by Steve Earle | Aug 10, 2015 | Events
Join Stacia Misner Varga (SQL Server MVP) and the MSBISF team this Wednesday for a lively discussion on “Automating Your BI Framework”
Quite frankly, some aspects of building out a business intelligence solution are tedious. As you cycle through iterations of your star schema, you’ll find that even a simple data type change in the data warehouse requires you to make corresponding changes to staging tables, SSIS packages, and SSAS multidimensional or tabular models that take a considerable amount of time to implement. But there’s a better, faster way! In this session, we’ll explore lessons from a project that required implementation of a framework to easily generate BI objects based on reusable patterns. We’ll walk through the decision points in the framework design, review the implementation steps, and see demonstrations of how easily you can make iterative changes to your BI solution’s design by using reusable design patterns. Whether you simply want to accelerate change management or reproduce objects in bulk on demand, this session will give you practical tips for automating these processes.
Visit the MSBISF website.
by Steve Earle | Aug 10, 2015 | Events
Join us for #TechSocial at General Provision and learn from our very own Rebecca how to use RetroPi – turning the awesome RasberryPi into a retro-gaming console!
Do you have an opinion on what our community needs? See a problem that needs fixing? Interested in open government, public data, community access or civic engagement? Come to share your ideas, learn something new, or collaborate. We also explore new projects as they pop up, so every meeting is a new opportunity.
Not sure about all this civic hacking stuff? Come, meet, mingle, and decide for yourself.
This is a Code for America Brigade, so please do read the standards set by our Code of Conduct before attending.
by Steve Earle | Aug 10, 2015 | Events
Join the SFIMA and WordStream’s Larry Kim as he shares the social media hacks you need to reach and engage key customers.
- Content Promotion on a Budget: Concrete strategies and process for getting 10 to 1000x more visitors to content from paid advertising campaigns on Facebook and Twitter on tiny budgets as small as $50 per campaign.
- Converting Content Into Qualified Leads & Sales: Learn how to convert 3 to 5x more of those clicks into leads and sales for just pennies per lead.
- How Facebook and Twitter Ad Platforms REALLY Work: Review never seen before yet critical insights into how the algorithms of Paid Social Media advertising REALLY work, including Relevancy Score (Facebook) and Quality Adjusted Bids (Twitter), which govern how often your ads get shown and what you pay for them.
Larry Kim is the founder of WordStream, a leading search marketing software and services provider based in Boston, managing approximately over a half-Billion in annual ad spend across over thousands of customers. He regularly shares his advice and insight with over a million visitors a month at his WordStream Blog and is a columnist and top contributor for leading industry publications including Inc. Magazine, Search Engine Land, Search Engine Watch and Social Media Today.
by Steve Earle | Jul 27, 2015 | Events
SherlockTalent is looking for a Talent Sourcer in our Miami Beach office. Selected candidate will identify candidates for our recruitment team, help with back-office responsibilities including scheduling interviews, working on background checks, and creating offers of employment. The idea candidate must have a strong customer service orientation, be detail oriented and understand the importance of urgency in the recruiting process.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct independent sourcing via social recruiting, networking, job postings, cold calls, etc.
Work closely with recruiters and hiring managers to understand their needs in order to identify the right talent; ensure goals are met.
- Manage a consistent, high volume flow of qualified candidates through active and passive sourcing methods.
- Develop pipeline of candidates in niche areas as determined by market needs and business strategies.
- Identify recruiting sources, assess new talent and develop leading-edge methods to attract diverse talent.
- Schedule and track candidates throughout hiring process in our applicant tracking system
- Work closely with recruiting team to share new applicants and ensure follow-up with candidates
- Participate in Job Fairs representing SherlockTalent
- Assist with scheduling phone and onsite interviews
- File applications and perform background checks on candidates
- Answer phones and greet employees/candidates
- Operate independently with minimal day-to-day guidance from management
- Multi-task effectively- working quickly and accurately in a fast-paced work environment
- Juggle multiple priorities with finesse.
- Conduct candidate reference checks striving to raise our hiring bar with each new recruit.
- Track goals, metrics and performance of the hiring cycle; regularly communicate status and results.
- Propose and implement ongoing innovations and improvements to recruitment process
- Maintain a high level of professionalism and confidentiality at all times
Preferred Skills:
- Bachelor’s Degree preferred
- 1-2 years in a similar role Recruiting Coordinator/Sourcer
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Strong computer skills in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint and ability to learn new computer applications quickly.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Passion for outstanding customer service
- Must possess a high degree of integrity, reliability and trustworthiness
by Steve Earle | Jul 27, 2015 | Events
The CRC – Child Rescue Coalition – will hold its August briefing in Boca on August 3 and Miami August 24.
The Child Rescue Coalition is seeking high-performing technologists and entrepreneurs to join our team of Advisors.
We will have prosecutors and members of law enforcement present in addition to CRC staff. For RSVP’s, please confirm your full name so we may clear you through security ahead of time.
If you would like to attend either date, please contact Colleen Lockwood
More information about CRC here.
Download overview: CRC-Overview-July-15-2015
by Steve Earle | Jul 20, 2015 | Events
Deadline: August 28, 2015.
South Florida Business Journal is pleased to 2015 CIO Awards presented by Steven Douglas Associates. The CIO Awards honors chief information officers who lead their organizations in delivering business value and innovative use of IT in the private company sector and the public company sector.
Download the Official Application (DOCX): 2015 CIO Awards Official Application due August 28
Download the Overview (PDF): 2015 CIO Awards Nomination Overview
Eligibility Requirements
2015 CIO AWARDS
South Florida Business Journal is pleased to 2015 CIO Awards presented by Steven Douglas Associates.
The CIO Awards honors chief information officers who lead their organizations in delivering business value and innovative use of IT in the private company sector and the public company sector. The awards will recognize South Florida-based CIOs who have demonstrated these key characteristics:
• Ability to work productively with business partners
• Alignment of technology direction with the company’s strategy
• Innovation either internally or in the form of new products or services
• Growth in their information technology team
• Demonstration of strong leadership
• Involvement in their community
In addition to the public company and private company categories, one CIO Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented.
Eligibility requirements: Â All candidates should perform the top technology executive role at their company, regardless of their title (ie: CIO, CTO, VP of Information Technology, etc.)Â Â The company must have a minimum of 10 employees and be in business for a minimum of two full years.
Applications for consideration are being accepted through August 28, 2015.
To nominate please download the application HERE
Please, only one application per CIO. A complete application must be received in order to be considered for this awards program and all advisory panel decisions are final.
Finalists will be notified via formal letter and email from South Florida Business in early September.  Awards cocktail reception and program will be held on Thursday, October 15 in Fort Lauderdale.
The 2015 CIO Awards are presented by Steven Douglas Associates and are sponsored by Comcast Business and the CIO Council.Â
For more information on the CIO Awards program, please contact Maureen D’Silva at mdsilva@bizjournals.com or 954-949-7522.
