AIC Bulletin
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AIC Meeting: September 29, 2008
Association of Independent Consultants (AIC)
in association with the Society of Internet Professionals (SIP) Presents:
The Business Face of Social Networking!
Presented by:
Alexa Clark & Max Haroon
How Online Communities Can Affect Your Business!
Social networking has revolutionized the way we communicate and share information with one another in today's society. Various social networking websites are being used by millions of people everyday on a regular basis and it now seems that social networking is a part of everyday personal and business lives. Two veterans of the Industry will discuss "Can Social Networking (such as facebook, linkedin, youtube, meetup) help you build your business?"
- Social Networking Sites in the context of Web 2.0
- Types of Social Networking Sites
- Your reputation precede your business
- Be careful of digital dirt
- How businesses are using Social Networking Sites & Services
Alexa Clark is a serial entrepreneur, photographer and social media addict currently based out of Toronto. She started blogging in 2002, with TheApprenticeBlog.com - a reality-TV blog based on the hit NBC show which she sold on eBay after 5 seasons. She founded Ellipsis Interactive Consulting - one of Canada's first exclusively New Media focused talent agencies. Alexa is currently the Managing Partner at Plethora Press a micropublishing company, publisher of CheapEats Restaurant Guide series; ... find her blogging on OneDegree.ca & CETOblog.com; on Facebook, Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lexnger], twittering, ceto (http://www.twitter.com/ceto], ceot [http://www.twitter.com/ceot], & alexaclark [http://www.twitter.com/alexaclark]
Max Haroon, AIP is the founding president of the Society of Internet Professionals and a social entrepreneur. He has been involved in the Information Technology (IT) industry in various sectors, including the Internet and IT Training for over 35 years. He has completed many consulting assignments, forging alliances, as well as initiating various entrepreneurial enterprises. His work has spanned many countries and he resides in Toronto (Canada). He evangelizes leveraging the Internet and speaks at conferences and symposiums. He can be contacted by email to founder@sipgroup.org or by phone at 416-891-4937. Visit http://www.sipgroup.org/president
DATE: Monday, September 29, 2008
TIME: Registration 7:00pm
(Programme begins 7:30pm)
PLACE: Novotel Airport Hotel
135 Carlingview Drive, Toronto
on-site parking $5.00 ( DO NOT PAY AT THE PARKING KIOSK: Report to the front desk and pay special $5 rate.)
For more information on AIC contact us at: 416-410-8163 or by e-mail at info@aiconsult.ca or visit http://www.aiconsult.ca/
Meeting Fees: AIC & SIP Members $10.00 Visitors $25.00
AIC, SIP, MTA and XL Toronto Members must show their membership cards at the door to get the special member rate.
Special offer! If you're an AIC Member, and you bring a guest, you get in together for only $20 total. (Save $15) Member and guest must register together to get this discount.
VISITORS PRE-REGISTER ONLINE THROUGH PAYPAL BY AUGUST 24 AND RECIEVE A 20% REDUCTION (DISCOUNTS ARE NOT COMBINABLE)
MEMBERS PRE-REGISTER ONLINE THROUGH PAYPAL BY AUGUST 24 AND HELP US REDUCE LINE UPS AT THE DOOR
NOTE: If you're having technical difficulties pre-registering on-line, please send us an e-mail directly at finance1@aiconsult.ca stating your problem and requesting a manual registration.
Cancellations must be received by e-mail to the VP Finance at least 24 hours before the event, otherwise the fee is forfeited.
Marketing Opportunities
Open to members and non-members alike
Increase your visibility at a great price with our sponsorship opportunities!
Increase your visibility and reach by sponsoring either the monthly AIC meeting or the AIC Bulletin (our monthly newsletter).
AIC Bulletin
- One sponsor per issue.
- Your logo (up to a 1” visual)
- Up to 100 words describing your services.
Cost per issue: Members $75. Non-members $125.
Total newsletter distribution 1,800+.
Monthly AIC meeting
- Display your company signage at meeting (size restrictions apply)
- Two minutes at meeting to talk about your business at the beginning of the meeting.
- Your sponsorship listed in two AIC e-mail meeting notices (Not the AIC Bulletin which is reserved for the newsletter sponsor)
Cost per meeting: Members $125. Non-members $250.
OTHER GREAT EVENTS
The Society of Internet Professionals (SIP)
SIP Benefits now available to AIC Members
The Society of Internet Professionals (SIP) is pleased to announce that some of our affinity programs are available to AIC Members:
Your Profile Website
Marketing and promotion starts with you, more specifically with your name. Having your own URL is a great way to get your name out there and to start promoting yourself.
If you google your own name and it is not listed on the first page in the search engine results, then you may want to consider having your own URL. It represents permanence, professionalism and a brand. The added benefit is that it is independent of your ISP, which you may change at some point.
SIP has put together a program for non-web designers to create a website with an email under their domain name.
Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS):
Toronto Chapter
Business Model Discovery Panel
Featuring Beverly Beuerman-King, Richard Peterson, Gita Batiyan, Donald Cooper and Harold Taylor
Monday, September 8th, 2008
Exploring different business models for professional speakers.
Visitors Click Here To Pre-Register For This Event
Meeting Time: Registration starts at 6:30; Meeting starts at 7:00.
Where: Travelodge Hotel, 925 Dixon Rd (near airport) Eatonville Room. It is just north of the 401, close to the Pearson airport.
Member's evening fee included in membership. Visitor's evening fee $60.00.
The Mississauga Technology Association (MTA):
8th Annual Who's Who in ICT
The 2008 Partnering Forum will take place on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 from 7:30am to 12:10pm at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (South Building), Salon 701.
Other activities will take place from 1:00pm to 3:00pm. These additional events are designed to promote international partnering and alliances between companies to foster growth and development.
- Keynote Presentations
- Thirty, one-minute elevator presentations by pre-selected award winning exhibiting companies to an audience of Government representatives, Canadian and international companies
- Tabletop exhibits by 50 companies
- Networking and partnering opportunities
- Power panel of senior respresentatives from multinational companies, who will discuss what they look for when seeking partners
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 7:30am
Metro Toronto Convention Centre (South Building), Salon 701
XL Results Toronto
Please visit the following XL Results website for upcoming events
http://xlresultscanada.com/blog/events/
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