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Microsoft Grant 2014

admin — Tue, 27 May 2014 18:39:43 +0000

As part of the Microsoft grant this year, Microsoft is providing Free Personal One Hour Training Sessions at Microsoft Retail Stores.

Coupons with special promo codes were distributed to Winning Centers of the Windows 8 Open House Contest and Centers in close proximity of Microsoft Retail Stores.

These coupons have a value of $49.00.

The training is designed to improve your skills, learn new ones, or get the most out of your apps and devises.

If you live near a Microsoft Store, request a coupon from your Center Leader today. Click here for a list of Microsoft Store locations.

Coupons expire June 30th, 2014.

You may also want to visit the Microsoft Store in our SeniorNet Mall to view upcoming product announcements.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity.

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Microsoft & Que Publishing Windows 8 Workshops

admin — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 20:21:27 +0000

This past summer, Microsoft asked us to drive a National Program of workshops that would center around Windows 8.Last month, we concluded the workshops with “lots of success”.

The centers that were involved:

Kent Lakes, NY
Minneapolis, MN
Emmaus, Washington, DC
San Jose, CA
Huntington, NY
Costa Mesa, CA
Puget Sound, WA
Second Union Baptist, Washington DC

With the support of Que Publishing, our HQ Team created a one-hour presentation that reviewed the highlights of Windows 8 and the Surface Tablet. Microsoft provided classrooms in their stores around the country along with use of demo Surface tablets.

Folks that attended went home hands filled with prizes, books, and other gifts supplied by Microsoft, Que Publishing, and SeniorNet.

A few quotes from the Microsoft Store Leaders:

The SeniorNet Workshops were ran very well and I believe the seniors that attended the workshops enjoyed their time and didn’t mind learning a little bit about the Surface and Windows 8. I believe transportation was an issue, but everyone was professional and made everything work.

I wouldn’t mind doing something like this again. I can try and arrange seniors groups that I know of.

Andrea B.

Our SeniorNet events were wonderful and we had over 50 guests attend during the two days! Ron, the presenter, was knowledgeable, personable, well-prepared, and overall amazing! We would really like to partner with SeniorNet again locally to host more workshops!

Thank you,

Kelly V.

The SeniorNet workshops went great. We have a large number of senior citizens (older adults) who already hold personal training subscriptions at our store. This was a great opportunity for us to talk to a demographic which clearly has an interest in learning about technology and specifically Windows 8.

Cara was a fantastic instructor and was a pleasure to work with. Her calm and collected demeanor was just right for our busy retail store. overall the attendees were happy and learned a lot and the event was a success.

Thank you!

Rae E.

I wanted to send a follow up e-mail as a thank you to both you and Cara for a great series of SeniorNet workshops! I have attached some pictures for the both of you.

I also wanted to know if you’d like to continue holding events here at our store with SeniorNet, it would be great to have you as one of our Partners of the Month. I have attached some information on the program.

Very best,

Carolyn B.

On behalf of Microsoft Retail stores I would like to thank SeniorNet for a successful events partnership. The curriculum was well-received by workshop participants and the instructor feedback was extremely positive. We look forward to working with SeniorNet again in the future.

Andrea L.

Marketing Manager, Program & Events

A huge kudos for a job well done to the SeniorNet Center Leaders and our Volunteers who made this National Program Series another one for our history book.

Leslie M. Smith

Chairman

Click here to see pictures and our press release

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9 Top Brands-1 Location-adtech-NY13

admin — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 19:59:59 +0000

What is the ad:tech Good News? Why do you think this event will be helpful for media industry people? What is special about ad:tech?

Answer: “ad:tech is the leading industry event for more than 9,000 digital media professionals every year. It facilitates not only networking opportunities and business transactions, but an exchange of ideas that has an extremely significant impact across the advertising industry. What’s our good news? Thousands of professionals and hundreds of exhibitors are heading to New York City for two days of new products, presentations, workshops and relationship-building across an incredibly diverse industry.”

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Recognize these brands? This is a small sample of the companies speaking at ad:tech New York in just three short weeks!

These industry titans will share their challenges and wins in all facets of digital marketing – mobile, social, location, analytics, video, display, etc. This year’s breakout sessions have been reformatted to provide a deeper level of instruction and send you home with answers and inspiration.

Nine of the top 100 beloved brands will be speaking at ad:tech and you should be there! Register now to hear firsthand from leaders like Toyota, Nestlé, MasterCard, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Walmart, Aflac, Facebook, CBS and The Weather Channel to name a few.

For all of the other reasons you should join the digital marketing community at ad:tech next month, check out the website.

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For questions, email attend@ad-tech.com or call 214-915-8800.

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See you in New York!

The ad:tech Team

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The Javits Center

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The 10th Annual Work Life Matters Gala Honoring Top Companies for LGBT Equality

editor — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:41:02 +0000

Tuesday, December 4th at Club 101 in New York City

Club 101: 101 Park Avenue (@ 40th Street) in New York City

Dr. Lori Sokol, Founder & Publisher, Sokol Media Inc.

Lori Sokol, Ph.D., Founder & Publisher of Work Life Matters, announced that all honorees will be profiled in the annual special awards issue of Work Life. Matters Magazine to be published nationwide in December 2012. Companies include: Campbell Soup Company, Credit Suisse, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLC, Discovery Communications, Eli Lilly and Co., ESPN, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Microsoft, NBCUniversal, New York Life, Orbitz Worldwide, Unilever among Top Companies named by Work Life Matters Magazine for their Pioneering Leadership in LGBT Equality.

• Loreen Arbus, Philanthropist/Producer/Disability Rights Activist and first woman to head up programming at a major U.S. television network.

• Jonathan D. Lovitz, former Host of Logo/MTV’s hit series “Set Up Squad”/actor/activist.

• Margot Bingham, Star of “In Between Men” and the new face of Revlon.

• Nick Mathews, Star of “In Between Men”

• Lauren LoGiudice, Star of the film “When Harry Tries to Marry”

• Timothy Mandala, star of the Vin Diesel series “The Ropes”

• Nick Ayler, DJ/Actor/Model

• Rob Sedgwick – actor “Damages” “Law & Order”

• Annmaria Mazzini Sedgwick – Noted choreographer and former star dancer of The Paul Taylor Company

• Camilla Barungi of “Project Runway” fame/entrepreneur/activist

• Josh Folan, star of the new films “What Would Bear Do?” & “All God’s Creatures”

• Javier Gomez, noted photo journalist & activist

• Sebastian La Cause, star of the hit series “Hustling” & acclaimed Broadway star.

• Jessica Press, star of the hit series “Hustling”

• Mike Ruiz, of “The A-List: New York” fame & acclaimed photographer/activist

• Matt Anctil – Broadway star of “La Cage Aux Folles”

• Victoria Milne – Director, Creative Services (Creatvie Director) at Department of Design & Construction, New York City

• Stacey Tisdale – Correspondent PBS “Need To Know”

• Cheryl Wills – Award Winning Anchor NY1 News Television

ABOUT WORK LIFE MATTERS MAGAZINE:

Work Life Matters Magazine is a national business publication that provides news and analysis about the corporate, public and social issues inherent in the quest for achieving effective work life balance on behalf of our nation’s workforce. Published since 2002, the publication annually pays tribute to companies that serve as leaders in their respective fields by providing innovative and effective work/life balance programs and policies for their employees. www.lorisokolphd.com

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