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David Silva Smith's Talks
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Technology is Making you Unhappy
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January 12, 2012 3:00 PMDavid talks about how technology is taking time away from our social interactions and making us less happy.
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How to Make an Effective Cold Call
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January 6, 2012 2:00 AMDavid did a role play demonstrating how to cold call someone.
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Take back some of YOUR time
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December 15, 2011 3:20 PMDavid demonstrated prototype software to reduce the amount of time people spend emailing.
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The Effective Salesperson
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November 8, 2011 2:00 AMDavid Smith walks through an effective sales process, role plays an effective sales process, and moderates a feedback session.
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Life in the Fast Lane: Technology Tools for Today's Businessperson on the GO!
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October 27, 2011 10:00 AMPanel discussion.
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How you can Help Spread Success
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October 11, 2011 3:10 AMHelp others succeed by pushing them into situations they haven't been in before. Hosting a conference, leading a project, delivering a presentation, introducing a speaker. These are growth opportunities for those who haven't done them before.
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Toastmasters Secret Bonus
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September 20, 2011 2:15 PMDavid will discuss the leadership training Toastmasters provides that many don't know about.
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Your OS is Going the Way of the Dodo
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August 16, 2011 10:30 PMYour operating system has fundamental flaws for today’s computing needs. Google has created a full featured, more secure and more resilient Operating System. This session will show you the Google’s Chrome operating system and explain why Windows, Macintosh, and Linux will soon be legacy op…
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Education is not Educating
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July 19, 2011 3:10 AMKindergarten through high school education is Ineffective Expensive Unfair
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Your OS is going the way of the dodo.
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June 4, 2011 6:00 AMYour operating system has fundamental flaws for today’s computing needs. Google has created a new more secure, more resilient, and full featured OS. In this session you will see Google’s Chrome operating system and learn why Windows, Macintosh, and Linux will soon be legacy operating systems.
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Gymnastics is Bad for Your Health
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April 26, 2011 3:00 AMThis talk covers the accidents I've had since signing my son up for gymnastics.
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Are Fixed bid RFP's compatible with Agile? (Continued)
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April 19, 2011 3:00 PMContinuation of the March presentation.
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Are Fixed bid RFP's compatible with Agile?
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March 21, 2011 3:00 PMGoing through the 12 Agile Principles, discussing how they are compatible with agile, incompatible with Agile, and taking a vote on if the group thought the principle was compatible.
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The Foundation for Reinventing Michigan
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March 1, 2011 2:15 AMA summary of Governor Snyder's budget proposal.
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Join the Blogosphere!
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February 15, 2011 2:10 AMThe way news is delivered is changing. Social Media - Wikipedia, YouTube, and blogs are part of this change. David Smith has been participating in this changing landscape by blogging for almost half a decade and today in his speech titled "Join the Blogosphere" David will tell us how to jo…
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Project Management Styles
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February 7, 2011 11:40 AMDavid went through project management manager's personal project style.
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Why I Give
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December 21, 2010 2:00 AMTalking about the giving I've done and why I give.
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Fighting Login Explosion
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December 14, 2010 4:30 PMThe problems with having many logins, using OpenID to solve the problem, and how to avoid issues implementing OpenID.
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Real World Architecture - Flint
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December 9, 2010 1:15 PMDescription: Are you tired of reading about the things one can do in theory? This talk is about a real world application. We will walk through the architecture and implementation of an application. The application builds on top of the Microsoft Debugging engine to provide two more pleasan…
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Real World Architecture
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December 8, 2010 6:45 AMAre you tired of reading about the things one can do in theory? This talk is about a real world application. We will walk through the architecture and implementation of an application. The application builds on top of the Microsoft Debugging engine to provide two more pleasant interfaces.…
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I'm not Bill Gates
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October 12, 2010 3:00 AMToastMaster's ice breaker comparing myself to Bill Gates.