Get A Life!

Does work fill your life? Have you ever heard the term "spare time" and wondered what it meant? Are you stuck in a rut and see little hope of change in the perceivable future?

If you are looking for a catalyst of change, this session will give you practical ideas on how to find ways to add depth to your life outside work. As a result, your life be enriched and you will find your productivity at work will improve. If you consider that you already have a "life", this session will offer ideas to add depth and balance to enhance the quality of your life.

You, too, can change the balance of work in your life, and put more life in your work.

GUI tips

GUI-enabling a legacy application requires planning and forethought, along with an appropriate methodology, a deployment strategy, and effective user training. This session will outline the challenges and potential pitfalls of a GUI project.

By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

• 1. Understand GUI and its impact on your organization.
• 2. Methodology and deployment strategies.
• 3. Required user training and reduced resistance to change.

How to be an I.T. Survivor

Do you know that your job will look like in 5 years? 10 years? Will you be kicked off the island? Are you the weakest link?

The IT industry is fueled by change and requires both ourselves and our companies to adapt quickly.

This session is a discussion of topics that can assist you in being an IT survivor. A review of past trends may give us clues to maintaining current skills and developing new skills. This will allow us to remain competitive as individuals and drive our businesses in the right direction for a future of change.

Be prepared to challenge your status quo, and leave with new ideas on how to become flexible enough to adjust quickly to new trends and directions and ensure your survival.

Creativity for I.T. Professionals

How do you define I.T.? Is it an art, or a science? As artists, we create. As scientists, we engineer a creation. Whether artists, or scientists, I.T. professionals are required to be problem solvers on a daily basis in all facets of our job. In this role, we regularly encounter obstacles on our path to creating the 'right' solution.

This session will introduce you to several methods of unblocking and removing barriers. Whether your issue is with successful project delivery, problem resolution, bug identification and removal, team building, user interactions, customer support, systems design, systems development, QA, personnel relationships, or you are just stuck in a rut, this session is for you. It will open up doors that may have been locked, and show you new doors.

Take a different look at the art and the science of problem resolution. And, add some 'Creativity' tools to your skill set.