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Minnesota IT User Group Meetings – Week Of August 15, 2011

The following Minnesota technology events for this week were found on the TECHdotMN (@TECHdotMN) calendar.

Be sure to check with the groups to confirm meeting date, time and location:

August 16th

• TECH Masters Twin Cities 7:30 am – 9:00 am

• TC Web Pros 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

• Minnesota SQL Server User Group 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

August 17th

• Minnesota Visual Studio User Group 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

• TECH Masters Twin Cities North 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

• FlashMN 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

• Minneapolis Hackathon 7:00 pm – Midnight

• TC Maker Weekly Gathering 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

August 18th

• Mac Consultants SIG 7:00 am – 9:00 am

• Twin Cities XNA Group 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

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Minnesota Recruiters Conference 13 | Recap

 

On April 15th, 2011 we held the 13th Minnesota Recruiters Conference at Best Buy HQ’s. We had around 200 in attendance that day.

The night before the event sponsors, speakers and volunteers were invited to Oberon (group sponsor) to help celebrate their 5th Anniversary

  

This gave me some time to finally meet in person someone who I have called friend for 5+ years, Jim Durbin (Blog - Twitter - LinkedIn - Facebook). I met Jim online shortly after I started this blog when he was working as a recruiter in St. Louis.

For our event we brought Jim and his business partner Craig Fisher (Blog - Twitter - LinkedIn) to present to the group.

MinneBar #6 Twitter Transcript

What follows is a transcript from MinneBar #6 held May 7, 2011 at Best Buy HQ’s.

I used BackTweets to gather the Tweets and is in reverse chronological order that starts at 9 AM, May 6th and ends at 3 PM, May 8th.

Around 2,200 Tweets went out with the #MinneBar during this time.

 

3:00 PM May 8th

eggsurplus If you want to follow the great minds making up the MN tech scene at #minnebar yesterday here's a list I made: http://bit.ly/iqKYZI 1 day ago

cdeutsch @AccordionGuy, great to meet you at #minnebar! @johnsheehan is the Twilio evangelist you should connect with. 1 day ago

paulprins RT @TECHdotMN: Latest #MinneBar puts Minnesota tech on the map [pics] [videos]: http://bit.ly/jCVsux 1 day ago

brandtrock RT @TECHdotMN: Latest #MinneBar puts Minnesota tech on the map [pics] [videos]: http://bit.ly/jCVsux 1 day ago

keithprivette RT @TECHdotMN: Latest #MinneBar puts Minnesota tech on the map [pics] [videos]: http://bit.ly/jCVsux 1 day ago

thingles My handful of photos from #MinneBar yesterday. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jthingelstad/tags/minnebar6/ 1 day ago

thingles .@beckje01 @minnebar Send #MinneBar stories to feedback@minnestar.org. 1 day ago

Minnesota Job And Career Fair And Professional Clothing Drive

Note: Unfortunately because of a scheduling conflict I am not able to present at the event. I am doing a live version of my Be Your Own Headhunter presentation online March 28th 2011 from 12 - 3 PM CDT. A session can also be heard on demand.

Click Be Your Own Headhunter for more information.

The Minnesota Recruiting and Staffing Association (MNRSA) is hosting the 2011 Job Summit & Professional Clothing Drive Thursday, March 24^th, 2011 from 8:00 am - 1:00 pm at The Mall of America, 4^th Floor Executive Center.

Job Seekers this is a FREE event (you do need to register) and a good opportunity to meet with Search Firms, Staffing Firms and Employment Agencies.

To register click MNRSA Job Summit

Besides the job fair (employers listed below) there are also job search sessions, resume writing workshops and practice interview sessions.

If you are thinking… “should I attend” the easy and quick answer is yes. Last years event was a big success.

Minnesota Business Events | January 2011

To borrow a phrase from the horse tracks, “Annnnnnnnnnd we’re off.”

The New Year brings with it a bunch of professional, association and user group meetings many of which are put on pause during the holidays.

I am looking forward to seeing some old friends and making some news ones.

What follows are most of the events I am attending this month. Not noted are the tech/user group meetings I will decide at the last minute to attend depending on the work week. Yes there are some events missing but I need to get some work done too:

January 7

• Project Skyway

January 13

• MinneDemo

January 14

• Minnesota Blogger Mini Conference

January 19

• MNTRN – Minnesota Technical Recruiter Network

• MIMA – Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association

January 28

• SMBMSP – Social Media Breakfast Minneapolis St Paul

January 31

• MIMA - CATFOA #1

Minneapolis Advance Screening Of The Social Network

September 9, 2010 at 7 PM (yes tomorrow) Minneapolis is getting a free advanced screening of The Social Network and is being promoted by Social Media Breakfast Minneapolis St Paul.

Click The Social Network: SMBMSP Advance Screening to register for the event.

From the site:

Minnesota Recruiter And Staffing Association 2010 Annual Event

The Minnesota Recruiter and Staffing Association is having their Symposium and Industry Partner Showcase on Tuesday, September 14^th 2010.

If you work for a search firm, staffing or employment agency, consulting firm this is a great opportunity to get some great training (and networking too) without leaving Minneapolis.

To register click Event Calendar

Event information:

Annual MNRSA Symposium and Industry Partner Showcase

Tuesday, September 14th

8:00 AM – 4:30 PM

Featuring

• Neil Lebovitz, Former Global President Adecco/Ajilon
• Terry Petra, Nationally Recognized Industry Trainer & Speaker
• Deena Ebbert, FISH! Philosophy
• Dave Mrocek, Industry Trainer

An Open Letter To The SMBMSP Crowd

For those of you wondering what is SMBMSP it is the Social Media Breakfast Minneapolis St Paul group.

For those of you wondering why I am writing a letter, here goes...

Rick Mahn has decided to start charging $10 for the monthly events and I want to be very open and transparent about this, I support this change.

Here is a disclaimer, I am now one of the sponsors.

Here is another, Rick did not ask me to write this. He did not see this before posting. We have had conversations about this change over recent weeks.

Let me give you a short story about my own experience.

Minnesota Blogger Conference 2010

I am thrilled to hear that finally, FINALLY, we are going to have a blogger conference in our area. I have heard many people talk about the need for one for years, myself included.

Hats off to three friends who I have much respect for before they put this together and now the cup runs over with it:

Melissa (aka Missy) Berggren (@MarketingMamaMN) writes The Marketing Mama

Arik Hanson (@arikhanson) writes Communications Conversations

Katie Schutrop (@kshoop) writes k@tie.in.mpls

They have put together a sweet list of presenters and topics and it will be held at a location that will help facilitate some great conversations.

Event information:

• Minnesota Blogger Conference (click for information)

Minnesota Headhunter A Sponsor for UnSummit 4

         

This Saturday (June 26, 2010) is UnSummit 4 and I am pleased to be one of the sponsors of this FREE event.

UnSummit is a great event where peers share information, create conversations and learn form each other. Attendees are encouraged to be participants.

You can be a real (or wannabe) social media expert, a newbie or somewhere in between, all are welcome and encouraged to attend.

The sessions are now posted, see them by clicking UnSummit Schedule. Here some of the sessions I am looking forward to:

Minnesota Headhunter A MinneBar Sponsor And Presenter

I am looking forward to tomorrow’s MinneBar @minnebar event held at Best Buy headquarters. If my memory is correct this is their third full day event that go along with the many MinneDemo events that have been held.

Follow #minnebar to see what should be a busy Twitter hashtag.

Here is the interim logo I am using for this event:

Besides being a sponsor I am doing a session with Kevin Donlin @kevindonlin. Click How to Fireproof Your Career and Chortle at Recession Worries to see more info about our session.

LinkUp.com Hosts Social Recruiting Summit TweetUp

 
Minneapolis based LinkUp.com hosted a TweetUp (for the non Twitter folks think Happy Hour or reception) May 16th, 2010 for those attending the Social Recruiting Summit and some Minnesota Recruiters.

 
I wrote about LinkUp in the post announcing the TweetUp LinkUp.com Sponsors Social Recruiting Summit Happy Hour 

I would have to guess but there had to be at least 100 attendees and was held at Crave Restaurant at the Mall of America.

It was a great evening. For me (personally) it was an opportunity to meet friends in person who I have been following online, swapping email with and having phone chats with for years.

Nothing, NOTHING is better than finally being able to shake hands, give a hug and sit down and chat face to face. I know that may sound odd but while online networks are awesome nothing takes the place of seeing a friend in person.

LinkUp.com Sponsors Social Recruiting Summit Happy Hour

Minneapolis based LinkUp.com (and good friends of mine and the local Recruiter and HR community) are hosting a social gathering on the eve of the Social Recruiting Summit.

Details of the event:

LinkUp's Social Recruiting Summit TweetUp

Sunday, May 16th • 6:00 - 9:00pm

CRAVE Restaurant
Mall of America • Park Side Patio
368 South Avenue • Bloomington, MN 55425
(3rd Floor across from Macy's)

For more information and to RSVP click LinkUp Rocks

Minneapolis Hosts ERE And Social Recruiting Summit

Tomorrow (May 17, 2010) Minnesota will host 300 attendees for the 3^rd edition of the Social Recruiting Summit.

Previous summits were held at Google headquarters and in the Big Apple, New York City.

The Minnesota event will be held at Best Buy headquarters in Richfield, MN (a suburb of Minneapolis).

You can catch a live stream of many of the sessions by clicking www.ere.net

Some folks have asked how the heck did Minneapolis land such a big event?

Well, I am not going to be shy about it but a few of us did a lot of lobbying. I think my first email was about 30 minutes after the event at Google ended.

Minnesota Tech Event: Minneapolis CrowdPitch

Thanks to Graeme Thickins and Pete Birkelend for passing an email on to me about this event.

If you are a startup, investor or just generally interested in the Minnesota Tech StartUp scene this is something you will have interest in.

Info from Minneapolis CrowdPitch (click link to register):

What is CrowdPitch?

This event will bring entrepreneurs, innovators, mentors, support providers, and investors together in an informal and energetic setting.

Think ´America Idol´ — selected entrepreneurs will have 4 minutes to pitch their company to both a panel of experts & a live audience, followed immediately by a 3-minute Q&A session with the panel.

A free networking lunch will follow the formal pitch.

Minnesota Headhunter Presents At Ignite Minneapolis #2

Wow is about all I can say about the Ignite Minneapolis #ignitempls event. Wow for the cool crowd. Wow for the cool venue. Wow for the cool presentations.

For those who just want to see the video here you go (CAUTION I “may” have cussed a few times):

 

Minnesota Job And Career Fair And Professional Clothing Drive

UPDATED: March 23rd Here is the speaker agenda for the event:

8:30am-9:30am

• Main Room – Marnie Hockenberg presenting “How the Hiring Game is Really Played.”
• Conference Room – Geri Quest presenting “Appropriate Workplace Attire.”

9:45am-10:45am

• Main Room – Jay Larson presenting “Fish! Philosophy.”
• Conference Room – Bob LaBombard presenting “ Navigating the Job Search as a Recent College Graduate.”

11:00am – 12:00pm

• Main Room – Paul DeBettignies presenting “Using LinkedIn and Social Media as a Job Search Tool.”
• Conference Room – Mary Younggren presenting “Finding a Job Through a Staffing Company.  How to Get Started.”

 

The Minnesota Recruiting and Staffing Association (MNRSA) is hosting the 2010 Job Summit & Professional Clothing Drive Tuesday, March 23^rd, 2010 from 8:00 am-12:00 pm at The Mall of America, 4^th Floor Executive Center.

Job Seekers this is a FREE event (you do need to register at www.mnrsa.org) and a good opportunity to meet with Search Firms, Staffing Firms and Employment Agencies.

As part of the career sessions that morning I will be doing a LinkedIn session and sticking around after to answer as many questions on the job search as I can.

Details:

Paul DeBettignies To Present At Employers Association Social Media Conference

I am thrilled to accept an invitation from the Employers Association to speak at their Social Media Conference “The Time is Now” March 18^th, 2010.

Employers Association is a large organization that provides services to small and medium sized companies focusing on the HR function including leadership training and employment law.

That they are putting on this event for their clients (non members are allowed to attend) is a great next step in the education they provide.

Here is info on the event:

Social Media Conference: The Time is Now

Have you been asking yourself when and how to get onboard with social media? Where do we start? What should I know before my company jumps in? Who needs to "own" your company's involvement and content? How will you monitor feedback or measure ROI? What, if anything, should be asked of your employees already using Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn? What are the legal considerations? Big questions, indeed. Get answers at EA's March 18 conference.

2 Minnesota Recruiter Events December 11, 2009

We are very fortunate to have three recruiter related groups in Minneapolis and St. Paul including my Minnesota Recruiters group. Some wonder why so many and I ask a different question, since all three groups “sell out” their events do we need to create a fourth?

OK, maybe not but you get the point. We have a strong community of HR and Recruiter professionals and I put them up against any other city.

We are all very supportive of each other and in that spirit here is info on both events this Friday, December 11th (I will be attending the MNTRN event):

Minnesota Technical Recruiters Network (MNTRN)

• 7:30 – 9:30 AM
• Jason DeRusha of WCCO TV will talk about
• "How should we brand ourselves as recruiters?"
• For more info www.mntrn.org

Leading Edge HR Network (LERHN formerly TERBN)

• 8 AM – Noon
• “Emerging and Maturing Trends in Social Media”
• For more info www.lehrn.org

Minnesota Jobs Summit

Last week the Obama Administration held a “Jobs and Economic Growth Forum” and while I think their attention on jobs is one year too late (this is not political, the Bush Administration had their head in the sand) at least they are getting to it.

And while I have little faith that much can be done at the Federal level (did you see all the politicians taking credit for creating jobs?) there is a cool idea that came from this and an event that is being organized locally to talk and get into it.

The following information is taken from the Minnesota Jobs Summit registration page for an event that will be held January 6, 2010 in Minneapolis.