Guest Columns

Cisco Women Of Impact Event Encourages Women To Be Fearless

DEARBORN ? The theme for this year?s fourth annual Cisco Women of Impact event was be fearless. The more than 100 attendees were mostly female and included Cisco employees, Channel partners, and customers dedicating time to develop themselves. With the pace of change and innovation in technology accelerating faster than ever, women need to develop

By |2015-03-27T00:00:00-04:00March 27th, 2015|Archive, Guest Columns|

Phasing Out Michigan Venture Fund Would Hurt State’s Efforts To Help Entrepreneurs

ANN ARBOR - Jim Adox, Chairman of the Michigan Venture Capital Association, and Managing Director of Venture Investors LLC, said phasing out the Venture Michigan Fund ? as proposed by the Michigan House Commerce and Trade Committee this week - would have a tremendous negative impact on the state?s efforts to make Michigan more entrepreneur

By |2015-03-27T00:00:00-04:00March 27th, 2015|Archive, Guest Columns|

Engineering Society Of Detroit All Things Engineering

SOUTHFIELD - The Engineering Society works to be "all things engineering" for the Detroit area and the state of Michigan - preserving Michigan's status as the No. 1 state for engineers in the nation. Today?s ESD offers continuing education, leadership development and networking opportunities to today?s working engineers in all fields ? civil, environmental, mechanical,

By |2015-03-27T00:00:00-04:00March 27th, 2015|Archive, Guest Columns|

New ESD Executive’s Goal To Make ESD Relevant, Strong Value For Engineers

SOUTHFIELD ? Robert Magee, who last week was named the permanent executive vice president of the Engineering Society of Detroit, said his first goal is to make the 120-year old group a relevant and strong value for engineers throughout the state. Magee, a veteran executive with 20 years of progressively greater responsibilities at AT&T Advertising

By |2015-03-19T00:00:00-04:00March 19th, 2015|Archive, Guest Columns|

A PR Pro’s Love Affair With Social Media

PLYMOUTH - When I first began integrating social media into my job responsibilities about seven years ago, I?a seasoned PR professional with nearly 20 years of experience under my belt?felt like a rookie. And in a way, I was a rookie. Learning how to effectively align public relations objectives with social media was a whole

By |2015-03-18T00:00:00-04:00March 18th, 2015|Archive, Guest Columns|

Michigan LCV Applauds State Legislators For Supporting Strong Clean Energy Plan For Michigan

ANN ARBOR ? Michigan League of Conservation Voters (Michigan LCV) Executive Director Lisa Wozniak released this statement following the introduction of a clean energy package Tuesday: ?We applaud the leadership of state legislators putting forth a clean energy plan that will build on our success so far. Michigan?s commitments to clean energy have driven $2.9

By |2015-03-03T00:00:00-05:00March 3rd, 2015|Archive, Guest Columns|

Fending Off The Unemployment Guy

DETROIT - To say that the state of business and economy in Metro Detroit is in peril is an understatement to say the least. Never have I seen such a mass of people without work in this town, notice traffic lately on I-75 and 696? That?s right, there hardly is any anymore. So in times

By |2015-02-19T00:00:00-05:00February 19th, 2015|Archive, Guest Columns|

How Not To Suck At Interviewing For A Job, Part I

DETROIT - Congratulations, you?ve made it past the first hurdle. You?ve gotten past the gatekeepers, resume screeners, candidate tracking systems, and have gotten a call or email that someone would actually like to talk to you about hiring you for a job that they have open. Now, let?s not kid ourselves ? even though you?ve

By |2015-02-12T00:00:00-05:00February 12th, 2015|Archive, Guest Columns|