Upcoming January 2011 Events

Please Save the Date:

M.S. MIT Alumni and Student Networking Reception on Saturday, January 22nd from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm at Bechtel.

Professional Development M.S. MIT Panel

There will be a Professional Development Panel hosted by our Career Services Department from 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm prior to the Networking Reception on Saturday, January 22nd. The first 15 alumni to RSVP will be able to attend with the current NoVA students. Please let me know if you are interested.

CMIT Updates and Video Links

The interview videos of David Kirkpatrick and John Hagel are now posted on You Tube (via the McIntireatUVa Channel). Here are the links:

David: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIPNz4XuNlg
John: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zJ5XP6LL4w

The following three video streams are available for download (one for each speaker and one for the Q&A/panel discussion):

David Kirkpatrick: http://streaming1.comm.virginia.edu/cmit/102910_CMIT_1.mp4
John Hagel: http://streaming1.comm.virginia.edu/cmit/102910_Cmit_2.mp4
Q&A session: http://streaming1.comm.virginia.edu/cmit/102910_CMIT_3.mp4

And here’s a link to an article describing the program: http://commerce.virginia.edu/news_events/archive/2010/11/02/facebookeffect.aspx

Holiday M.S. MIT Alumni Reading List

Hemp, P. (2009, September). Death by information overload. Harvard Business Review.

Davenport, T. (2009, November). Making Better Decisions. Harvard Business Review.

Tannen, D., 1995. The power of talk: Who gets heard and why. Harvard Business Review.

Moseley, M. (2010). Improving data quality through agile data governance. BI Journal, 15(1), 17-24.

Shankar, R., & Menon, R. (2010). MDM maturity: Pragmatism, business challenges, and the future of MDM. BI Journal, 15(3), 19-25.

Johnson, M. (2009, April 1). Conquer your fear of public speaking: How audience-centered speaking can help you conquer stage fright. CIO.

http://www.cio.com/article/487489/Conquer_Your_Fear_of_Public_Speaking?page=1
Melymuka, K. (2004, May 10). Tall tales: Storytelling as a management tool.

Computerworld.
http://www.computerworld.com/managementtopics/management/story/0,10801,92932,00.html

http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/02/365-days-10-million-3-rounds-2-companies-all-with-5-magic-slides/


Other Books:
The Business Analyst's Guide to Oracle Hyperion Interactive Reporting 11 – by MSMIT alum Ed Cody
http://www.amazon.com/Business-Analysts-Hyperion-Interactive-Reporting/dp/1849680361/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1287937667&sr=8-1

The New Know, Thornton May

Data Driven, Thomas Redman

The Blind Spot, Charles Feld

Stefano's Dinner Guests

Congratulations to Stefano's Dinner Guests. We look forward to hosting you on Friday, January 14th!

Thank you to everyone who placed a bid in support of this fundraiser. We raised $2,211 for the Annual Fund.

Thank you for your support!


1st Place: $300 – Joelle Rowley - Alum
2nd Place: $275 – Regina Lutz – Alum
3rd Place: $275 – Regina Lutz – Alum guest
4th Place: $255 - Richard Comerford - Alum
5th Place: $255 - Richard Comerford - Alum Guest
6th Place: $251 - Rich Ross – Student
7th Place: $250 – Mark Fleeman - Student
8th Place: $250 – Dennis Francis – Student

(I will be in touch with how to submit your donation for the bid.)

Stefano Dinner Update

45 minutes left!
Update:
1st Place: $300 – Joelle Rowley - Alum
2nd Place: $275 – Regina Lutz – Alum
3rd Place: $275 – Regina Lutz – Alum guest
4th Place: $251 - Rich Ross – Student
5th Place: $250 – Mark Fleeman - Student
6th Place: $250 – Dennis Francis – Student
7th Place: $207 – Bryan Lewis - Alum
8th Place: $206 – Laurin Nesselrode - Student

Deadline to submit a bid is 5:00 pm.

Stefano Dinner Fundraiser to Support the Annual Fund

Update as of 11:00 am - December 15th

1st Place: $300 – Joelle Rowley - Alum
2nd Place: $275 – Regina Lutz – Alum
3rd Place: $275 – Regina Lutz – Alum guest
4th Place: $251 - Rich Ross – Student
5th Place: $250 – Mark Fleeman - Student
6th Place: $250 – Dennis Francis – Student
7th Place: $207 – Bryan Lewis - Alum
8th Place: $206 – Laurin Nesselrode - Student

Deadline to submit a bid is 5:00 pm.

Thank you so much for your support and for wanting to join us for this evening!

Nicole

Update on Stefano Dinner Auction

8 Highest Bids:

1. $150
2. $150
3. $120
4. $101
5 – 8: $100

12 days left to bid!

What: Italian Dining prepared by Chef Professor Grazioli and Server Professor Nelson
When: Friday, January 14, 2011
Who is invited: Our eight highest bidders – Donations go to the McIntire Annual Fund

Deadline to submit bid: Wednesday, December 15th – Two weeks from today!

How to submit bids: Email bid to Nicole Fitzwater, Fitzwater@virginia.edu