Please see below for upcoming M.S. MIT Alumni events. Hope to see you soon! Thank you for your support!
Alumni Dinner and Networking Event in Chapel Hill, NC
3/1/11, Tuesday
Top of the Hill Restaurant and Brewery
100 E Franklin St # 3
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-3629
(919) 929-8676
Please RSVP to Nicole Fitzwater, Fitzwater@virginia.edu for more details.
M.S. MIT Happy Hour in Arlington, VA
3/3/11, Thursday, 5:30 – 7:00 pm
Sushi Rock
1900 Clarendon Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22201
(571) 312-8027
Please RSVP to Nicole Fitzwater, Fitzwater@virginia.edu
Charlottesville Wine Tasting Event for Alumni and Students
3/9/11, Wednesday, 5:30 – 7:00 pm
Sipps on the Downtown Mall
Charlottesville, VA
Please RSVP to Nicole Fitzwater, Fitzwater@virginia.edu
M.S. MIT Happy Hour in Richmond, VA
3/16/11, Wednesday, 5:30 – 7:00 pm
Maggiano’s
11800 West Broad St. #2204
Richmond, VA 23233
(804) 253-0900
Please RSVP to Nicole Fitzwater, Fitzwater@virginia.edu
Black Alumni Weekend at U.Va
4/2/11
Please RSVP to Nicole Fitzwater, Fitzwater@virginia.edu
Chapel Hill Alumni Reception
4/5/11, Tuesday
Reception will be at an alum’s home
Please RSVP to Nicole Fitzwater, Fitzwater@virginia.edu for more details.
Richmond McIntire Alumni Event
4/7/11, Thursday
Reception will be at an alum’s home
Please RSVP to Nicole Fitzwater, Fitzwater@virginia.edu for more details.
Charlottesville Women’s Networking Event in Partnership with the Darden School of Business
Wine Tasting at Sipps for McIntire and Darden Women Alumni and Students
4/14/11, Thursday, TBD
Please RSVP to Nicole Fitzwater, Fitzwater@virginia.edu for more details.
Boston McIntire Alumni Reception
5/12/11
Details TBD
Monday, February 21, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Stefano Dinner Update
Last Friday Stefano hosted the dinner at his home. A few comments from our guests:
“It was truly a wonderful evening and experience. I can tell you it will be impossible to ever go to an Italian restaurant again... they set the bar pretty high.”
“This was truly an enjoyable evening and I would definitely bid for it next year should the opportunity arise. Thanks to Stefano and Alyssa for welcoming us into their homes and providing this wonderful experience.”
Stefano said there were a couple of crowd-favorite wines and cheese. Here they are:
LaTur Italian cheese from the Piemonte region
Swedish honey: Svensk Honungsforadling ab Biodlarna
Brunello di Montalcino - La Gerla 2005
“It was truly a wonderful evening and experience. I can tell you it will be impossible to ever go to an Italian restaurant again... they set the bar pretty high.”
“This was truly an enjoyable evening and I would definitely bid for it next year should the opportunity arise. Thanks to Stefano and Alyssa for welcoming us into their homes and providing this wonderful experience.”
Stefano said there were a couple of crowd-favorite wines and cheese. Here they are:
LaTur Italian cheese from the Piemonte region
Swedish honey: Svensk Honungsforadling ab Biodlarna
Brunello di Montalcino - La Gerla 2005
January Reading List
Stefano suggested the below book with the caveat that he has not read the book: just the principles.
http://www.issurvivor.com/shop/article_KJR/Keep-the-Joint-Running%3A-A-Manifesto-for-21st-Century-Information-Technology.html?shop_param=cid%3D1%26aid%3DKJR%26
Recommended by Chris Porter (M.S. MIT Alumni, 2010) and contains a provocative critique of the concept of "running IT as a business"
Run IT as a business -- why that's a train wreck waiting to happen
http://www.infoworld.com/print/108477
"IT's job is to recommend better ways to operate, using technical capabilities business managers might not even know are possible.
These enlightened companies don't have IT projects -- they have business change projects that aren't done until the planned business change has been accomplished, and users are trained, not in how to operate software, but in how to do their redesigned jobs using the new software."
http://www.issurvivor.com/shop/article_KJR/Keep-the-Joint-Running%3A-A-Manifesto-for-21st-Century-Information-Technology.html?shop_param=cid%3D1%26aid%3DKJR%26
Recommended by Chris Porter (M.S. MIT Alumni, 2010) and contains a provocative critique of the concept of "running IT as a business"
Run IT as a business -- why that's a train wreck waiting to happen
"IT's job is to recommend better ways to operate, using technical capabilities business managers might not even know are possible.
These enlightened companies don't have IT projects -- they have business change projects that aren't done until the planned business change has been accomplished, and users are trained, not in how to operate software, but in how to do their redesigned jobs using the new software."
Upcoming January 2011 Events
Please join us this Saturday, January 22nd at Bechtel Conference Center for either our Professional Development panel hosted by Career Services or our Annual Winter Warming – Alumni and Student Networking Reception with drinks and hors d'oeuvres. See below for more information. Hope you can join us this Saturday night!
Professional Development M.S. MIT Panel at Bechtel – this Saturday, 1/22/11
There will be a Professional Development Panel hosted by our Career Services Department and M.S. MIT Alumni 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. We have a few seats available.
M.S. MIT Alumni and Student Networking Reception on Saturday, January 22nd from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm at Bechtel. Alumni will receive two free drink tickets and hors d'oeuvres. Hope you can join us! Last year we had an outstanding turn-out with over 50 alumni!
Professional Development M.S. MIT Panel at Bechtel – this Saturday, 1/22/11
There will be a Professional Development Panel hosted by our Career Services Department and M.S. MIT Alumni 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. We have a few seats available.
M.S. MIT Alumni and Student Networking Reception on Saturday, January 22nd from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm at Bechtel. Alumni will receive two free drink tickets and hors d'oeuvres. Hope you can join us! Last year we had an outstanding turn-out with over 50 alumni!
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
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.
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
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
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
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