Upcoming Events

Richmond Happy Hour – Guest Appearance by Professor Nelson
October 7, 2009, Wednesday
Bar Louie
5:30 pm

UVA vs Indiana Homecoming Alumni Tailgate
October 10, 2009
Tailgate 1:30pm – 3:30 pm
Kick-off at 3:30 pm
Rouss & Robertson Halls

*McIntire has a block of tickets for the UVa vs. Indiana Homecoming game on Oct. 10. Visit http://hoosonline.virginia.edu/mcintiretickets to purchase your tickets today ($21/ticket). Join us at Rouss & Robertson Halls from 1:30-3:30 for an alumni tailgate. Visit http://hoosonline.virginia.edu/mcintiretailgate to RSVP.


NoVA Happy Hour
October 14, 2009, Wednesday
Location TBD – will send an update next week
5:30 pm

Fall Forum
October 23, 2009
Value Investing Conference


Second Annual Knowledge Continuum
Two day Executive Residency
October 29 – 30, 2009
Rouss & Robertson Halls
Contact Nicole Fitzwater to register, Fitzwater@virginia.edu

Overall learning objective: To develop leadership competence and actionable knowledge in areas related to the management of information technology.

Specific learning objectives include the following:

IT Architecture & Emerging Technologies (Grazioli)

Project Management (Nelson): We will examine the latest findings from a meta-retrospective of 130 projects with a focus on evolving perspectives on evaluating project success, agile project management, managing project momentum, and contemporary best practices.

Driving Results through Social Networks (Cross): Title: Leading In A Connected World:
Networks of both formal and informal relationships are increasingly the means by which organizations create value and drive innovation. However, most leaders have only a vague idea of the networks around them and often don’t consider the possibility of trying to manage them to boost their organizations’ performance. Our research over the past decade has shown that leaders who are in the top 20% performer category throughout their careers tend to tap into networks to compensate for weaknesses in formal structures and obtain a multiplier effect on key talent and expertise in their organization. This session will describe how successful leaders obtain performance impact through networks and specific ways that CIOs have been driving these ideas into their organizations.


Twitter (Gray): “Is Twitter Strategic? An analysis of core ideas behind a new generation of social technologies to help managers think through the ways in which Twitter could contribute to competitively important goals (or not).”

Leadership Presence Workshop (The Ariel Group): Successful leaders build trust, command attention, develop relationships, and engender followership. In short, they possess presence or the ability to connect authentically with the hearts and minds of their audience in order to motivate or inspire them toward a desired outcome. Through experiential exercises from the theater, participants learn how great actors develop powerful communication skills and how these skills apply directly to their leadership roles.

Richmond Happy Hour
November 5, 2009, Thursday
Location TBD
5:30 pm


NoVA Happy Hour
November 19, 2009, Thursday
Whitlow’s
5:30 pm

October Reading List

List of new readings for October’s Reading List:

Mapping and Managing Momentum in IT Projects
By R. Ryan Nelson
MIS Quarterly Executive

IT Risk as a Language for Alignment
By George Westerman
MIS Quarterly Executive

The Business Value of Agile Software Methods: Maximizing Roi With Just-in-time Processes and Documentation (Hardcover)
by David F. Rico
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http://www.amazon.com/dp/1604270314

Software with a Golden Ear? The statistics of Hit Songs
By David Meredith
UVA Today
http://uvatoday.org/blog/?p=1344

Job Opening at the Motley Fool - Network Engineer

The Motley Fool has an opening for a full-time network engineer. The job posting is linked to below:

https://tbe.taleo.net/NA6/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=TMF&cws=1&rid=194

Resumes can be sent to: resumes@Fool.com

For more information about what it’s like to work at the Fool, see http://www.fool.com/jobs/workplace/workplace01.htm

Five-Year Pledge Campaign

Thank you so much for your continued support! Our alumni came up with a great idea – five-year pledge forms! McIntire’s multi-year giving opportunities provide predictable cash flow, fund immediate needs, and aid in long-term planning. Thank you for those of you that have already pledged! We greatly appreciate it. Every amount makes a difference. Please contact Nicole Fitzwater, Fitzwater@virginia.edu, for more details.

If you are not interested in the five-year pledge, please consider making an online single gift by clicking on the below link to get us started this fiscal (FY10).

www.commerce.virginia.edu/give

Upcoming Events

Richmond Happy Hour
September 15, 2009, Tuesday
Bar Louie’s
5:30 pm

NoVA M.S. MIT Golf Fundraiser
September 18, 2009 – Friday
2:00 p.m., Shot Gun Start
South Riding Golf Course
$110 per player or $400 per foursome, hole sponsorships available
Register with Nicole Fitzwater, Fitzwater@virginia.edu

NoVA Happy Hour
September 22, 2009, Tuesday
Location TBD
5:30 pm

Richmond Happy Hour
October 7, 2009, Wednesday
Location TBD
5:30 pm

UVA vs Indiana Homecoming Alumni Tailgate
October 10, 2009
Two hours prior to kick-off (Game time TBD)
Rouss & Robertson Halls
*Group football tickets available through McIntire, contact Nicole Fitzwater, Fitzwater@virginia.edu

*Due to budget reasons, the tailgate this year is for all McIntire Alumni. We know the NoVA M.S. MIT 2010 students have class that day. If you would like to attend another football game, we will be able to purchase group tickets together for you. Contact Nicole Fitzwater, Fitzwater@virginia.edu

NoVA Happy Hour
October 14, 2009, Wednesday
Location TBD
5:30 pm

Fall Forum
October 23, 2009
Value Investing Conference

Second Annual Knowledge Continuum
October 29 – 30, 2009
Rouss & Robertson Halls
Ryan will provide more information soon. New speakers have been added to the agenda!!!!
Contact Nicole Fitzwater to register, Fitzwater@virginia.edu

Winter Warming Reception
January 23, 2010
Bechtel Conference Center

* Thank you to everyone that attended the Summer Family picnics in Charlottesville and NoVA! Both were a huge success and great to see everyone!

Commerce Career Services Update

Focus on the Future
http://career-resources.dice.com/articles/content/entry/focus_on_the_future

Director of IT opportunity from the Work In Sports website
http://www.workinsports.com/jobs/apply.asp?idx=45031#joinfrm

Recent Tech Job Listings
http://www.justtechjobs.com/?RefID=CJ

September Reading List

List of new readings for September’s Reading List:

Get More From IT – for Less
http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/ideacast/2009/04/get-more-from-it-for-less.html

Agile Leadership and Management of Change: Project Lessons from Winston Churchill and Battle of Britain, by Mark Kozak-Holland (speaker at next CMIT program): http://www.lessons-from-history.com/node/15

“Emerging Outsourcing Models Require New Sourcing Tactics,” by Bill Martorelli, Forrester Research, April 16, 2009.

RFPs the Agile Way: http://www.ddj.com/architect/218101915

PMI ISSIG Webinars:
o A Project Management Primer for Software Testing & Quality, Robert Galen (January 29, 2009)
o Work Breakdown Structures – Development and Use, Michael E. Thorn (available beginning August 27, 2009)