SofTech

SofTech is the Marin Software and Business networking group where individuals and organizations connect, learn, and share for business and professional success.

Our goal is to help technical and non-technical members master existing tools and applications, and identify emerging opportunities that new technologies promise.

We meet monthly at the San Rafael Corporate Center, located just off I-101. Cost for non-members to attend meetings is $15 and includes food and drinks.

Please visit our website at http://softech.org. Learn about membership here: http://bit.ly/j7uQX

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Past events

  • Gathering Internet Intelligence — Going Beyond Google

    Thu, 28 Apr 2011, 01:00 - 03:00 in San Rafael, United States

    This April, SofTech is offering a special workshop for our monthly meetingIn this 2 hour seminar, Cascade Insights, a competitive intelligence and qualitative market research firm focused on the technology sector, will help you understand how to mine open source intelligence assets (OSINT) such as social media, free web tools, and other targeted search engines and portals to get a crisp view of your competitor’s positioning and their current activity in your market.

  • Agile: What's It All About?

    Thu, 24 Jun 2010, 02:00 - 04:00 in San Rafael, United States

    Chris Sims of Agile Learning LabsDetails coming soon.

  • Webify Your Business

    Thu, 27 May 2010, 02:00 - 04:00 in San Rafael, United States

    Speaker: Patrick SchwerdtfegerAuthor of "Webify Your Business, Internet Marketing Secrets for the Self-Employed

  • Making Projects Deliver

    Thu, 29 Apr 2010, 02:00 - 04:00 in San Rafael, United States

    Snagged, Snafu’d, or Spinning Out of Control - Getting Difficult Projects Back on the RailsA project team tug of war, an unfinished fight, a passive-aggressive VP...compelling project dilemmas and getting past them to the destination. Following our panel discussion we’ll have a project clinic: audience members will give 2-4 minute thorny project vignettes, and the panel and audience will provide brilliant solutions or, failing that, extensive sympathy.

  • Cloud Computing from Amazon and Azure to Zoho: What's In It for You?

    Thu, 25 Mar 2010, 01:30 - 03:30 in San Rafael, United States

    Speaker: Peter Gruhl of Consulting ResourcesAzure’s production release in February, 2010, adds Microsoft’s offering to the Cloud Computing Conundrum. Join us at the March meeting to compare and contrast clouds with Peter Gruhl, Software Development Manager at ConsultingResources.com Corporation.

  • Who’s Managing my Content?

    Thu, 25 Feb 2010, 03:00 - 05:00 in San Rafael, United States

    Speaker: Tim Vander Vennet of SitecoreSitecore USA is headquartered in Mill Valley.This presentation will introduce attendees to the growing world of enterprise content management (ECM), with a narrowing focus on web content management (WCM) and how today’s best and brightest organizations are leveraging these technologies to strengthen their organizations place in the market.You Will Learn: *The dynamic landscape of ECM and how it affects how business is done today.

  • Augmented Reality: Connecting Mobile, Sensors, Location and Layers

    Thu, 28 Jan 2010, 03:00 - 05:00 in San Rafael, United States

    Speaker: Augmented Reality Designer Clark DodsworthAugmented Reality (AR), nurtured in academia for years, has finally become commercially viable, enabled by the power/bandwidth curve of mobile computing platforms. Meanwhile, input and display hardware has reached sufficient maturity to enable devices reasonable to use and carry.

  • Gadget Night – The Latest in Tech Gadgets, Just in Time for the Holidays

    Thu, 3 Dec 2009, 03:00 - 05:00 in San Rafael, United States

    Speaker: Fred Davis Just in time for the holiday season, Fred Davis, [color=firebrick][/color]author and a founder of the Ziff-Davis computer publishing division, will reveal the facts and the hype behind the dizzying array of electronic gadgets and gizmos on the market today.

  • Adobe’s Flash Builder, Flex, and Flash Catalyst

    Thu, 29 Oct 2009, 02:00 - 04:00 in San Rafael, United States

    Speaker: Bernard Meisler [url= Meisler[/url] is currently the Technology Strategist for SF Interactive, the in-house online branch of Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners, an advertising agency located in Sausalito, CA.

  • Creating Programming-free Dynamic Websites

    Thu, 24 Sep 2009, 02:00 - 04:00 in San Rafael, United States

    Speaker: Michael Slater [url=http://www.google.com/profiles/101312690477526570821]Michael Slater[/url] is the CEO of Webvanta, a startup building a new class of web service for small businesses. I'm an entrepreneur, web developer, writer, photographer, father, and boater. Michael's blog is [url=http://www.mslater.com/]Technology for Humans[/url]

  • Corralling the Chaos: Making Software Development Hum

    Thu, 27 Aug 2009, 02:00 - 04:00 in San Rafael, United States

    [b]Speaker: Ron LichtySoftware Development and Technology Change Leader[/b] What software development organization doesn't feel chaotic right now? Some chaos, managed well - the part known as innovation - can be a very good thing. But chaos is very hard to manage.

  • Bullet-Proof Skills for Uncertain Times

    Thu, 23 Jul 2009, 02:00 - 04:00 in San Rafael, United States

    Speaker: Barry FlickerImagine a skill-set that produces such dramatic time and cost efficiencies that you become recession-proof. This presentation will introduce you to four important skills that will help you:[list]Build TrustNegotiate more effectivelyGet people to deliver on their agreementsComplete projects on time and on budget[/list]In essence, this presentation will explain how to achieve world peace.

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