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Posted by Amanda Shook

TAG Marketing “Speed Networking for Marketing Professionals”

The TAG Marketing Society has taken a new approach to networking by melding a tried-and-true dating method with business. Instead of potential mates, this Speed Networking event provided participants with a wealth of new business prospects and potential business opportunities. As participants circled the room, they were instructed to present a brief background on themselves and what they were looking for in new business contacts. No long walks on the beach or compatible astrology signs here! In one session, participants were able to meet and exchange relevant information with more potential prospects than through the months it typically takes using traditional networking activities.

For more information, visit http://www.tagonline.org.

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Posted by Amanda Shook

TAG Diversity: The State of Diversity in Today’s Workplace

With the growth of global interaction, people and businesses of diverse cultures, beliefs and backgrounds are increasingly collaborating in the marketplace, competing in the world economic market, coming from nearly every continent. Diversity in the workplace maximizes and capitalizes the level of creativity and openness to change required in this globalized marketplace.

On Jan 13, some of our community’s leading organizations explored the topic of diversity in the workplace. TAG Diversity was moderated by Jacqueline Welch, Senior Vice President of Human Resources (Turner Broadcasting System) and brought such speakers as Mr. Frank McCloskey, Vice President of Diversity and Corporate Relations (Georgia Power); Ms. Kathleen Kurre, Chief Executive Officer (Techbridge); Mr. Hubert Owens, Acting Director Office of Contract Compliance (City of Atlanta); Anne Harris, Vice President Human Resources (North Highland); and Gina Myers Hampton, Training Coordinator (Digital Insight, an INTUIT Company). These companies, all ranging in size, discussed their diversity programs in action.

For more information, visit http://www.tagonline.org.

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Posted by Josh Lewis

From questions of “video forgery” ethics rising from Mary101 and how to remain innovative during recession to exploring the wow of Google Earth 5.0, the video game Halo Wars and Kindle 2, a new show is launched every week day on WebVisions: a TAG TV compilation of clips from various popular Internet video sites.

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Monday: Mary101 Raises Questions of Ethics
A ground breaking technology can make videos of people saying things they never said.  The upside, making the computer a better communicator or virtual teacher, is being questioned ethically regarding the risk of “video forgery” and more.  1 minute

Tuesday: Innovating During Recession
Trends and innovation expert Jim Carroll talks about bold actions and action steps that innovators should pursue to stay in front of the “aggressive indecision” which surrounds business during recession.  3 minutes

Wednesday: Exploring the Wow of Google Earth 5.0
A Google Earth 5.0 launch event held on 02/02/09 included speakers such as Google’s Dr. Eric Schmidt, Vice President Al Gore, Terry Garcia and Jimmy Buffett exploring the wow of Google Earth now and of the future.  1 hour 20 minutes

Thursday: Hot New Game for 2009, Halo Wars?
Halo Wars is here and the Megawhat team headed underground to check out the hottest game of 2009 so far. Does it live up to the hype?  More than 95,000 people on Youtube in three days reviewed the challenge.  7 minutes

Friday: Introducing Kindle 2
The entirely new class of devicea convenient, portable reading device with the ability to wirelessly download books, blogs, magazines, and newspapers resulted in the Amazon Kindle.  Although well watched on YouTube, comments were not too favorable.  Your take?  6 minutes

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Other TAG TV Features: Tech Talk on TAG Radio
TAG President Tino Mantella interviews Atlanta’s top executives, with a new show launching every Tuesday afternoon. Click to listen to Tino’s latest interview!

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Posted by Ariel Killen

Clough named to Technology Hall of Fame of Georgia
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2009/02/09/daily30.html
Atlanta Business Chronicle

G. Wayne Clough, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and former president of Georgia Tech, will be added to the Technology Hall of Fame of Georgia at the 2009 Georgia Technology Summit on March 3.

Clough was president of Georgia Tech from 1994 to 2008. During his tenure, research expenditures more than doubled to $473 million and enrollment increased from 1,300 to more than 1,800 students. Clough also spearheaded two capital campaigns at Tech, raising more than $1.6 billion in private gifts to the university.

“From his years as a student at Georgia Tech to his dedication to improving his alma mater, Wayne Clough’s impact on Georgia’s technology community is immense and will be felt for decades to come,” said Tino Mantella, president of the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG). “Wayne has influenced the lives of so many in the Georgia technology community and we are excited to see him inducted into the Hall of Fame at the 2009 Georgia Technology Summit.”

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http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2009/02/09/daily30.html

Atlanta Business Chronicle

G. Wayne Clough, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and former president of Georgia Tech, will be added to the Technology Hall of Fame of Georgia at the 2009 Georgia Technology Summit on March 3.

Clough was president of Georgia Tech from 1994 to 2008. During his tenure, research expenditures more than doubled to $473 million and enrollment increased from 1,300 to more than 1,800 students. Clough also spearheaded two capital campaigns at Tech, raising more than $1.6 billion in private gifts to the university.

“From his years as a student at Georgia Tech to his dedication to improving his alma mater, Wayne Clough’s impact on Georgia’s technology community is immense and will be felt for decades to come,” said Tino Mantella, president of the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG). “Wayne has influenced the lives of so many in the Georgia technology community and we are excited to see him inducted into the Hall of Fame at the 2009 Georgia Technology Summit.”

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Posted by Josh Lewis

From last week’s Tech Week in review and how Bill Gates plans to change the world to YouTube and Facebook five years from now according to their CEOs, the Google Earth 5.0 launch event and the TGIF look at the soundtrack of a geek, a new show is launched every week day on WebVisions: a TAG TV compilation of clips from various popular Internet video sites.

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Monday: Tech Week in Review
MegaWhatTV’s Stuart Miles gives us a run down of the top tech news items that broke last week including pricing for Sony’s new OLED TV. Google Latitude and more.  5 minutes

Tuesday: How Bill Gates Plans to Change the World
Bill Gates tells how he hopes to solve some of the world’s biggest problems using a new kind of philanthropy in a passionate and funny talk at a February 2009 Technology, Entertainment, and Design (TED) conference.  18 minutes

Wednesday: YouTube and Facebook Five Years from Now
YouTube CEO Chad Hurley and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg explore what their respective companies may look like five years into the future at the 2009 World Economic Forum.  How is the digital experience changing consumers and communities? 5 minutes

Thursday: Google Earth 5.0 Launch Event
Held at the California Academy of Sciences on 02/02/09, speakers included Google’s Dr. Eric Schmidt, Vice President Al Gore, Terry Garcia and Jimmy Buffett exploring the wow of Google Earth now and of the future.  1 hour 20 minutes

Friday, TGIF: The Soundtrack of a Geek
What music would your soundtrack tee shirt play for your day?  2 minutes

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Other TAG TV Features: Tech Talk on TAG Radio
TAG President Tino Mantella interviews Atlanta’s top executives, with a new show launching every Tuesday afternoon. Click to listen to Tino’s latest interview!

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Haynie: ATL’s entrepreneurs must give back
Atlanta Business Chronicle - by Urvaksh Karkaria Staff Writer
URL: http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2009/02/09/daily3.html

Six months ago Jeff Haynie traded in the fishbowl for the ocean when he moved his open-source software startup Appcelerator from Atlanta to Mountain View, Calif.

Since then he’s not gotten much sleep.

Being a technology entrepreneur in the valley means being always-on, Haynie said at SoCon 09, a social media conference at Kennesaw State University on Feb. 7.

“You’re just another guy with an idea and nobody gives a s**t about your idea because their idea is better than yours,” Haynie told a group of entrepreneurs during one of the sessions he led.

Recruiting, for instance, is challenging when your free donuts-and-foosball perks are up against Google and its gourmet kitchens and on-site dry-cleaning.

The intense competition “has a certain amount of cadence that it creates in your execution,” the boyish-looking Haynie said. “I haven’t gone to bed before 3 a.m. and gotten up [after] 9 a.m. in more than a month.”

Being a startup guy in Atlanta, however, can be more family-friendly, Haynie said.

“If you’re an interesting kinda startup here,” he said, “you can have a little bit easier time to recruit and generate buzz among the Atlanta technorati.”

Haynie’s departure from Atlanta in August 2008 triggered cathartic debate on why the city could not keep this entrepreneur—a local boy—from building his future here.

While the West Coast venture funding Appcelerator received from the West Coast had a role in the move, Haynie struggled with finding the resources—business contacts, customers or local money—he needed to succeed, locally.

“In our sector ... there [are] no people connected to money that have that influence,” Haynie told Atlanta Business Chronicle at the time of his move.

Haynie called for a creation of a “social contract” among Atlanta’s tech entrepreneurs to give back to the community. He noted how Google’s Sergey Brin takes the time to attend startup events in the Valley, even though he is not obligated to.

Indeed. Atlanta’s entrepreneurs are giving back as evidenced by events such as Startup Gauntlet, CapitalLounge and Startup Riot.

Atlanta must do more to leverage its assets, Haynie added.

While Turner has spun out successful entrepreneurs, Haynie said, “it’s a shame we were not able to capitalize on that and make Atlanta more of a media town.”

Atlanta is home to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and has a world-class medical school in Emory, he noted.

“People from all over the world to come to Emory,” Haynie said. “But we have no really sizable ... biomed companies.”

Atlanta’s tech entrepreneurs sometimes lack the drive to go back to work after a successful exit, Haynie said, echoing a recent Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) survey of out-of-state VCs that claimed Georgia was light on serial entrepreneurs.

“If you make $5 million you can live like a king—you can move into a nice house in the suburbs or downtown,” Haynie said. “Atlanta will put you on a pedestal, you’ll speak at every TAG event… and be a rock star.”

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Posted by Tino

There was a lot of information covered in the TAG/ATDC Entrepreneur Society meeting this morning, and I wanted to make sure all of you had access to it.  I invite you to take a few moments to look through the Entrepreneur Research, as well as the Venture Capital Research, via the links below.

Click here for the Entrepreneur research.

Click here for the Venture Capital research.

Click here for the entire presentation from the 2/5/09 meeting.

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Posted by Josh Lewis

From successful strategies for using Twitter Tweets and a look at the world’s first deep-sea research webcam to the challenges of a more open government through technological innovation, New York City’s innovative use of Google Earth and a hilarious look at a prank phone call at a call center, a new show is launched every week day on WebVisions: a TAG TV compilation of clips from various popular Internet video sites.

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Monday: Lets Talk Twitter
Shelly Palmer at MediaBytes shares successful strategies for effectively using Twitter Tweets. 2 minutes

Tuesday: Unearthing Secrets Beneath the SeaLast week, the world’s first deep-sea webcam was installed on the floor of California’s Monterey Bay, giving scientists an unimpeded look at deep-sea life.  3 minutes

Wednesday: Government Attempts at Social Media?Craigslist founder Craig Newmark discusses the challenges to a more open and participatory government through technological innovation including Federal regulations, First Amendment issues and more.  Wikis in the White House?  3 minutes

Thursday: How the New York City Government Uses Google EarthThe brand new Official NYC Information Center and nycgo.com use the Google Maps API, Google Maps for mobile, and Google Earth as innovative tools. 2 minutes

Friday: TGIF, A Really Bad (Funny) Day at the Call Center
Just when many are looking for work, keep in mind some of the downsides within an industry.  This prank phone call giving the call center employee a really bad time is very funny. 3 minutes

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Other TAG TV Features: Tech Talk on TAG Radio
TAG President Tino Mantella interviews Atlanta’s top executives, with a new show launching every Tuesday afternoon. Click to listen to Tino’s latest interview!

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