Tech Thursday

What #Hashtags are You Using in #Indiana?

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 by Community Blogger

Lovingly lifted from Smaller Indiana

I had an email thread today with Joshua Hall, Director of Marketing at Techpoint, about the hashtags that we could deploy when sharing about different topics on Twitter. Here are some of the hashtags:

#NENR - New Economy New Rules
#TechThurs - Techpoint's Tech Thursday
#Mira11 - the upcoming 2011 Mira Awards from Techpoint
#Summit10 - the 2010 Innovation Summit
#mmktg - Measured Marketing
#techind - Indiana Technology News
#corpblogging - Corporate Blogging (since we wrote the book!)
#indy - Indianapolis-based news and events
#nwitweetup - North-west Indiana tweetups

What other hashtags are you utilizing that are specific to Indiana, Indiana companies, and Indiana events?

Name: Douglas Karr
Company: DK New Media
E-mail: doug@douglaskarr.com
City: Indianapolis
State: Indiana

Three Reasons to Get Involved with IU Informatics at IUPUI This Fall

Tuesday, October 12, 2010 by Community Blogger

We need your help here at the School of Informatics. We are committed to Indiana technology education and Indiana technology research through the professional development of our students (Informatics, HIA, and Media Arts) into graduates ready for the real world of employment in the Indiana tech sector and beyond.

We need industry professionals working in emerging business technology at information technology businesses willing to impart some wisdom and give honest advice to students on what their field is like and how to best prepare for jobs in their organizations.

What's in it for me you ask? In return for a little of your time your organization:

Gets branded with the student population here at the school. Free viral marketing is very effective!
Gets to interact with students and find those potential interns and employees who are ready for work now.
Can help those students who need to develop further skills by giving them advice that will better prepare them for internships and full-time positions for Indiana information technology jobs in the future...maybe with your company.

Here are dates that are set so far...

Informatics and Health Information Administration Majors Tuesdays - (9:00-10:50am)

Tuesday October 12 - Alumni Panel with Informatics and HIA students
Tuesday October 26 - Classroom Guest Speakers
Tuesday November 9 - Mock Interviews (At school or employer locations)
Tuesday November 16 - Classroom Guest Speakers
Tuesday November 23 - Job Shadows @ Employer Locations
Tuesday November 30 - Job Shadows @ Employer Locations
Tuesday December 7 - Classroom Guest Speakers

Media Arts (New Media) Majors - Thursdays(9:00-10:50am)

Thursday October 14 - Alumni Panel with Media Arts (New Media) students
Thursday October 21 - Classroom Guest Speakers
Thursday November 4 - Mock Interviews (At School or Employer locations)
Thursday November 11 - Classroom Guest Speakers
Thursday November 18 - Job Shadows @ Employer Locations
Thursday December 2 - Job Shadows @ Employer Locations
Thursday December 9 - Classroom Guest Speakers

Getting involved with the IU School of Informatics is a great way to recruit interns and future employees. Let some of our students come visit your organization for job shadows or mock interviews. Come visit our classes and present to students who will all be graduating with a degree in New Media, Informatics, or Health Information Administration. We have two sections of the Directed Studies course this fall. One meets on Tuesdays and the other on Thursdays. If you would like to be involved in one or both please contact me and I will make arrangements with you.

For more information, contact Brian Benedict at bbenedic@iupui.edu or 317-278-7611.

Name: Brian Benedict
Company: Indiana University School of Informatics at IUPUI
E-mail: bbenedic@iupui.edu
City: Indianapolis
State: Indiana

Angie of Angie's List speaks on the struggles of starting her business

Thursday, May 27, 2010 by Joshua Hall

TechPoint’s May Tech Thursday event held at Baker & Daniels was filled with a room of Indiana IT executives, good food, beverages and a lot of networking, but what topped off the evening was speaker Angie Hicks, Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Angie’s List – The ever-growing Indianapolis-based company.

Angie’s List is a consumer generated company that takes consumer reviews of local companies and makes them available to the public by charging a monthly subscription fee.

At the event, Hick’s spoke on her struggles, trials and tribulations over the past 15 years in her inspiring efforts of starting Angie’s List and turning it into what it is today.

What started as a door to door business selling magazine subscriptions has evolved into a company with some 750,000 customers generating revenue in 2009 of more than $34 million. Today, Angie’s List is present in 124 markets and last year grew 35 percent despite the recession.

In recent news, Angie’s List has gone international, opening a market in Canada. In its efforts towards expansion, the company is continuously trying new marketing tools of which its most recent includes the usage of social media outlets – Facebook and Twitter.

Hick's said that Angie’s List has evolved to become a credible recognition of which Indiana businesses take great pride in and want to be a part of.

FormSpring's John Wechsler to speak at next Tech Thursday

Wednesday, January 20, 2010 by Dane Benton

John Wechsler, President of FormSpring, will be the guest speaker at TechPoint's Tech Thursday tomorrow, January 21.

Not familiar with Tech Thursday? Watch this short video:

Tech Thursday is sponsored by LightBound and hosted at Baker & Daniels - Indianapolis North. Each month, Tech Thursday is an opportunity for professionals from Indiana technology companies (and technology professionals from companies in other industries) to come together for networking and insights into new products or developments in the market.

WHAT: Tech Presentation, Networking, Drinks and Hors d'oeuvres

WHEN: Thursday, January 21, 2010, from 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

WHERE: Baker & Daniels LLP, Indianapolis North
600 E. 96th Street, Suite 600, Indianapolis, IN 46240

There is no charge to attend, but please register so that we are able to provide adequate supply of drinks and hors d'oeuvres.

LEARN MORE ABOUT JOHN WECHSLER | REGISTER FOR TECH THURSDAY | ADD TO CALENDAR

TechPoint Video Digest, December 2009

Wednesday, December 16, 2009 by Joshua Hall

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TechPoint Tech Thursday Holiday Edition, December 10

Description: Bobby Schnabel, dean of the Indiana University School of Informatics presented to a "standing room only" crowd during TechPoint's Tech Thursday event presented by IQuest and LightBound at the Baker & Daniels law firm's north Indianapolis office.

Keywords: Schnabel, techpoint, tech thursday, iquest, lightbound, baker and Daniels, jim jay, ron pirau, Nick Mathioudakis, H. Patrick Callahan, Pat Callahan, Jack Carr

TechPoint's 2009 Innovation Summit, Technology & Entrepreneurship on Display

Description: A recap of Indiana's largest and most anticipated annual technology business event.

Keywords: TechPoint, Innovation Summit, Clayton Christensen, Harvard Business School, Keynote, Indiana Innovation, Indiana Technology, Technology Education

Innovation Summit 2009 Clayton Christensen Keynote, Part 1

Description: The much talked about presentation from the largest single-day Indiana technology conference.

Keywords: TechPoint, TechPoint Innovation Summit, Clayton Christensen, Clayton Christensen Keynote, Innovation Summit Keynote

Innovation Summit 2009 Clayton Christensen Keynote, Part 2

Description: The much talked about presentation from the largest single-day Indiana technology conference.

Keywords: TechPoint, TechPoint Innovation Summit, Clayton Christensen, Clayton Christensen Keynote, Innovation Summit Keynote

Innovation Summit 2009 Clayton Christensen Keynote, Part 3

Description: The much talked about presentation from the largest single-day Indiana technology conference.

Keywords: TechPoint, TechPoint Innovation Summit, Clayton Christensen, Clayton Christensen Keynote, Innovation Summit Keynote

Innovation Summit 2009 Clayton Christensen Keynote, Part 4

Description: The much talked about presentation from the largest single-day Indiana technology conference.

Keywords: TechPoint, TechPoint Innovation Summit, Clayton Christensen, Clayton Christensen Keynote, Innovation Summit Keynote

Photos & Video from December's Tech Thursday with IU School of Informatics Dean Bobby Schnabel

Friday, December 11, 2009 by Joshua Hall

Check out this video and some of the photos from the December Tech Thursday event. The guest speaker was Bobby Schnabel, dean of the School of Informatics at Indiana University.

As you can see from the media above, we've been drawing "standing room only" crowds for these events because the speakers are great and there really is no better place to network with the Central Indiana tech sector than at Baker & Daniels with our hosts IQuest and LightBound for Tech Thursday.

One of the things that struck me about Dean Schnabel's presentation was that he said admissions standards for the IU School of Informatics are going up at the same time that they are accepting larger numbers of students into the programs. This is an effort to maintain the reputation and high caliber education the university provides, while at the same time attempting to meet the increased demand for graduates in the marketplace.

Dean Schnabel's presentation will be available here on the TechPoint blog early next week.

IU School of Informatics' Dean Bobby Schnabel to Speak at Next Tech Thursday

Thursday, December 3, 2009 by Joshua Hall

Bobby Schnabel, Dean of the Indiana University School of Informatics will be the guest speaker at TechPoint's Tech Thursday on December 10th.

Not familiar with Tech Thursday? Watch this short video:

Tech Thursday is sponsored by IQuest Internet and hosted at Baker & Daniels - Indianapolis North. Each month, Tech Thursday is an opportunity for professionals from Indiana technology companies (and technology professionals from companies in other industries) to come together for networking and insights into new products or developments in the market.

WHAT: Tech Presentation, Networking, Drinks and Hors d'oeuvres

WHEN: Thursday, December 10th, 2009 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

WHERE: Baker & Daniels LLP, Indianapolis North
600 E. 96th Street, Suite 600, Indianapolis, IN 46240

There is no charge to attend, but please register so that we are able to provide adequate supply of drinks and hors d'oeuvres.

LEARN MORE ABOUT Dean Bobby Schnabel | REGISTER

Aprimo's GM Robert Boehnlein to Speak at Next Tech Thursday

Friday, November 6, 2009 by Joshua Hall

Robert C. Boehnlein, General Manager of Aprimo's Enterprise Business Unit will be the guest speaker at TechPoint's Tech Thursday on November 19.

WHAT: Tech Presentation, Networking, Drinks and Hors d'oeuvres

WHEN: Thursday, November 19, 2009 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

WHERE: Baker & Daniels LLP, Indianapolis North
600 E. 96th Street, Suite 600, Indianapolis, IN 46240

There is no charge to attend, but please register so that we are able to provide adequate supply of drinks and hors d'oeuvres.

LEARN MORE ABOUT Robert C. Boehnlein | REGISTER

AIT Labs' VP & CIO Ron Thieme to Speak at Next Tech Thursday

Friday, October 9, 2009 by Joshua Hall

Ron Thieme, Ph.D., Vice President and CIO for AIT Laboratories will be the guest speaker at TechPoint's Tech Thursday on September 17.

WHAT: Tech Presentation, Networking, Drinks and Hors d'oeuvres

WHEN: Thursday, October 15, 2009 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

WHERE: Baker & Daniels LLP, Indianapolis North
600 E. 96th Street, Suite 600, Indianapolis, IN 46240

There is no charge to attend, but please register so that we are able to provide adequate supply of drinks and hors d'oeuvres.

LEARN MORE ABOUT Ron Thieme | REGISTER

Next Tech Thursday: Lilly VP of Discovery Chemistry Research & Tech

Thursday, September 10, 2009 by Joshua Hall

Alan D. Palkowitz, Ph.D., Vice President of Discovery Chemistry Research & Technologies for Lilly Research Laboratories at Eli Lilly & Company (Phew! Now that's a title ...) will be the guest speaker at TechPoint's Tech Thursday on September 17.

Not familiar with Tech Thursday? Watch this short video:

Tech Thursday is sponsored by IQuest Internet and hosted at Baker & Daniels - Indianapolis North. Each month, Tech Thursday is an opportunity for professionals from Indiana technology companies (and technology professionals from companies in other industries) to come together for networking and insights into new products or developments in the market.

WHAT: Tech Presentation, Networking, Drinks and Hors d'oeuvres

WHEN: Thursday, September 17, 2009 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

WHERE: Baker & Daniels LLP, Indianapolis North
600 E. 96th Street, Suite 600, Indianapolis, IN 46240

There is no charge to attend, but please register so that we are able to provide adequate supply of drinks and hors d'oeuvres.

LEARN MORE ABOUT Alan D. Palkowitz | REGISTER