Heroes Happen Here – Community Connection Events – What kind of an event is this now?

This a new type of an event that it being offered across Canada by Microsoft in partnership with User Communities and Professional Associations.  This includes CIPS, ICTC and User Groups.

The agenda of the evening is going to be as follows:

• Intros – welcome and overview of the night.
• State of the industry – perspective from CIPS (Canadian Information Processing Society) & ICTC (Information & Communications Technology Council).
• Technology Demo – showing some high value pieces of new technology and how they could be implemented into your environment with minimal change.
• Community story – perspective on the impact that participating actively in your LOCAL community and the rewards it brings.
• Learning Circles – a "vote with your feet" concept of discussing 5 topics with a facilitator and bringing back the groups findings to the larger group.
• Social Networking – meet other experts and LOCAL resources to strengthen your support infrastructure LOCAL to you – in your community.

Please go to the following link to learn more and sign up.  The event here in Ottawa is being held at Carleton University in Fenn Lounge on April 9th so what are you waiting for go register.