Welcome
to the ACS SA weekly e-newsletter for the week ending Friday 2nd May 2008.
- IT Project Management Special Interest Group - Monday 5th May
- Rostrum Club 10 Monthly Meeting - Wednesday 7th May
- IT Architecture Special Interest Group - Thursday 8th May
- IT in the Pub - Monday 12th May
- Half Day Buzan Accredited Mind Mapping Workshop
- Computer Professional Education (CPE) Program
- ACS Member Advantage Package!
- 165 new scholarships - Including 39 at IBM valued @ $28,000 each !!
- 2008 International Young ICT
Professionals Conference Adelaide 29-30 May
1. IT Project Management Special Interest Group - Monday 5th May
Topic: IT Issues and Challenges
Surrounding Merger and Acquisition
Speaker: John Woodward, Director – ICT Transition at SA Health
Date: Monday 5th May 2008
Time: 5:15 for a 5:45 start
Venue: Excom Education, 191 Pulteney St, Adelaide
PCP Hours: 2 - Please book through the link below to assist us with catering and
to ensure your PCP Hours are updated.
Bookings and further information: http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=event&area=9005&temID=eventdetails&eveID=10092576995871
2. Rostrum Club 10 Monthly Meeting - Wednesday 7th May
Good communication is highly valued in the workplace and the community.
Unfortunately, time, resources and training are not always available to develop,
hone and practise this valuable skill. The opportunities available within
Rostrum will help you become more proficient in crafting a speech, giving
presentations, thinking, speaking at short notice and all aspects of meeting
procedure.
Club 10 focuses on presentations using aids such as projectors, overhead
projectors, white boards, flip charts. So, if you have the duty of formally
speaking at a function, need to clinch business deals, want to be able to get
your message across more effectively to your audience or keep your brain
stimulated
Date: Wednesday 7th May 2008
Time: 5:45pm
Venue: Excom Education, 191 Pulteney St, Adelaide
To register for attendance please contact Peter Griffith
For further information see: http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=event&area=9005&temID=eventdetails&eveID=10102951783905
3. IT Architecture Special Interest Group - Thursday 8th May
Topic: “Web 2.0 in Business;
When to and when NOT to”
Speaker: This month, we are glad to introduce Martin Read from Eclipse (http://www.eclipsegroup.com.au) who
has agreed to present the topic of “Web 2.0 in Business; When to and when NOT
to” .
Date: Thursday 8th May 2008
Time: 5:30pm start
Venue: Excom Education, 191 Pulteney St, Adelaide
PCP Hours: 2 - Please book through the link below to assist us with catering and
to ensure your PCP Hours are updated.
Bookings and further information: http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=event&area=9005&temID=eventdetails&eveID=10104771444712#
4. IT in the Pub - Monday 12th May
Topic: Rural Telecommunications: This month IT in the Pub will be a joint session with the newly formed national
ACS Telecommunications SIG which we know as the Telecommunications Society of
Australia of which our esteemed colleague Reg Coutts is the Chairman.
Speaker: Jason Horley
Date: Monday 12th May 2008
Time: 5:30pm start
Venue: Regattas Bistro Convention Centre North Terrace, Adelaide
PCP Hours: 2 - Please book through the link below to assist us with catering and
to ensure your PCP Hours are updated.
Get your bookings in soon for this one! Places are limited and this looks like being a very popular topic.
Bookings and further information: http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=event&area=9005&temID=eventdetails&eveID=10104771625342
5. Half Day Buzan Accredited Mind Mapping Workshop
FPMS are leaders in all areas of Program and Project Management Training and
Consulting. FPMS is holding a half day Mind mapping workshop delivered by Jo
Adams, a Qualified Buzan Licenced Mind Mapping Instructor (QBI) that includes
- Buzan Licensed Instructor (QBI)
- Course materials
- Morning tea / coffee and refreshments
The cost for this training is $225 however ACS members can attend
for $195. ACS members should identify themselves on the registration
form to receive this discount
For more information please see: http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=event&area=9005&temID=eventdetails&eveID=10104771446675
6. Computer Professional Education (CPE) Program
CPEP Partners with Curtin University
The ACS and
Curtin University of Technology in Western Australia have a new alliance which
will provide students with a pathway to further postgraduate studies. Curtin
University provides an internationally recognised Masters degree and is the
first Western Australian university to offer this pathway, joining an exclusive
group of universities in Australia to sign an articulation agreement with the
ACS. Head of School of IS, Dr Vanessa
Chang, recently stated "The ACS and the School of IS both work towards the
same goals; the education and professional development of ICT professionals,
and more broadly the development of the ICT industry in Australia."
For more information on CPEP
articulation partnerships visit http://www.acs.org.au/cpeprogram/index.cfm?action=show&conID=articulation
Enrolments for Study Period 2 (July - October) are now
being taken. For more information and to enrol, visit
www.acs.org.au/cpeprogram or freecall 1800 671
003.
Our latest enews is available at http://www.acs.org.au/cpeprogram/enewsletter/enewsletter.htm
7. ACS Member Advantage Package
Do you know abouth the package of
member benefits available through Member Advantage? Check the Member
Advantage website for a full list of benefits available to you through
your ACS membership. These include items such as discounted health
insurance, low cost tax return services and savings on magazine
subscriptions. See: http://www.member-advantage.com/acs/acs.asp?group=ACS for more information.
8. 165 new scholarships - Including 39 at IBM valued @ $28,000 each !!
Are you ready to step up to a million dollar career
opportunity?
The ACS Foundation (ACSF) has just awarded a record breaking 165
scholarships in the last two months. That trend is continuing. Over 100 of these
scholarships are valued at at least $28,000 tax free for each student. These
include a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) placement allowing students to gain
relevant work experience with leading companies. We are also sponsoring 50
Innovation, Creativity and Transformation (ICT) scholarships to ease your costs
of studying. These cash scholarships are valued from $2000 up to $25,000.
For more information about the ACS Foundation and to see a list of current scholarship opportunities please see:
http://www.acsfoundation.com.au/newsletter/ACSFnewsletter-April,2008.cfm
9. 2008 International Young ICT
Professionals Conference Adelaide 29-30 May
Are you a young professional, recent graduate or
student? Do you want to learn, develop and lead your career in
ICT?
Now in its fifth year, this conference will provide you
with the techniques, skills and confidence to advance your career. You'll have
the opportunity to mix with fellow participants, speakers and potential future
employers. You will gain valuable insights into the current state of the ICT
industry, future directions, trends, essential business skills and the art of
networking.
Hear from a first class line-up of
speakers:
Jonar Nader, Futurist, Chairman of Logictivity Rob
Thomsett, Worldwide Project Management Guru Norbert Haehnel, Director of the
Developer and Platform Group, Microsoft Australia/NZ Alan Noble, Engineering
Director, Google Australia and New Zealand
Register or find out more information at www.acs.org.au/youngit/2008conference.
Confrence Brochure available at: http://www.acs.org.au/youngit/2008conference/brochure.pdf
Endorsed by: Australian Government Information
Management Office, Department of Finance and
Deregulation
Platinum sponsor: Microsoft; Silver sponsors: Department
of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology, Government of South
Australia and Google
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