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Home Events > 11/19/09 Purdue University - College of Technology
 
 
Why Go Geek?  

  

 

Click here for the MTA Flyer

 

Who: Milt Haynes, Founder, Blacks Gone Geek

 

Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009

 

Time: 12:30 - 1:20 p.m., 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. EST

 

Where:

 

 

Purdue University - College of Technology

Knoy Hall  

401 N. Grant St

West Lafayette, IN     47906

 

Part 1: TECH 100 

Knoy Hall

12:30 - 1:20 p.m. EDT

 

Part 2: Minority Technology Association (MTA)

MTA Facebook Group

Knoy Hall (B31)

6:00 - 7:00 p.m. EDT

 


Synopsis

 

What does it take to build a successful career in the IT Industry?

 

How can I use social networking tools to build an online community?

 

What is "Inbound Internet Marketing" and how can I use it to get a job?

 

This workshop addresses the critical skills that are needed and how to obtain them. This seminar also shows how to tap into talent communities using web 2.0 tools and techniques to find lucrative and rewarding career opportunities. This is a must attend workshop for anyone interested in building an online business or pursuing a long-term technology career.

 

 

 

Join Blacks Gone Geek Community

 

Click here to access the Why Go Geek? presentation 

 

Do You!: 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success

What's Success?

It's All About the Benjamins

The Top 5 Ways to Become a Millionaire

Featured Technology - Mobile Apps

Featured Minority Business - Vision IT

Development Spectrum

Featured Job Opportunity - Abbott IT Intern 2010

Featured Program - Technology Experiences Cheerleading (TECh)

Project Z - What's Next!

Featured Program - BDPA Chicago HSCC Program

Featured Program - Digital Connectors

Featured Program - Digital Connectors Video

 

6 Questions for Preparing Your Fast Pitch - Entrepreneur

IT Organization Process Models

IT Job Outlook

Gartner Hype Cycle - Wikipedia

Gartner Hype Cycle 2009

  

Inbound Marketing University Study Guide

http://www.inboundmarketing.com/sites/default/files/Inbound%20Marketing%20University%20Exam%20Study%20Guide.pdf

 

Blacks Gone Geek on Facebook

 

Abbott (Labs are Vital) on Facebook

 

Ernst & Young on Facebook

 

45% of Employers Now Screen Social Media Profiles

7 Secrets to Getting Your Next Job Using Social Media

Project Y - Careers in Social Media 

 


For more information:

 

Purdue Univeristy - College of Technology

Susan Martinez Manahan

Assistant Director of Diversity

 

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