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Monday, October 30, 2017

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

Monday, November 26, 2007

SIP's Panel Discussion: Web 2.0 & The Power of Social Networking

Social Networking Websites and Collaborative Tools

The Society of Internet Professionals would like to invite everybody at

Web 2.0 Panel Discussions
Social Networking Websites and Collaborative Tools


DATE
Wednesday, November 28, 2007

TIME
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm (come early and visit SIP booth at the CareerDoor HiTech/IT Career Fair)

LOCATION
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building, Room 104, CareerDoor HiTech/IT Career Fair
ADDRESS
255 Front Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5V 2W6
Just as the next generation of the Web — Web 2.0 is revolutionizing media, culture, and the economy, the Net Generation and its Web 2.0 tools are profoundly reshaping organizations and workplaces. Drawing on their experience with peers on sites such as Facebook and YouTube, N-Geners in the workplace increasingly employ blogs, wikis, and other new tools to form ad hoc communities that transcend departmental and organizational boundaries. Smart companies are learning to leverage these tools that promote collaboration.
PRESENTERS
Three experts in their own field of social networking and Web 2.0
Joel Alleyne, Principal, Alleyne Inc, Practitioner in Residence at the Knowledge Media Design Institute, University of Toronto;
Darius Bashar, professional Social Media Coach, President of the Apollo Media, also runs Toronto Blogger Meetup;
Martin Cleaver, MSc MBA, Principal, Blended Perspectives, also runs Toronto Wiki Tuesdays.

MODERATOR
Paul Artiuch, Research Analyst and Associate Director, New Paradigm

PROFILES
Visit the event website for their profiles


FEE (Pre-registration required at the Registration Page) $10 for members, $0 for new members this week, $20 Guests/Visitors
A book on Blogging will be raffled from all entries pre-registered before November 26.

FEE at the Door: $25 $20

REGISTRATION & DETAILS
http://www.sipgroup.org/symposiums/socialnetwork

PARTNERS
CareerDoor Inc.

SPONSOR
Rai Grant Insurance Broker

INQUIRIES
rsvp@sipgroup.org or phone: 416-891-4937

We have invested a lot of resources to evangelize benefits of using these tools for individuals and small businesses; the event is open to public for a modest fee, if you pre-register. We will appreciate your efforts in broadcasting this event to your email list.
We would like to know, what is holding you back from not attending this excellent event with lots of networking opportunities!
Looking forward to seeing all of you!

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Tuesday, May 08, 2007

SIP Participation at it360° Show & Career Fair

SIP Participation at it360° Show May 2007 Photos: SIPblOG [Olga Goubar]SIP Participation at it360° Show May 2007
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SIP Participation at it360° Show & HiTech Career Fair

Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto on May 1 and 2, 2007

SIP Booth at the GTA HiTech Career Fair presented by CareerDoor & itWorldCanada.com
We participated in both of the above shows. At the Career Fair we had a booth, and Max Haroon gave a talk.

Bob Young and Hiroo Thadaney at the SIP boothBob Young and Hiroo Thadaney at the SIP booth

We focused on the newly launched SIP Job Board, encouraged all job seekers to post their resumes and employers to take advantage of free posting until July 1, 2007. We displayed books which will be raffled every month from resumes posted on our job board.
More photos >>>

Seven Steps Strategy of Success
Max Haroon Delivering a Talk at the Career Fair

Max Haroon outlined a number of strategies and tips based on his life time experience of working for a number of companies and as an employer. Books donated by Pearson were raffled to the attendees.
Download the article based on his presentation>>>

it360° Conference and EXPO

Keynote Wikinomics: Harnessing the Power of Mass Collaboration by Don Tapscott, Chif Executive, New Paradigm

Keynote speech that inaugurated the IT360 Trade Show in Toronto (May 1, 2007) by Don TapscottKeynote Speech by Don Tapscott

In a keynote speech that inaugurated the it360° Show in Toronto (May 1, 2007), Don Tapscott, the Canadian author of the current bestseller " Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything", spoke about "Wikinomics: Harnessing the Power of Mass Collaboration".
Read notes compiled by Maryam Khan>>>


Keynote Global Disruptive Innovations and their Impact on Canada by Vito Marbrucco, Managing Director, IDC Canada

Why do so many great companies and successful economies eventually fail? What are the global and local conditions that drive the increased level of competition for organizations, countries and regions around the world? How does the long tail of global markets present massive opportunities for Canadian organizations? As barriers of technology, capital, education, information, and trade continue to fall we see the rise of a new world of companies, industries and countries that are disruptive innovators.
Read more >>>

Discussion Forum Canada in the Global Economy conducted by John Reid, President and CEO of the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATAAlliance)
Discussion Forum: Standing L - R: John Reid (CATAAllinace), Joaquim P. Menezes (IT World Canada) and Max Haroon (SIP)Discussion Forum

Competitive advantage will be maximized by the Canadian public and private sectors supplying people skilled in the development, application, use and maintenance of advanced technologies throughout all sectors of the national economy. In the Flat World, we must ensure that Canada 's resources are being used to their maximum potential and see that businesses and governments are continuously creating and adopting advanced skills, new technologies and efficient organizational approaches.
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SIP Wiki Committee
The Society of Internet Professionals (SIP) is interested to establish a committee to explore collaboration and social networking tools. We are reaching out to such experts to be part of this committee.
If you are interested or if you know of someone who could be part of this committee then please contact Max Haroon rsvp@sipgroup.org

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

More Photos from the Shows >>

SIP's 10th Anniversary Event post & photos >>

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