Archive for the 'events' Category
Vegas or Bust
Posted by: Owen on Friday, 15th Aug, 2008
Ah well, time is running out for the FuelMyBlog PicApp competition, with a ticket with accommodation and travel to Blog World Expo as the prize. I don’t know if I have managed to made the grade; I do know that my friend BenSpark has made a concerted effort to win, but I think I [...]
Risk Management talk by Richard Starnes
Posted by: Owen on Friday, 16th May, 2008
Just attended a breakfast seminar organised by Sure here in the Isle of Man. The main talk was about Risk Management followed by a sales spiel on Blackberry. I almost fell asleep in the second bit (it was early in the morning), but the Risk Management talk was excellent! They arranged for Richard Starnes to [...]
Isle of Man BCS: Windows 2008 - A feature overview
Posted by: Owen on Thursday, 8th May, 2008
Sherrilynne’s beaten me to getting this online, but here’s the final speaking event for from this year’s BCS calendar:
Topic: Microsoft Vista Windows Server 2008 - A Feature Overview
Speaker: Huw Turvey
Venue: The Claremont Hotel, Douglas
Date: Tuesday 13th May 2008
Time: AGM at 18:00 - Talk starts at 18:30
Windows Server 2008 is the [...]
BCS Talk: Field Service Management Technologies - A case study
Posted by: Owen on Wednesday, 16th Apr, 2008
The Isle of Man Section of the BCS is holding a talk tomorrow on Field Service Management. Here’s the blurb:
Field Service Management, the discipline of deploying service engineers and customer service representatives most effectively to resolve problems encountered in the field, is one of the least understood and exploited business disciplines. Despite the deep penetration [...]
Professor Jim Norton’s Talk
Posted by: Owen on Thursday, 21st Feb, 2008
Unfortunately I didn’t manage to get to the BCS talk yesterday, which had Professor Jim Norton talking about Responsibilities of Directors and Managers in ICT Enabled Business Change, but I found that you can download the slides from Professor Norton’s website here. Just click on Online Documentation 2008 and find the presentation there. Enjoy the [...]
BCS Talk Tonight
Posted by: Owen on Wednesday, 20th Feb, 2008
Just a reminder if you’re in the Isle of Man and working in an organisation effecting change, there’s a talk tonight organised by the BCS, IOD and CMI about the responsibilities organisations face when making business changes. It’s at 18:00 at the Sefton and the speaker is Professor Jim Norton.
So get your heads out of [...]
BCS Talk: Responsibilities That Exist When Making Business Changes
Posted by: Owen on Tuesday, 12th Feb, 2008
If you’re based in the Isle of Man, the local chapter of the BCS have teamed up with the IOD and the CMI to bring a highly respected speaker to the Isle of Man to give a talk about the responsibilities organisations face when affecting business change. It’s at the Sefton on the 20th of [...]
