ 30.00 for e!nnovate members

$ 40.00 for non-members

What To Do Next

Sign-up online via credit card by clicking on the following link:

https://s08.123signup.com/servlet/SignUp?PG=1841182400

OR E-mail reservations to einnovate@teamwi.com.

For further information contact:

e!nnovate

P:262-532-2440 f:262-532-2430 e:einnovate@teamwi.com w:http://www.einnovate.org

Questions? Contact: P:262-532-2440 f:262-532-2430 e:einnovate@teamwi.com w:http://www.einnovate.org

• Thu. Mar 22nd, 2007 @ 1:00pm - 5:30pm
• Technology Executives Club
• Union League Club
• Address: 65 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago
• Fee: $ 95 to $ 150
• Register online or call 847-837-3900

With multiple years of corporate expansion fueling continued corporate confidence, enterprises are continuing to invest in top line growth. Organizations increasingly rely on technology to generate leads and increase the effectiveness of their existing channel. A new generation of CRM has emerged to help companies retain and expand customer relationships. Join IT executives and industry experts as they demonstrate the top sales and marketing technologies driving business growth.

* Learn how senior executives from CDW, CareerBuilder.com and Advanced Group drive revenue growth with marketing technologies.
* Learn how leading edge sales teams leverage Mobile CRM systems to increase their sales
* Receive an executive briefing on the top trends in Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
* Find out what is new in Email Marketing Best Practices.
* Learn how smart companies are increasing the effectiveness of their channels through on-demand sales enablement

This seminar is geared to executives responsible for:
* IT executives who support the marketing and sales functions
* Field Marketing
* Corporate and brand marketing
* Internet marketing, including website & portal direction
* Business strategy

Questions? Contact: Maria Tuthill, mtuthill@technologyexecutivesclub.com

• Tue. Mar 20th, 2007 @ 5:30pm - 8:30pm
• DePaul Center
• Address: 1 E. Jackson, Room 7305, Chicago, IL
• Fee: $ 35 or less
• sign up here

Let a live case study teach you how to make a perfect pitch! This seminar will give you the tools to deliver a presentation with the content investors most want to hear.

Hmmm.. This seems a bit of a stretch for Techsocial, but I definitely advocate deeper integration of tech and biz types with the creatives. -JAW

• Thu. Mar 15th, 2007 @ 12:00am - Fri. Mar 16th, 2007 @ 12:00am
• PII (Print Industry of Illinois/Indiana Association)
• TMA Training Center
• Address: 1177 S. Dee Road, Park Ridge, IL
• Fee: $ 275 members/$ 550 non-members
• Call PII at 312-704-5000

March 15 and 16: 8:30AM - 3:30PM

This two day seminar is perfect for creatives that work closely with the print industry to gain a greater understand of the entire process, which in turn, will provide them with a chance to save money on future print jobs!

For more information, please visit the PII website, www.pii.org or call us at 312-704-5000.

Questions? Contact: braval@pii.org

• Wed. Mar 14th, 2007 @ 8:30am - 12:30pm
• SCORE
• Fee: $ 40 ($ 50 at door)

Learn about buying a business or franchise and obtaining sources for loans. A representative of FRANNET, the Franchise Connection, will explain franchise myths and realities, and Illinois regulations. Other speakers and SCORE presenters include experts in franchise law, acquisition and finance. Attendees should be already in business or planning to start a business.

Time: 9:00 to 12:30, Registration starts at 8:30.

Fee: Register and pay $ 40 on line at scorechicago.org or walk in the same day and pay $ 50 at the door.

Space is limited. Register today.

Questions? Contact: Call 312-353-7724 with questions

• Tue. Mar 13th, 2007 @ 8:30am - Fri. Mar 16th, 2007 @ 4:00pm
• ZIGZAG Marketing
• Marriott at OHare
• Address: 8535 West Higgins Rd
• Fee: 1 course $795, 2 courses $1495, 3 courses $1995 or all 4 courses $2495
• Website

ZIGZAG Marketing, a product management training firm, has launched its new product management framework for high technology product companies.

ZIGZAGs new framework is targeted to companies that have been through mergers or acquisitions and wrestle with creating solutions from the array of acquired product lines. The new framework simplifies the adoption of a solutions mentality by removing stovepipes that exist between product, marketing and sales teams.

ZIGZAGs framework is the foundation for its Product Management University training which consists of four classroom workshops:

Strategic Planning: Tuesday, March 13 -
Your strategic plan does not need to be 50-pages to communicate product and market direction. The right information and a simple format make it easier for everyone to follow your lead.

Product Planning & Development: Wednesday, March 14 - Why are we building it is often a difficult question to answer. Learn a cookbook approach for defining and validating the what, why and how of each product plan and simple techniques and templates to make it happen.

Product Readiness & Rollout: Thursday, March 15 - Readiness and self sufficiency on all fronts means a lighter load for the product experts. Internal training made simple, tools that sales people will actually use and product positioning in plain English.

Product Demo Skills: Friday, March 16 - If your demos are more like a training class than a sales presentation, learn how to transform your style from telling to selling. Your audience is buying the presenter as much or more than the product.

Questions? Contact: Brandice Thorn, bthorn@zigzagmarketing.com

• Sat. Mar 10th, 2007 @ 1:00pm - 5:00pm
• SugarCRM Users’ Group
• Downtown Chicago Marriott
• Register for the event here

SugarCRM is the open source competitor to Salesforce.com. This is an exciting and thriving open source (and commercial) product. Enjoy learning how to make more money converting leads to customers, as well as talk with several key SugarCRM executives.

SugarCRM will have two team members presenting at the event Andy Dreisch (Vice President, Online Team) and Manoj Jayadevan (Product Management). Ken Brill from the SugarCRM community will also be presenting. I will be presenting as well in addition to running the event. Registration is required for the event there will be no walk-in registration and we have a seating limit of 40 attendees.

Here is the draft of the Agenda for the meeting all (times are in Central Time):

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm - Sign-In
1:30 pm - 1:45 pm - Introductions and Chicago SDUG (Max Blackmer)
1:45 pm - 2:15 pm - SugarCRM, Inc. and the Community (Andy Dreisch)
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm - Break
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm - SugarCRM Product Roadmap (Manoj Jayadevan)
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm - Break
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm - Modifying SugarCRM with Studio (Max Blackmer)
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm - Closing by Ken Brill and door prize drawing.
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm - Social Networking.

This agenda will change as content for the event progresses.

More information can be found in this forum thread

• Sat. Mar 10th, 2007 @ 9:00am - 1:00pm
• Depaul University CEC
• Cortelyou Commons
• Address: 2342 N. Fremont, Chicago
• Fee: $ 25 (free for students)
• sign up here

Interested in starting a business with the double bottom line of making money and doing good? Explore the basics of fair-trade businesses and how they create economic opportunity at this seminar.

• Sat. Mar 3rd, 2007 @ 10:00am - Sun. Mar 4th, 2007 @ 4:00pm
• Bar Camp Madison
• Madison, Wisconson
• Address: Inn on the Park Hotel - 22 South Carroll Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53703
• Fee: free
• sign up here

BarCampMadison 2007 is an ad-hoc gathering of high-tech enthusiasts born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. Participants work together and try to create something exciting by being in close proximity to lots of smart people. Each person contributes in some way by leading discussions, demos, asking a question, or volunteering. Read about the first BarCamp in WIRED or news.com.com

* What - Barcamp is an un-conference about learning, sharing, and participation. See the list of Sessions for more details.
* Who - Anyone interested in technology and creativity; Register Here
* When - March 3rd - 4th.
30 hours of non-stop activities from 10AM Saturday to 4PM Sunday.

If someone wants to go but does not have a ride, post a comment here. I may know of some available transportation from Chicago to up there. -JAW

• Thu. Mar 1st, 2007 @ 7:00pm - 10:00pm
• WCLUG
• State Restaurant
• Address: 935 W. Webster Ave., Chicago, IL
• Fee: 0
• None Needed.

Discussion of Linux and all things Free and Open Source in an informal setting.

Questions? Contact: mjmccune at sbcglobal dot net