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Poster Sessions - Saturday April 22, 2006, Student Center Building, First Floor

How to Network Without Falling on Your Face
by Michael Goldberg , Building Blocks Consulting

Creating relationships are essential to being successful in today's business world. Most people are not born networkers; they develop the skills through education, training, the right attitude, and long practice. Whether attending a meeting, making a sales call, or interacting in a business setting, it's not who you know but who you want to know. This session provides many of the skills in greeting people, handing out your card, asking for their cards, listening, excusing yourself, and introducing yourself to others. Additional discussions will focus on emotional based marketing, target markets, and how to 'work a room'.

Biography of the speaker :

Michael Goldberg is a speaker, trainer, and consultant, focused on helping business owners, sales professionals, and managers grow their businesses. He has developed work teams and management in a number of industries including retail, financial services, manufacturing, distribution, and information technology since 1983. Michael has extensive expertise in the areas of Leadership, Customer Service, Communication, Public Speaking, Career Focus, and Networking. Michael received his Masters degree in Training and Organization Development from Lesley and is on the National Board of Advisory for the National Speaker's Association.

Human-Edited References on the Web
by Joseph Wetterling, Consultant

As the web grows faster and faster, computer-driver search engines have a harder time providing useful information and commercial sites with paid staff simply can't keep up. While the comprehensiveness and usability of many directories and search engines suffer, thousands of net-citizens work together to form 100%-human-edited information sources. Sites like The Open Directory Project and Wikipedia have become important and relevant sources of information online. This presentation will overview the successes and challenges of human-edited online references.

Biography of the speaker :

Joseph Wetterling has been involved in adult IT and business education since 1997, as a course developer, instructor and speaker. He currently works as a project manager in software and web development in Moorestown, NJ.

Ubuntu Linux: What's New for 2006
by Og B. Maciel

Ubuntu is a complete Linux-based operating system, freely available with both community and professional support. The Ubuntu community is built on the ideas enshrined in the Ubuntu Philosophy that software should be available free of charge, software tools should be usable by people in their local language and despite any disabilities, and that people should have the freedom to customize and alter their software in whatever way they see fit. These freedoms make Ubuntu fundamentally different from traditional proprietary software: not only are the tools you need available free of charge, you have the right to modify your software until it works the way you want it to. The new version of Ubuntu, code named Dapper Drake, is the product of 6 months of tremendous effort by the entire Ubuntu community. It includes the latest and greatest software the Open Source community has to offer into a coherent and easy to use distribution.

Biography of the speaker :

Og B. Maciel is currently a volunteer for the Ubuntu Linux Team. He has been engaged as the administrator for the official Brazilian Translators Team for the past 5 months and been extremelly involved with the Open Source community among the Portuguese speaking community. True to the meaning of the word Ubuntu, or "humanity to others", I have done my best to help improve other people's way of life by completely and selflessly donating his time and skills.

Reporting and Defending Computer Crime
by Jef Henninger, Esq, Jack Venturi & Associates

A vast amount of computer crime goes unreported by both individuals and companies because the victim doesn't know how to proceed or is afraid to get involved. Learn what to do before you become a victim, who to call when you are one, what to expect as a witness before and at a trial, interacting with the prosecuting authority, and other tips to make the prosecution a success. On the opposite side of the law, defendants charged with computer crimes face an uphill battle at trial because most lawyers have a computer phobia which causes almost all cases to end in a guilty plea. These crimes are ensnaring more innocent people than any other type of crime. Learn how to protect yourself when you are suspected of committing a computer crime.

Biography of the speaker :

Jef Henninger is a criminal defense attorney with the firm of Jack Venturi & Associates in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He has been studying computer crime since 1990 and is the author of "Investigating and Prosecuting Cases Involving Hacking and the Computer Underground" and "The Trojan Horse Defense in Computer Crime Cases." He is also a frequent lecturer on the topics of computer forensics and reporting and defending computer crime. For more information, visit www.jackventurilaw.com.