From: "providenceaitp" Subject: [AITPSNE] AITP-SNE April 2005 Dinner Meeting "Driving Organizational Performance" Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 14:13:47 +0000 Not sure if you are interested Topic: Driving Organizational Performance through Strategic Planning Success is a journey and not a destination, and this wisdom is especially true of organizations. Organizations are on a journey daily to progress to the next level of success to utilize more of the organization's potential for increased growth, revenue and profit. Performance of organizations is impacted by the choices made that are either proactive or reactive to changes in technology, globalization and economic conditions throughout the world. These forces as well as others specific to industries present formidable challenges to every organization -- large, small, new and old. These challenges are changing the business world dramatically. Tapping into your organization's potential requires - a systematic process and disciplined approach. Join us for an engaging dialog and explore ways to enhance your organizations performance. About David Liddell David Liddell, president and founder of SKYE Business Solutions, is an insightful and trusted advisor to organizations interested in improving their performance and results. Based on his 15-plus years of experience in organizational and business development, he objectively evaluates organizations and their employees to identify opportunities for increased efficiencies and productivity. Recognizing that employees play a key role in a company's performance, David utilizes his analysis to create customized employee training and development solutions designed to enhance employee performance, leadership skills, team building, strategy planning and organizational development. He is widely respected for his skills as an expert problem solver, trainer, facilitator and coach. As a certified 360 Solutions training partner and CRK Interactive solution provider, he brings proven expertise to his creation of customized employee development solutions Date: Thursday, April 21, 2005 Location: SQA 125 Whipple Street Providence, RI 02908 Time: 5:30 pm to 6:00 pm - Beer/Wine/Soft Drinks 6:00 pm - Sandwich Buffet 6:00 pm to 6:30 pm - Speaker/Topic COST: $10 Members $15 Non-Members $10 Students Reservations: Call Ed Clark 401-709-4115 Sponsor: SQA, Providence, Rhode Island SQA has recently been named by a top national publication as one of the IT industry's fastest growing professional service company in America and is one of only a few professional service firms dedicated exclusively to software QA at every stage of the development process. SQA, headquartered in Providence Rhode Island, has set a new standard in software QA services to a range of clients nationwide. SQA's offerings are focused on QA and Software Development Process Optimization, QA Organizational Strategy and Design and Test Automation Excellence. For more information, please visit www.sqassociates.com or call (888) 299-7638 AITP Web: www.providenceaitp.org Who is AITP: The Association of IT Professionals (AITP), formerly Data Processing Management Association (DPMA) is a professional association comprised of career minded individuals who seek to expand their potential employers, employees, managers, programmers, and many others. The Organization seeks to provide avenues for all members to be teachers as well as students, and to make contacts with other members in the technology field, all in an effort to become more marketable in rapidly changing technological careers. www.providenceaitp.org Sponsorships: The Providence Chapter of the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) needs your help! In our focus on education, we will award scholarships each year to deserving students at local AITP collegiate chapters. The primary sources of these scholarship funds are our monthly meetings, sponsor contributions and sponsor contributions to our monthly evening Tech Sessions. Sponsor: Tremendous "bang for your buck" in exposure of your company's products and services to the IT decision-makers in the greater New England area, as well as knowing that your sponsorship dollars are going directly to help IT students at local universities. As our local membership continues to grow, we are attracting the CIO's, CTO's and the professionals who make purchasing decisions for IT products and services. Listed below are your sponsorship options: CIO Roundtable: We will have a special Luncheon with several areas CIO's participating in a panel discussion. We will have CIO's of a few major companies in the New England area join us for what should be an extremely well-attended event. Your sponsorship for this luncheon is$500.00 with the same benefits as in the regular evening meeting. If you would like to sponsor an AITP meeting, please call Ed Clark, 401-709-4115 or eclark@sqaassociates.com. Thank you for your support of the Providence Chapter of AITP! ED Ed Clark SQA LLC 401-709-4115