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March Meeting of TBCNJ Presents: Digital Disruption - Part 1, a Pane by "Brian Mecca" bd_mecca

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1 March Meeting of TBCNJ Presents: Digital Disruption - Part 1, a Pane

Sat Feb 28, 2015 12:27 pm (PST) . Posted by:

"Brian Mecca" bd_mecca

  TheBreakfast Club NJ Presents a Discussion Panel: "Digital Disruption - Part 1",moderated by George Pace.

Saturday March 14th at 8:00am ET

Slight venue change - March 14 ONLY - While we are stillmeeting at the Days Conference center - it appears that they will be hosting aconference, and need to relocate us to the Hooters Restaurant prior to themopening for business.

Please share this with other groups you may be in. Join us on Meetup.com at: http://www.meetup.com/The-Breakfast-Club-NJ/to RSVP for the meeting.

"Discussion Panel - Digital Disruption - Part 1"

Defined as "the change that occurs when new digitaltechnologies and business models affect the value proposition of existing goodsand services", Digital technologies such as Social Media, Big Data, Cloudand Mobile are not only disrupting business models - but the job market aswell.

As Digital is such a large (and at times complex) space,this month the Breakfast Club is proud to introduce a Panel Format that willwalk the audience thru various aspects of Digital Disruption which include:

•                    Defining Digital Disruption in today's environment

•                    Examples of where Digital has had an impact

•                    New career opportunities - and careers that maybethreatened/impacted

•                    What trends / direction should job seekers expect in thenext 1-2 years

•                    Suggested skillsets individuals should start focusing on

The panel will consist of the following Breakfast Clubmembers who are involved with various aspects of Digital:

Our Moderator: George Pace, George is a Director - IT Infrastructureand Enterprise Architect at Prudential Financial Services where he is currentlyfocusing on Cloud and DevOps Architecture. In his spare time helps people leveragethe power of Social Media.

Panelists:

•                    Frank Kovacs – The Breakfast Club Founder and GlobalHead, Digital Business at Sutherland Global

•                    Haresh Keswani - Haresh is a business technologyprofessional focused on Digital Transformation in Healthcare and Life Sciencessegment. He has had consulting opportunities to work at big pharma like GSK,Johnson and Johnson, and Novartis wherein he has lead multitude of DigitalProjects in areas of Commercial Operations - Sales and Marketing. At Pfizer hewas one of Director's responsible for Digital landscape globally from businesscase to execution. He has also implemented 360 View of Customer for GE withbasic channels like email, chat, web, and customer service center a decadeback.

•                    Rajeev Sachdeva - Information Technology executive withextensive strategy, execution and technology delivery experience in the GroupInsurance and Financial Service space. Worked at marquee names like LincolnFinancial, Prudential, Morgan Stanley and Tata Consultancy Services.

And to compliment this discussion - April's The BreakfastClub NJ presentation will be entitled "Digital Disruption - Your CareerCurriculum"

About the Meeting:

Networking begins at 7:30 am, meeting starts promptly at8:00 am.

Slight venue change - March 14 ONLY - While we are stillmeeting at the Days Conference center - it appears that they will be hosting aconference, and need to relocate us to the Hooters Restaurant prior to themopening for business.

There is no charge this year toattend the meetings, and there are Bagels and Muffins along with Coffee &Tea

Be sure to tell your friendsand bring them along. Be a part of our growing network of Job Seekers,Hiring Managers, Recruiters, Career Coaches, and people who want to be able tohelp themselves and each other.

Event Location:

Days Hotel Conference Center

195 Rt. 18 South, East Brunswick, NJ 08816

732-828-6900

New for 2015 –Meetup.com

We have gone to meetup.com in orderto better promote our monthly meetings and attendance.

Please use this link to go to ourgroup's area on meetup.com and join the group: http://www.meetup.com/The-Breakfast-Club-NJ/

It will take a fewseconds and greatly help us to help you and others. Once you join please leave a positivecomment, specify by RSVP'ing any meetings you can make and direct people bothto our website to join the group http://www.thebreakfastclubnj.com and the meetup.com link. Theseactions help keep our group strong so it's there when you and others need it!

The Breakfast Club NJ - 10 Points for Good MemberCitizenship

1) Attend meetings regularly to keep group strong and help pay back toothers (meeting logistics on our website www.thebreakfastclubnj.com)

2) Keep anti-virus on your machine up to date and run scan regularly

3) Review messages and if request for assistance please help whenever possible

4) Join groups linked in group and connect to other members directly (questionssee Gerry Peyton)

5) Join groups Facebook group and connect to other members directly (questionssee Adrienne Roman)

6) Join groups twitter account (questions see George Pace)

7) If you run across someone in transition invite them to join our group andsponsor them through process (details on our websitewww.thebreakfastclubnj.com)

8) Sunday mornings listen to our radio show, "Your Career IsCalling", at 8am ET either on radio at 107.7 or via internet24/7 live or on demand at www.1077thebronc.com (as this is a call in show yourcalls help make it successful)

9) If you are in transition put your elevator pitch in writing to group, askfor help with job search issues or connecting to people at target companies,regularly post job opportunities (from email you joined the group - send emailto thebreakfastclubnj@yahoogroups.com)

10) Help fellow members whenever possible

Information on "The Breakfast Club NJ": (www.thebreakfastclubnj.com)

Joinus on Meetup.com at: http://www.meetup.com/The-Breakfast-Club-NJ/to RSVP for the meeting.

Goto http://www.thebreakfastclubnj.com for more information and how to join the Yahoogroup. You can join the yahoo group at any time; you do not need to haveattended a meeting. You can also attend meetings at any time withouthaving joined the yahoo group.

Ifyou have any questions, please let me know (brian.mecca@yahoo.com) or send an email to Info@thebreakfastclubnj.com

Welook forward to seeing everyone let's make this a great meeting for our membersthat are in transition and welcome those that have landed

Meeting Format:

7:30 to 8:00 – Registration& Open Networking

8:00 to 8:15 - Welcome andhousekeeping

8:15 to 9:15 – Presentation bythe guest speaker – Limited to 60 minutes

9:15 to 10:15 - Elevator Pitch -30 Seconds about yourself, who you are, what you are looking for, targetcompanies (3-4), how we can help you, how you can help others. Follow the rule of the Three B's of PublicSpeaking: Be informative; Be brief; Be seated.

10:15 until you choose toleave - Open Networking, follow up with people you are interestedin meeting following their elevator pitch, exchange business cards, peruse thelibrary, arrange follow up meetings, etc.

1 - Make sure you comewith the 30 second elevator pitch - honed - including your targeted companies,your value proposition, etc.

2 - If you are not already amember of our Meetup.com and Facebook groups please join

3 - Once linked to our groups -link to each other - a strong network is a vital component to a successful jobsearch

4 - If you are a member and newto transition send a brief message to the group (from the email you joined thebreakfast club from) thebreakfastclubnj@yahoogroups.com introducing yourself - and what companies you are targeting - we have2500+ members that will respond with help where they can

Brian Mecca

The Breakfast Club NJ

Director Member Services

Senior Director,Infrastructure and Technology

LinkedIn:http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianmecca/

Keep the faith, keep networking, never give up, never say die.

That position you are looking for may be just around the corner, butyou have to go look for it, it is not going to come to you.

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