Learn the Art of Self-Publishing: Discover the Author in You

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Why should you write a book? 

Society of Internet Professional is pleased to invite you to Introduction to Publishing workshop:

Learn the Art of Self-Publishing
Discover the Author in You

Date
Friday, December 20, 2019

Time
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Location
North York City Centre, Committee Room 2

Address
5100 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON M5V 5V7

Presenter
Max Haroon, a social entrepreneur, an educator and an author who is passionate about holistic health and digital technology. Max has authored seven books in the Life Learning Series including 7 Steps to Dental Health. He has architected many websites, guides for classic books and digital publications. Review his publications at www.maxharoon.org. As a social entrepreneur, he has founded the Life Transformation Institute, Authors Promotion Group (APG) and the Society of Internet Professionals (SIP).

Event Description
Why should you write a book? If you're a professional or an entrepreneur, then there is nothing better than writing a book to establish your credibility. If you believe in circulating your business card than the book is the best business card you can give to anyone.

In this interactive workshop we will discuss traditional publishing and self-publishing. Based on my personal experience in publishing and dealing with digital technology, I have broken down the process into seven phases, such as writing, pre-printing, printing, online presence, etc.

Each phase required a different set of skills and resources, we will build basic tasks for each phase, like a project. Then you can assess what tasks you can handle and what tasks to assign someone.


Registration Information
No-charge provided you pre-register
https://book-publishing.eventbrite.ca
and also join our Authors Promotion Group on the Facebook http://bit.ly/authorsgroup

Contact for more information
rsvp@sipgroup.org or phone 416-891-4937

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Learn and Share the Art of Self-Publishing

Art of Public Speaking: An Introduction

Introduction to Speech-craft: Learn the Art of Public Speaking
by Society Of Internet Professionals (SIP)

Join us for the Introduction to Speechcraft and learn the art of public speaking:

Introduction to Speechcraft
Learn the Art of Public Speaking

Date: Thursday, August 2, 2018
Time: 6 pm - 8:30 pm

Venue: Metro Hall
Location: Room 309, 55 John Street, Toronto, ON M5V 3C6

Event Description:

Do you think the content of your speech is King? Yes, only in your written communication. There is some truth in the old adage “It’s Not What You Say—it’s How You Say It! In fact, 80% of your presentation is not what you say, but the way you present it.

This seminar will make you aware of seven essentials of preparing and delivering speech, so that you will gain confidence in the art of giving presentations, either professionally or informally.

This workshop will be followed by a follow-up workshop where your speeches will be evaluated by a panel of credited toastmasters.

You Will Learn:

• Structuring your Speech
• Preparing Speech
• Planning for your audience
• Using your voice
• Using your body language
• Adding Vocal variety and words
• Listening to Your audience

Registration
This and its follow up workshops are only open for SIP members. Free for SIP members.
Become a member for $100 annually and attend most of the networking meetings and educational programs free.

http://www.sipgroup.org/become-a-member/

Register at: https://sipevent1.eventbrite.ca

Visit our website for details: http://sipgroup.org/
Email: SIPpost@sipgroup.org
Phone: 416-891-4937

SIP and Toast: Introduction to Speechcraft: Learn the Art of Public Speaking
by Society Of Internet Professionals (SIP)

Wake up and Taste Blockchain: Integrating Blockchain into Your Business: SIPTalks February 22

Society of Internet Professionals Blockchain SIP Talks

Wake up and Taste Blockchain: February 22, 2018 at ThatChannel, Toronto

Join us for the 2nd Blockchain event of #SIPTalks and explore what is Blockchain and how it will affect your life....very, very soon!

Wake up and Taste Blockchain
Integrating Blockchain in Your Business

Date: Thursday, February 22, 2018
Time: 6 pm - 8:30 pm
Registration, refreshments and meet SIP Team and Speakers at 5:30 pm

Venue: Internet TV Station - ThatChannel.com
Location: 600 Bay St, Suite 510, Toronto, ON M5G 1M6, Toronto

Event Description:
We are pleased to invite you to this second of three monthly sessions in our newly launched #SIPTalks. We began with a successful January session: “Wake up and smell the Blockchain” including three experts discussing how to harness Blockchain in your life.
For this Event, once again we have three experts who will simplify Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies: wallets, tokens and mining in 20 minutes talk time each, followed by a panel discussion.

Come early, by 5:30 to Network and meet Peers and Industry Leaders.

Speakers:
• Jerry Qian, Founder, Open Bounty, Founding Organizer of The Bitcoin Bay, the largest and longest running Toronto Bitcoin meetup group.
Jerry is working on OpenBounty, a project management platform utilizing smart contract transactions and collaborative platforms.

• Aryan Nava, Founder, Chief Strategy Officer, Blockchain Mind Inc.
Aryan will help us understand the demand for Blockchain technologies and Cryptonomics – the economics protocols that govern the demand, production and consumption of Cryptocurrencies and helping clients to launch ICO (Initial Coin Offerings) on Ethereum and building smart parking using Blockchain and Hardware wallet.

• Scott Howard, CEO, ePIC Blockchain Technologies Inc.
The infrastructure required to mine cryptocurrencies. A massive business opportunity is waiting.
Scott connects tech companies with partnerships, channels, and capital to accelerate revenue growth. Converting business strategy into a predictable revenue engine that is multi-factor, not just sales.

Network with our sponsors, your peers and some industry leaders.

Registration Information:
$25. Early Registration, before February 18 is $20.
Free for SIP members, become a member (only $50/year) and also attend free next Blockchain event (Security concerns on March 22, 2018). Membership has many other perks.

Details and registration: https://SIPblockchain2.eventbrite.ca
SIP Membership Details: http://www.sipgroup.org/membership/

For more information or sponsoring opportunity, send an email to
Vikas Ramrakha, VP Events at events@sipgroup.org or phone 416-558-3061

Check out our SIPTalks First Blockchain series discussion Wake up and Smell the BlockChain!

Download of a Princeton University Book on Blockchain

There’s a lot of excitement about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. Optimists claim that Bitcoin will fundamentally alter payments, economics, and even politics around the world. Pessimists claim Bitcoin is inherently broken and will suffer an inevitable and spectacular collapse. Underlying these differing views is significant confusion about what Bitcoin is and how it works. Princeton University, wrote this book to help cut through the hype and get to the core of what makes Bitcoin unique.

This book addresses the important questions about Bitcoin. How do Bitcoin and its block chain actually work? What makes it different? How secure are your bitcoins? How anonymous are Bitcoin users? What applications can we build using Bitcoin as a platform? Can cryptocurrencies be regulated? If we were designing a new cryptocurrency today, what would we change? What might the future hold?

Register for the above event and get a pre-publication draft of the book, a study conducted by the Princeton University https://SIPblockchain2.eventbrite.ca

Kudos to all of you for the success and your contribution to our 2nd #Blockchain event of #SIPTalks Wake up and Taste the Blockchain: a panel discussion by Jerry Qian, Aryan Nava and Scott Howard.
Photos > https://t.co/JCM7jquMbe#Toronto #blockchaintechnology 📸 pic.twitter.com/dIGlnUfIQa

— SIP Association (@sipgroup) February 26, 2018

Netiquette for Writing Emails: The 7 Elements of a Good Email

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Max Haroon, a social entrepreneur, a speaker and an author is a retired IT and e-Marketing specialist. He is the founder of the Society of Internet Professionals, established in 1997. He has hosted numerous events and conducted workshops in Entrepreneurship and Leveraging the Technology over the last twenty years. He can be reached at rsvp@sipgroup.org.

"There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it."
~  Dale Carnegie

Email is still the core of business communication. I spend a great deal of my day dealing with emails. I get tons of emails (one dozen of email addresses - I know, yikes). It is appalling for me to see some emails with typos, embarrassing errors and poorly formatted. Such emails have the potential to sabotage your reputation both personally and professionally. I am writing this article to help SIP members write “good” emails.

Just like any other task email communication has rules and etiquettes. By not following them you are risking your professionalism image and the reputation of organisation you representing.

Below are seven elements of email for each we discuss some issues and some pragmatic solutions you should be mindful in writing or replying to an email:

1. Read Mindfully before Replying
2. Typos and Grammatical Errors
3. Subject and Salutation
4. Closings
5. Signature
6. Down-Edited Reply
7. Formatting and Style

1. Read Mindfully before Replying:
Your inner impulse may make you respond to an email without reading or understanding the intent fully. I have seen three replies from someone in the space of 1 minute (written around the midnight) which demonstrates that the reader was reading it bit by bit and replying to it bit by bit or didn’t review it before hitting “SEND” and then realizing more to add on!

2. Typos and Grammatical Mistakes:
Spelling and Grammatical mistakes show that you are lazy, inconsiderate or uneducated. Would you like to read newspaper with typos and mistakes? An example of a real email received   “I am deleted to introduce our ...” I think the sender meant ”I am delighted to introduce our ... ".

Use the Word for Windows to compose your reply or draft a new email. This has the added advantage of backup copy of your communication. The Word also provides Spelling and Grammar checker.

3. Subject and Salutation:
Subject Line: Make it the indicative of the content or to raise curiosity. People are more interested in the subject if it relates to them, such as their personal or professional issues. A good size of the subject line is 8 words.

Salutation: A highly overlooked area, this is where you are going to hurt someone‘s ego or relationship if you misspell their name or have not addressed properly. Some salutations like “Hey you guys or Hi folk” are laid-back and no-no for business or professional emails. In order of formality use “Dear .... , Hello . ., and Hi . .

4. Closings:
This comes just before signature. You have many choices, such as complimentary close or call to action (CTA). If you want response then say so in the closing. Some examples are: I’m looking forward to hearing from you; Kind thoughts; With many thanks.

5. Signature:
A signature consists of your name (full name), contact info, phone, email address, and website with a link.
If you sending the email on behalf of the organisation then make sure that your signature reflects the contact info, email address and the website of the organisation. If you wish to add any personal touch you can draw line underneath the signature and write follow me with icon and link to a LinkedIn and Facebook account. Do not go beyond six lines, it may be egocentric.

6. Down-Edited Reply:
Generally, people hit the reply button to an email and start the response from the top of the page then the sender do the same thing. If this cycle gets repeated the conversation becomes very lengthy. This approach is called Top-Edited Reply.

Use a more efficient approach called “Down-Edited Reply", explained below:

• Begin on the top with a salutation and introduction, indicating the response is given below.
• Eliminate lines and paragraphs of the sender’s email which have nothing to do with your response.
• Write your response below the point you are responding.

7. Formatting and Style:
Presentation is equally, if not more, important then the content. Follow the rules of formatting and styles, such as:

• Do not mix multiple sizes and multiple font types, use one size and the font easy to read on the computer/mobile.
• Avoid multiple colours of text, one dark colour throughout is better.
• Avoid a lot of exclamation marks. You can be excited about something once and not throughout the email.
• All UPPER CASE means you are shouting and all lower case means you are too lazy.

In conclusion:
Please review and proof read your email; better still read it aloud to sense the tone of your message. That is why I have recommended earlier compose your email in Word document to give you extra time and space. If you are still composing your email in the email program then follow my safety point, write the email (new or reply) leaving the TO: temporarily blank, until you are ready to send. In this way you will not hit “SEND” without being mindful.

So, keep your email short, simple, clear, mind your manner, proof read it and check your tone.

Max Haroon | President
Society of Internet Professionals (SIP)

Your comments are welcomed

New Certificate Workshops "Leveraging Technology for Entrepreneurs" 
Max Haroon is planning to conduct three workshops on Writing Tools and Management of Emails. This is part of a series of Certificate Workshops “Leveraging Technology for Entrepreneurs” for members of the Society of Internet Professionals - one of many benefits of becoming a member of the SIP.

Please visit SIP’s Resources website page for the details.

The New Thought Process of Machine Learning

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This article, authored by Cory Popescu, SIP Writers Forum, is for the IT / Internet professional, but it is equally applicable to anyone, as we use computer and mobile devices in all aspects of our lives regardless of our profession. 

For some time, businesses have been looking to build tools to understand their customers better, to improve operational processes, to provide higher quality deliveries. To accomplish this, businesses start using the services of data scientists mining into large databases, and seek upgrades to insight analysts' skills.

The labour dedicated to building business intelligence (BI) mechanisms to incorporate in current businesses is involved at higher degree while creating those tools and to a much lower extent when these devices become functional as expected. When employing the newly built devices embedding machine learning, the organizations gain awareness and powerful observations while decreasing time to respond to change.

Developing intelligent devices require an unconventional thought process to obtain enhanced results since the outcomes of data processing are not known or may only be vaguely imagined at the time of starting the application software. Some of the thought process aspects described below show significant differences between approaching development for traditional versus predictive BI.

A crucial aspect of the thought processes used to create applications involving machine learning is represented by building models with a proactive mindset. The modeller asks questions based on predictive thinking which relate to various business facets, for instance: what benefits emerge from using this data, how to quantify them, how to resolve frequent business issues, such as manufacturing faulty parts.

A predictive approach to modelling also formulates questions regarding the requirement for and the degree of technical skills involved when using the applications based on machine learning, how to present outcome in clear format, how to create groups of users who participate in building the models and what flexibility the predictive models have to generate and validate new models on demand.

Another aspect related to the thought process involved in machine learning refers to calculating for example the number of product offerings versus deriving a solution which predicts the payback on each product offering. Supplying a better view of the customer base, the predicted dollar payback along with tracking key financial variables provide opportunity for increasing company's efficiency and improving their bottom line.

Predicting events and trends become a necessity of the economy with large, expanded datasets which contain relationships and patterns extremely difficult to categorize and make assumptions based on the data. The use of hypothesis and predefined routes represent the foundation of conventional application software development and requires excessive efforts to apply to existing elaborated and complex databases. Leaving this data untapped by the machine learning applications built on the new thought processes would be a total oversight. 

References:
University of California, Berkeley: Department of Statistics: Statistical Science: To Explain or to Predict? by Galit Shmueli

Smart Vision Europe: Top ten predictive analytics questions by Rachel Clinton


Cory Popescu

Your comments are welcomed

Click on the links below to read the other articles by Cory Popescu:
Health Concerns of IT Professionals
How Internet Helps Machine Learning
Can IT Professionals Become Savvy Networkers?

Can IT Professionals Become Savvy Networkers?

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This article, authored by Cory Popescu, SIP Writers Forum, is for the IT / Internet Professional, but it is equally applicable to anyone, as we use computer and mobile devices in all aspects of our lives regardless of our profession.

In many world economies, relationships are crucial to interact and to integrate in the society. One of the most used means to integrate in the society is by obtaining a position to contribute to the economic and social development as: employee, employer or investor in all their types and forms. Obtaining those positions may require networking with people.

Networking with different professionals for any purpose might seem difficult for Information Technology persons who by the nature of their work may generally appear reserved, quiet, reclusive.  However, solutions exist to provide the IT professionals with amazing tools to find their new work place.

Nowadays one of the most used equipment at least in the developed and emerging economies is represented by the devices which run a variety of software applications for different aspects of our lives. The existence of a plethora of social media sites benefit networking between people of all walks of life. For the IT and Internet professionals these ways of communication appeal because they offer the capability to:

• Reach others effortlessly and conveniently. Accessing computers, laptops, iPads, iPhones and other electronic devices becomes easier than ever and it can be done from anywhere worldwide.
• Use devices and tools that the IT professionals know the best.
• Do networking with a higher degree of comfort. The IT professionals hone their networking skills by accessing first what they are most familiar with: technical equipment and software.
• Do networking at their own pace. Especially when they become part of an event, depending on the person, the technical people think that they would have to keep up with the activities of those occasions which most of the time involve personal interaction. That might be an inconvenience for the IT professionals who might withdraw themselves in the middle of the networking opportunity or interact with only one or two participants. Conversely, while accessing the social media they might simultaneously get several new acquaintances involved to engaging conversations and to obtain a desired result.
• Higher degree of freedom during their networking conversations with other people over the Internet. Since the IT professionals feel highly comfortable accessing software, they could keep that level of self-assurance to communicate with new people through the very software that they have just connected to. Thus, they have the ability to develop challenging conversations, enhance the ideas expressed and comfortably influence the outcomes of those conversations.

While the IT professionals use the social media and the Internet to network for endless opportunities, they develop the skills to contact and maintain valuable new relationships. Consequently, and contrary to popular belief, using what they know the best the IT professionals can become proficient at networking and part of a new and lucrative opportunity exclusively through internet interaction.

Cory Popescu

Your comments are welcomed

Click on the links below to read the other articles by Cory Popescu:
Health Concerns of IT Professionals 
How Internet Helps Machine Learning

How Internet Helps Machine Learning

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This article, authored by Cory Popescu, SIP Writers Forum, is for the IT / Internet professional, but it is equally applicable to anyone, as we use computer and mobile devices in all aspects of our lives regardless of our profession.

As humans delegate more tasks and responsibilities to machines, machine learning becomes integral part in structuring and remodelling daily business while combining both novel and traditional business approach. Generally, machine learning represents an application of rules and algorithms which delivers meaning to the analyzed data proposing a solution for the end user.

The Internet presents numerous and robust possibilities for the new programs, apps, devices that embed machine learning allowing the accessing of both data and the tools needed to generate the proper solutions to specific audiences.

Depending on the strategy selected, the machines with learning capability can employ unsupervised learning which allows the devices to use different types of algorithms and receive no feedback.  These algorithms can also be relatively easier to find on the Internet collections of algorithms and /or structures.

The Internet can help machine learning connect with the Internet data-sets in an effortless manner due to a variety of reasons, such as:

•  Direct communication through networks and not a central hub: as inherently known, communication across the networks and between two points becomes possible forthright and open using the internet. In some cases, web sites protection disallows contact. However the connection can be established through sets of privileges and permissions and the end result enables the findings of relevant and specific data.
•  Extensive volume of data and high amount of players on the internet who generate and create large databases. These data sets can be accessed either randomly or non-randomly through a variety of devices which include collections of complex algorithms. The algorithms applied in machine learning are data-driven. Through machine learning, the devices access and examine huge databases so that, for example, they can monitor and optimize the performance of industrial equipments.
•  Particular processes of machine learning, from non-random examples, based on cases exposed on the internet. The more cases, the better, therefore more adequate solutions appear. Since the processes include the use of algorithms, it implies operational accuracy to analyze and interpret the data. Being processed by machines, the huge batches of data do not represent an issue in part due to dramatically increased computational speeds and also due to the approach to data selection.
•  Complexity and diversity of internet searches and novel ways to find the appropriate tools required. Through the machine learning, series of algorithms and methods apply to representative data sets in order to derive relevant meaning for specific results. The internet searches have improved continuously and significantly. One criteria is represented by how fast Google indexes web site pages and updates the additional information found in these indexes. For the past several years this indicator has increased more than 50,000 times. Another criteria represents how fast the visitors can get their responses when accessing the web pages. Over the recent several years, this has increased at least seven times which implies that faster responses, more performant and more computers exist in the Internet's networks. 

The few features provided by the Internet and enumerated above enable the machines to employ the crucial task of learning to deliver reliable, accurate and rapid solutions within the Internet of Things. In many areas of the economy and in the society in general, combining machine learning, traditional business and data analysis techniques to provide such solutions unquestionably stand within reach.

References:
UCLA: Center for Digital Humanities: Machine learning, stories and the Internet

KDnuggets: The 10 Algorithms Machine Learning Engineers Need to Know

Google: Search Console Help: Webmaster Guidelines

Cory Popescu

Your comments are welcomed

Health Concerns of IT Professionals

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This article, authored by Cory Popescu, SIP Writers Forum, is for the IT / Internet professional, but it is equally applicable to anyone, as we use computer and mobile devices in all aspects of our lives regardless of our profession.

IT people spend most of their lives at the office, sitting at the desk with the eyes on the pixeled screens. While IT work is only office work, many times stretching after regular business hours produces a significant number of health issues, whether related to physical or mental diseases. In essence, solutions to correct these health issues exist and this article presents some of the issues along with their possible remedies. The article is based on several actual cases from daily life and on the research described in the references of this article.

Some of the health concerns for people who spend long days, perhaps weekends and their entire working life in an office environment, could be related to physical and mental illnesses. In general certain areas of the body are affected and in particular it weakens the vital organs of the body.

Most common health issues, according to the research exposed in the references material below, seem to be the musculoskeletal disorders of wrists, arms, shoulders, neck, back, other ailments  such as cardiovascular disease related to vital organs, and others related to the mental state.

In the upper part of the body, eyes represent a crucial part to helping IT professionals succeed in their work. When eyesight gets weaker while intensively using the computer screens, the employees require eye protection and aids for reading earlier than workers in industries where the use of the computer screen is not so extensive. There are IT professionals undergoing vision improvement due to regular use of yoga exercises with a mix of mental alertness and relaxation techniques.

The vital organs that could be affected more refer to: liver, stomach, kidneys and heart. These ailments may be connected to eating significant amounts of junk food at irregular hours and to continuous loads of stress to meet the frequent deadlines. Due to longer hours at the office and sedentary lifestyle, healthy eating and healthy sleeping habits are often neglected. More so, in time, tight deadlines and constant top-down or sideways pressure to meet the requirements for customers, management, or other departments of the company  in the case of large corporations, lead to heart diseases found in a large percentage of IT professionals.

In order to heal the sickness, people visit the family doctors and/or the specialists in hope of a quick cure. Sometimes, it takes long before the body recovers, and sometimes it does not become completely healthy again. Some IT professionals have become acquainted with alternative ways to heal the body and keep it at a constant level of good health. These ways refer to easily accessible practices such as meditation and yoga which can even cure, if applied constantly and correctly under proper guidance, and they are favorably fit to prevent the ailments while developing your acute sense of awareness.

As we already know, it is far easier to prevent illnesses than to cure them. Therefore, the discipline to follow instructions to prevent musculoskeletal disorders and further on other illnesses is crucial to help your body cope with long hours at the desk using the computers. Some companies create special rooms for relaxation and exercise and some have included gym rooms in their buildings. Use these facilities at your will, consult with your management as a harmonious combination of physical workout and intellectual projects can only lead to effective results as concerns your health and work productivity.

References:
National Database of Indian Medical Journals: Prevalence  of  Occupational  Diseases  in Information  Technology  Industries  in  Goa

US National Library of Medicine. National Institutes of Health: Health problems and stress in Information Technology and Business Process Outsourcing employees

Computerworld: Health hazards for IT workers -- how that desk job wears your body down

Cory Popescu

Your comments are welcomed

Why Join SIP?

Society of Internet Professionals: Transforming IT Sphere

Connect, Learn, and Share Knowledge with the Peers in Technology Sector

This article, authored by Cory Popescu, SIP Writers Forum, will provide a different perspective about joining the Society of Internet Professionals (SIP) as a Member/Volunteer.

SIP is the Society of Internet Professionals which since its beginnings has found many ways of attracting and retaining respected members. The group has a strong leadership by the president of the Society running its activities for over 20 years, since its creation. He, and many other SIP members who regularly get involved in its activities, welcome new members, keep constant relationships with all members and fully support and encourage experience and ideas exchange between all associates.

Besides the other benefits that most associations would offer, SIP is unique due to a few common traits that you would rarely find elsewhere. When you are a member, not necessarily implicated in running this organization, you would not feel the stumbling blocks that sometimes exist between the leaders and the rest elsewhere. The way the persons leading this organization communicates with other associates or those to become is direct, authentic, and done in the simplest manner. Therefore, people can ask different questions related to this association and its business without being ridiculed or feel obstructed. They truly understand that the other person is listening and showing them the way to an organization that presents abounding opportunities.

A powerful corollary to this distinctive strength: the cohesiveness that exists between all levels of this special organization means that the Founding president, Max Haroon and the SIP long time associates work together towards a smooth welcoming for all future associates. They are open to receive questions and comments, opinions and remarks from the would-be members sometimes turning into stimulating discussions. These provide challenging, constructive ways to enhance the SIP group in many subtle ways from its structure to its activities and to each person's achievements, thus contributing to a dynamic model of the SIP institution. One way of representing this model is through the members benefits which can be found at http://sipgroup.org/membership/.

Some of the SIP members' benefits include:

• Affinity programs for auto, home, liability insurance;
• Group health and dental plans;
• Help posting your brand;
• Help finding your professional match whether you are an employer or an employee;
• Free subscriptions to some trade magazines;
• Free passes to some expositions;
• Wonderful networking opportunities;
• Exclusive invitations to SIP lunch and dinner;
• Free / discounted admissions to SIP events.

Remember that a crucial element of members' benefits represents the invaluable networking meetings with professional experts from the industry to whom you connect, who help you participate in provocative discussions, exchange pertinent ideas, and grow to an accomplished professional.

Cory Popescu

Your comments are welcomed

Thank You for Attending our Branding Presentations

SIP Event: Branding on Mar 20, 2017
Keynote by Peter de Jager and Max Haroon · 

Updated on Sunday · Taken at Toronto City Hall

Thank You for Attending our Branding Event
on Mar 20, 2017 — at Toronto City Hall

All attendees had ample opportunity and training to mingle and network with SIP executives and fellow attendees with a dash of fun and food.

Memorable photos are posted soon our Facebook page of SIP at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/SIProfessionals/

Selected photos are posted on the meetup page at:
https://www.meetup.com/SIPmeetup/photos/27739128/

We have more photos (courtesy of our blogger, Olga Goubar) let me know if you want me to send you the photos with you in the picture.

If you liked what we did then keep yourself updated with future events by joining our SIPpost, our newsletter, subscription list at:
http://sipgroup.org/SIPpost-signup.html

As presented SIP a case study in rebranding, we wish to continue with the process and you can join us. We are still establishing new committees, please let me know if you will be interested to volunteer for SIP. You will benefit from free membership of SIP when you become a committed volunteer.
Email rsvp@sipgroup.org to get the details.

Max Haroon, President
Society of Internet Professionals (SIP)
web: http://sipgroup.org/
e-mail: rsvp@sipgroup.org
tel: 416-891-4937

More Photos from the Branding event

meetup: Significance of Branding in Marketing
Society of Internet Professionals (SIP)
More than 30 Associates of SIP attended the event.

Will You Consider Volunteering?

We hope you enjoyed attending our event on Branding by Peter de Jager on March 20 at the City Hall.

Will You Consider Volunteering for a not-for-profit?

Date: Thursday, March 30 at 4 pm to 6 pm
 
Location: North York Civic Centre, Committee Room #4
Address: 5100 Yonge Street   Toronto ON M2N 5V7
(North York Centre subway station on Yonge line)

The Society of Internet Professionals (SIP) is a member based not-for-profit association. It is in the process of putting together various volunteer positions for 2017-2018.

So, SIP is interested in YOU.

Volunteering has many perks, such as raising your profile while building community.

All volunteers will receive free membership of the Society of Internet Professionals (SIP) and an opportunity to learn new skills with technology gurus and social entrepreneurs. Membership has many affinity programs which you can join too.

Come to our Orientation meeting and meet other volunteers in a friendly atmosphere. Also, be prepared to introduce yourself and share your elevator speech.

Register: There is no charge but you must register at
https://www.meetup.com/SIPmeetup/events/238706230/

Read SIP Profile and watch a video at:

YouTube: Society of Internet Professionals Annual Dinner : June 24, 2009, Toronto, ON 

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Check out our photos from the latest volunteers meeting:

Photos: SIP Relaunch Volunteers' Meeting at Metro Hall

Re-Launching Society of Internet Professionals

Poster: Re-Launching - Society of Internet Professionals

Help us to Relaunch SIP by becoming a Board Member or Founding Sponsor

The Society of Internet Professionals (SIP) is a not-for-profit organization was established in 1997 with a mandate to uphold professional standards of internet professionals.
Since 1997, SIP has spearheaded a professional code of ethics and many initiatives, educational programs, and networking events.
Review our resource-intensive website sipgroup.org and past events at sipgroup.org/photographs

SIP Achievements
We are proud of multiple initiatives we have taken; some of them are listed below:

• Over one-hundred Networking events with Business and the Internet experts
• Educational Workshop by leading technology leaders
• Resource Intensive Website
• Speakers Bureau
• Publishing SIPpost, a weekly tech briefs
• Job Board
• Participating at trade shows in Canada and USA
• Accreditation of Internet Professionals
• Professional Code of Ethics

After a good run coming to 20 years, we would like to move with the times and reinvent the organization with a new mandate and a new structure.
One of the initiatives we are planning is creation of TEDxSIP (TED-like event for the Internet community).
We are looking for some selected and committed Internet professionals, entrepreneurs and organizations, who would support us by becoming a Founding Sponsor, be part of the Board/Committee to make it happen.

We envisage your contribution and involvement will help us in:

• Drafting a new Charter and Mandate
• Forming a new Board
• Establishing Fund for Operation
• Organizing events and other initiatives

As a Founding sponsor, you will get the following Benefits

• Part of our Speakers Bureau http://sipgroup.org/membership/speakers.htm
• Speak at our events
• Share our booth at Trade Shows
• Promote your product/services at our events
• Part of Board

We sincerely hope that you consider this proposal to be a Founding Sponsor of SIP and share our vision and your passions to help others.

Strategy Meeting
ReLaunch meeting is planned for January 12, 2017 at 4 pm in Toronto, please send an email to receive the details.

Max Haroon
rsvp@sipgroup.org
or phone: 416-891-4937
Vikas Ramrakha   
events@sipgroup.org
or phone: 416-558-3061

Society of Internet Professionals (SIP)                                                           
120 Carlton, Suite 305, Toronto, Ontario  M5A 4K2, CANADA 

Join Us on:
Meetup: SIPmeetup
Facebook: Society of Internet Professionals
LinkedIn: Society of Internet Professionals
Blogger: Society of Internet Professionals
Twitter: @SIPgroup

Learn about Crowdsourcing: This event is CANCELLED

eventbrite snapshot: Crowdsourcing 101 seminar November 19, 2015

Society of Internet Professionals at the the North York Civic Centre

You are invited to participate in our upcoming seminar

Crowdsourcing 101

We have postponed this event. Watch for the new date.
~ SIPmeetup

When: Thursday, November 19, 2015
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Where: North York Civic Centre, Committee Room 3
Address: 5100 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON M5V
 
Event Details: Crowdsourcing 101

What is this phenomenon of Crowdsourcing?

All great ideas and projects need resources to make them happen. The Internet has opened that pool of resources which were never available before.

The Internet has given a new meaning to the word “Openness” by opening up all kinds of resources for collaborating regardless of the size of your business especially for startups.

Wikipedia, e-Learning, crowdfunding, project management and even sharing economy are some good examples.

Come and listen to some great speakers with a dash of fun, network with our sponsors, your peers and some industry leaders.

For more information, please contact:

Laura Tyson, Event Coordinator at 416-670-6688 or auratyson88@gmail.com
Vikas Ramrakha, Program Coordinator at 416-558-3061 or vramrakha@raigrantinsurance.com

SIPpost: What is this phenomenon of Crowdsourcing?

YouTube video: Crowdsourcing and Crowdfunding Explained by Crowdsourcing.org

Collaborations in the Digital Age: SIP 18th Anniversary Celebration September 24

Poster: Collaborations in the Digital Age

You are invited to join our 18th Anniversary Celebration

Collaborations in the Digital Age

When: Thursday, 24 September 2015
Time: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Venue: Toronto City Hall, Committee Room 2
Address: 100 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON M5H 2N2

Event Details: SIP 18th Anniversary Celebration

The internet has given a new meaning to the word “Openness” by opening up all kinds of resources for collaborating regardless of the size of your business especially for startups.

Wikipedia, e-Learning, Crowdfunding, project management and even sharing economy are some good examples.

Come and listen to some great speakers with a dash of fun at the Toronto City Hall.

Network with our sponsors, your peers and some industry leaders.

Let us know if you have such a success story of collaboration to present at this event.

Details:
http://sipgroup.org/events/18anniversary/index.html

Download the Event Brochure:
http://sipgroup.org/events/18anniversary/brochure2015Sep24.pdf

Eventbrite: Society of Internet Professionals 18th Anniversary Celebration
Collaborations in the Digital Age, September 24, 2015 Toronto City Hall

Register at the Eventbrite:
http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sip-18th-anniversary-celebration-tickets-18369490641

or

Register at the Meetup:
http://www.meetup.com/SIPmeetup/

For more information, please contact:
Laura Tyson, Event Director at 416-670-6688 or events@sipgroup.org
Max Haroon at 416-891-4937 or rsvp@sipgroup.org

SIPpost:  Why Would You Miss This Once-a-Year Celebration!

Hello SIPpost Reader:

Why Would You Miss This Once-a-Year Celebration!

In case you missed the news!

The Society of Internet Professionals (SIP) 18th Anniversary Celebration is on September 24 (6 pm) at the City Hall, Toronto.

Hear insights from seasoned speakers, network with a dash of fun and food.

We will also invite you to an after event party in Yorkville as our guest.

Like previous years, we will have the house full but there are still few seats available.

There is no charge for you to register.

Click here to RSVP now!

Press-Release: Transitions in the Internet Age: Celebrate 16th Anniversary of Society of Internet Professionals

Image: Press-Release: Transitions in the Internet Age

Join SIP 16th Anniversary Celebration

November 7, 2013 at the North York Civic Centre

Media  Information - For Immediate Release

Transitions in the Internet Age

Join SIP 16th Anniversary Celebration at Council Chambers, North York Civic Centre

Toronto, ON, October 4, 2013 - The Society of Internet Professionals (SIP) is celebrating its 16th Anniversary on November 7, 2013 at the North York Civic Centre.

It will be a memorable evening to learn and meet new people with a dash of food and fun!

We have lined up some great speakers for a panel discussion in a 300 seat Council Chamber. We have set-up a Sponsors lounge where you can meet our sponsors, speakers, members and some great organizations for you to network. Attendees are encouraged to bring questions to ask the panel.

Organizations and businesses are welcome to fly their company banners as SIP's sponsors.

Theme for the evening is “Transitions in the Internet Age”.

Topic: Employer Innovations in the Information Age
John Mehrmann, CEO of Brainhunter is a motivational speaker and an award wining author.
Topic: Insurance and Risks
Paul Rai, President of Rai Grant Insurance Brokers is a respected industry expert.
Topic: Internet Evolution
Max Haroon, President of Society of Internet Professionals is a social entrepreneur and an author.
Topic: Commerce in Transition
Joseph Iuso, CEO and Founder of the UseMyServices online banking is working in the fields of e-Commerce and Electronics Funds Transfer (EFT) integration.

This year, too, we want to make another memorable event, jam packed with people. We will provide refreshments and birthday cake without any registration fee.

Date:
November 7, 2013, 5:00 pm to 9 pm

Location:
Council Chambers, North York Civic Centre, 5100 Yonge Street, Toronto ON

Details & Registration:
The event is open to the public with limited free registrations until Oct 15.
Register at Eventbrite: http://sip16party.eventbrite.ca/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/212824145546265/

Media Pass
Please contact the undersigned with your media details to obtain a media pass.

Take a peek at the pictures of previous event
http://sipgroup.org/events/15anniversary/photos/index.html

Society of Internet Professionals™ (SIP™)
120 Carlton Street, Suite 305, Toronto, ON M5A 4K2 Canada
Phone: (416) 891-4937 • www.sipgroup.org • email: rsvp@sipgroup.org


Aboutt SIP
The Society of Internet Professionals (SIP) is a not-for-profit, membership based organization representing the interest of Internet professionals. SIP was founded by Max Haroon in 1997 with a mandate to create standards for the Internet professionals. Since 1997, SIP has taken many initiatives and programs, such as workshops, networking events, Internet job board, e-Newsletters, members' directory and a resource-intensive website.
Visit website: http://www.sipgroup.org/

We are proud to be celebrating our 16th Anniversary as one of the oldest surviving Internet professional associations. Currently we have over 6,000 associates of SIP from all over the World.

Society of Internet Professionals launches a new dedicated Career site with BrainHunter. This new initiative will provide job seekers and employers with access to numerous benefits.
Visit Our JobBoard: http://sipgroup.org/jobboard

Please contact me if you have any suggestions, comments or questions:

Max Haroon
President, SIP
Phone: (416) 891-4937
Email: rsvp@sipgroup.org
Web: www.sipgroup.org

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Press-Release: Transitions in the Internet Age: Celebrate 16th Anniversary of Society of Internet Professionals

About our Speakers

Topic: Employer Innovations in the Information Age
John Mehrmann, CEO of Brainhunteris a respected leader and expert in leveraging technJohn M, Brainhunter, Speakerology and information for business transformation. At Brainhunter, John has spearheaded the integration of cloud, mobile, Big Data, social media and CRM with affiliate programs and certification validation to empower employers and job seekers.

Topic: Insurance and Risks
Paul Rai, President of Rai Grant Insurance Brokers, one of the largest independent Paul Raiinsurance brokerages in Ontario. In business since 1985, Rai Grant Insurance Brokers are a trusted advisor to thousands of businesses and families. We also specialize in the design and administration of group auto and home insurance plans for professional groups and associations.

Topic: Commerce in Transition
Joseph Iuso, the visionary and chief architect of the UseMyServices proprietary technology, Joseph has worked in the fields of e-Commerce and EFT integration for over 20 years. His extensive experience within the realm of self-service banking integration has helped many clients provide online, real-time transaction processing within the EFT community. Clients have included CIBC, ISM, IBM, ACI (Astech), ING Direct, Canadian Tire, and Royal Bank. With this understanding, Joseph has been able to link all the existing components to make UseMyServices a leader in real time bank payments technology.

Topic: Internet Evolution
Max Haroon, President of Society of Internet Professionals, is a social entrepreneur and an an author. Max is a retired IT and e-Marketing specialist, is the founder of the Society of Internet Professionals, www.sipgroup.org and the Life Transformation Institute www.Life-Transformation-Institute.org. He evangelizes leveraging the Internet and is a notable speaker at conferences and symposiums.

What is the role of the Internet in your life? Invitation to 16th Anniversary of Society of Internet Professionals: November 7

Poster: Society of Internet Professionals 16th Anniversary Celebrations: Transitions in the Internet Age
Council Chambers, North York Civic Centre, 5100 Yonge Street, Toronto ON; November 7, 2013

You are invited to join our 16th Anniversary

Transitions in the Internet Age
Your Internet ... Your World!
Role of the Internet in Your Life

We have lined up some great speakers for a panel discussion (bring your questions to ask the panel) with a dash of fun and food.

We have set-up a Sponsors lounge where you can meet our sponsors, speakers, SIP affinity program providers and some Internet companies for you to network.

We are expecting more than 300 attendees. Do not forget to bring your business cards for networking and door prizes.


Date and Time: Thursday November 7, 2013 from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Location: Council Chambers, North York Civic Centre
Address: 5100 Yonge Street, Toronto ON  (map)
On the west side of Yonge Street, five blocks north of Sheppard
Public transit: subway to North York Centre Station.

Registration: Door Registration $50 to cover the cost of SIP Membership.
FREE if you pre-register at eventbrite.ca: Join SIP 16th Party - Listen to Four Speakers *F*R*E*E* PASS

For more information or sponsoring opportunity, send an email to Max Haroon rsvp@sipgroup.org or phone 416-891-4937

See you at the event!

Here are some details about upcoming event and information that you may probably want to know

Speakers
John Mehrmann, CEO of Brainhunter will address topic: Employer Innovations in the Information Age.
John is a motivational speaker and an award wining author.
Paul Rai, President of Rai Grant Insurance Brokers will address topic: Insurance and Risks.
Paul is a respected industry expert.
Max Haroon, President of Society of Internet Professionals will address topic: Internet Evolution.
Max is a social entrepreneur and an author.
Joseph Iuso, CEO and Founder of the UseMyServices Online Banking will address topic: Commerce in Transition.Joseph is working in the fields of e-Commerce and Electronics Funds Transfer (EFT) integration.


Volunteering Opportunity
Now, we need some dedicated volunteers to make it. If you wish to add this event planning experience as part of your portfolio then attend our next Volunteers meeting on October 9, 2013! Volunteering Details

Sponsorship
We also need corporate sponsors to host this power pack event. Corporate sponsorship provides excellent business promotional opportunities. Sponsorship's Details

Our last years' events were attended by over 100 members and supporters of SIP at the City Hall.
Take a peek at the pictures of previous anniversaries:

• SIP's 15 Anniversary
• SIP's 14 Anniversary

Download the Event Brochure

We want to make this the biggest event in SIP history!

Since 1997, SIP has delivered various types of events and workshops and has perfected the art of planning and implementing them. At these events, SIP provides networking/mingling opportunities and education with a dash of fun in a friendly and professional manner.

Explore ROM's Newest Exhibition: Mesopotamia - Inventing Our World

Poster: Mesopotamia: Inventing Our World

Presented by RSA Insurance

Text Message?

Image: Foundation tablet, Steatite, Ur, 2094-2047 BCE, © The Trustees of the British Museum

Credit:  Royal Ontario Museum > Mesopotamia

Amazing Mesopotamia exhibition opens this Saturday + family activities 11am-3pm. See you @ROMtoronto for #ROMmeso http://t.co/bicbxdbdWq
— ROM Ancient Cultures (@ROMAncient) June 20, 2013

The Royal Ontario Museum Exhibition

Mesopotamia: Inventing our World
#ROMmeso

Opens this Saturday, June 22

A rare opportunity to see extraordinary treasures of Sumer, Assyria and Babylon from the British Museum and other preeminent institutions, this exhibition represents an international partnership of exceptional scope.

The ROM is the only North American venue. Exhibition runs June 22, 2013 to January 5, 2014.

Exploring over 3,000 years of accomplishments of this ancient civilization to reveal the significance many still have on our lives today, Mesopotamia features over 170 priceless objects from the esteemed holdings of the British Museum.

These artifacts, most of which have never been seen in Canada, are augmented by iconic objects from the ROM’s own renowned collections and other leading institutions, including the University of Chicago Oriental Institute Museum, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum, Philadelphia), and Detroit Institute of Arts.

Plus: This impressive exhibition showcasing a unique 3-D re-creation of mysterious Babylon, take advantage of many hands-on opportunities and join the Royal Ontario Museum for illuminating public lectures and events that delve deeper into this ancient culture.

Book tickets online today to guarantee entry.

Or become a member and see it for free, and receive invites to exclusive Members events.

Stay tuned for more exiting news from ROM!

ROM Web - www.rom.on.ca
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ROM Twitter - @ROMtoronto
ROM Google+ - +royalontariomuseum


Mesopotamia is presented by the British Museum in collaboration with the Royal Ontario Museum. Supported by the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Canada Travelling Exhibitions Indemnification Program / Avec l'appui du ministère du Patrimoine canadien par le biais du Programme d'indemnisation pour les expositions itinérantes au Canada. Foundation tablet, Steatite, Ur, 2094-2047 BCE, © The Trustees of the British Museum.

YouTube video: Mesopotamia - Inventing Our World (TEXTING)

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