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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.

Social Media Breakfast Minneapolis & St. Paul Has The World’s Largest Event

I can be a little (a lot) competitive and for my friends around the country who talk about how cool their Social Media Breakfast, happy hour club or professional network is let me say this...

We kicked your ass today.

Has your event ever had 300+ people, met 16 months in a row or had a jumbotron? Yes, I said jumbotron. Minneapolis/St. Paul is not the flyover prairie you think it is so step down from your “I am so cool sitting here on a coast” pedestal. (sorry, had to get that out of my system)

We owe this effort here to one guy, Rick Mahn (@rickmahn) Founder of Social Media Breakfast – Twin Cities. Rick is one of the nicest guys you will meet. He will mention he has had some help planning events and sponsors (including me two times in the beginning) and that this is about the community (which it is) but without Rick’s leadership this thing would not be what it is today. He is not doing this for himself but believes we have a great community here and it should get together.

Check Out Ignite Minneapolis And My Favorite Mykl Roventine And His Bad Fonts

I was not able to get to the Ignite Minneapolis event on April 22^nd but I did watch the first half on video stream and now seen the rest on the web site.

Ignite is an event with a variety of topics (some serious most not so much) with each presentation 20 slides and 5 minutes in length.

Mykl Roventine did a presentation on “Bad Fonts”. I do not have a clue what font is best or worst to use but Mykl certainly has made it so I know to not ever use Comic Sans.

Here is his presentation:

 

The Ignite Minneapolis site says they may be doing another event mid to late June. I am going to submit an idea on doing a job search but this one will be much more fun than what I usually do.

And they are looking for sponsors so if want to reach the crossroads of the Minnesota marketing, PR, Social Media and tech community this is money well spent.

Paul DeBettignies To Present At The Minnesota Chapter Of The Project Management Institute Job Fair

April 20th, 2009 from 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM the Minnesota Chapter of the Project Management Institute will be hosting a job fair for Project Managers and Business Analysts.

So far 20 companies are participating in the job fair.

This is an awesome opportunity to be proactive with your networking in meeting with Recruiters and should you be in a job search clearly this is an event to attend.

During the job fair I will be doing two mini presentations on doing an effective job search.

For more information on the PMI job fair (and the dinner meeting that follows) click 2009 Project Management Institute Minnesota Chapter Job Fair.

Paul DeBettignies A Panelist For Minnesota PRSA Event

Thursday April 16^th, 2009 I will be part of a two person panel for a Core Training class for the Public Relations Society of America - Minnesota or MNPRSA.

 

Information on the event from the MNPRSA web site:

Career and Building a Personal Brand

Guest Panelists:

• Mary Kloehn, Managing Partner, Navigate Forward
• Paul DeBettignies, Recruiter, Blogger, Founder of BeYourOwnHeadhunter.com

As a public relations professional, you’re likely an expert at building and managing brands for clients and companies—but what about developing your personal brand?

Join distinguished leadership and executive transition consultant Mary Kloehn, and social media maven and recruiter Paul DeBettignies as they talk about building and using personal brands online and off. As a consultant, Mary Kloehn draws from human resource and business leadership perspectives to package and present a personal brand. Paul DeBettignies brings a recruiter’s point of view, offering advice for using social media to enhance a personal brand and secure the perfect job.

Take away best practices for building your personal brand and using it to make your mark in your current position, while on the job hunt or when making a career transition. After all, your personal brand is what sets you apart from the rest.

Click Career and Building a Personal Brand for the registration page

Join MNPRSA group online:

• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• MinnesotaPRSA on Twitter