Thoughts, free associations, ramblings and rants
There were some new faces at our June 9th, 2020 meeting, and we are very happy there were. Being involved with a global community brings insight you would not normally learn. The word is getting out! Our featured guest for this meeting was communication expert, author, and professional speaker Jayne Latz. Thank you so much …
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Another sixty minutes planned, another thirty minutes over. Hmm, really need to investigate this… In this meeting we welcomed special guest Beth Granger, a trainer, consultant, and professional speaker on LinkedIn. Beth described LinkedIn as an “always on networking event” and went on to answer some of the most frequently asked questions and demonstrate some …
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Another successful iChime meeting! Meeting number 5, which was held on May 14th went thirty minutes over our scheduled one hour, an event that is becoming a bit of a habit. To kick off our meeting, we welcomed special guest Jean Marie DiGiovanna. Jean Marie is an international keynote speaker and leadership trainer. She is …
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IBM Virtual User Group Days is arriving May 19th and 20th! What is it, you say? A consortium of over a dozen user groups, which runs each day from 08:00AM (0800) to 04:30PM (1630) Eastern Time. This two-day FREE virtual event is branded with “This time, users take the stage.” A review of the agenda …
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Here is a recap of our May 4th, 2020 meeting. I am proud that after just four meetings, our attendance has grown to 30 attendees. To kickoff our meeting, we welcomed a special guest, professional speaker and leadership coach Nora Burns. Nora shared important and helpful tips on how to use Zoom for your business …
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While many people have been working from home for quite some time, a traditional office was the norm for so many others. Indeed, it is the camaraderie with talented and caring people that makes our workplaces as special as they are. When we were all obliged to stop meeting in the office, lots of us …
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In early 2019 I had the good fortune to be selected for the IBM Champions for Power Systems program (https://developer.ibm.com/champions). My good fortune continued when I was able to attend Think 2019, held in February in San Francisco. And I will attend again this year, and you can too, visit https://www.ibm.com/events/think for details. As someone …
One common challenge cited by reluctant RDi adopters is the tool is simply “too big.” When pressed for further explanation, a frequent response is with all the new features, terminology and overall UI experience, compounded by strong allegiance to traditional green screen (and might I add, outdated) tools, the road to RDi can be a …
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By all measures, the latest chips from IBM are technological marvels. The MIPS numbers back up the claims. As posted on the IBM website, the Power 9 processor chips have the processing power to handle more than 200 quadrillion calculations per second. That’s 200,000,000,000,000,000. With blazing performance boosts as compared to its predecessors, all users …
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Vienna, Austria, June 2018 The 2018 COMMON Europe trip was divided up into two very distinct segments. The first half occurred in Warsaw, you can read about it here. The second half, which occurred immediately after Warsaw was an entirely different experience. Larry Bolhuis (current President of COMMON U.S.) and I were guests of Christoph …
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