Michelle Peterson Posts

  • Managed Services Sales Tactics Must Keep Pace with Change, Says CharTec CEO

    Mar 25, 2015, 00:33 AM by Michelle Peterson
    Managed services has undergone many changes over the years, and sales techniques must evolve to keep up, according to CharTec CEO Alex Rogers, who spoke to the CompTIA Managed Services Community during AMM Tuesday.
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  • Create Your Ideal IT Business

    Mar 24, 2015, 16:08 PM by Michelle Peterson
    CompTIA’s offering three unique educational pieces at this week’s Annual Member Meeting in Florida — tools that focus on the soft skills and financial savviness that make for a successful solution provider.
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  • STEM School Panel: Summer Internships Can Help Solve IT’s Skills Gap and Diversity Divide

    Mar 3, 2015, 21:42 PM by Michelle Peterson
    High school junior Shannon Watkins didn’t have a career path in mind when she started at Sarah E. Goode STEM Academy in Chicago, but her skills-based learning experience at one of Chicago’s five Early College STEM Schools (ECSS) — plus exposure to real IT workplaces like IBM and Razorfish — opened her eyes to some wild possibilities.
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  • Youth Coding Groups in the U.S. and Canada Get $10,000 Bump from CompTIA

    Mar 2, 2015, 14:00 PM by Michelle Peterson
    Youth coding groups in the U.S. and Canada were both able to further their missions thanks to a $10,000 charitable donation from two of CompTIA’s Communities.
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  • Join a Community and Move the Industry Forward at AMM

    Feb 27, 2015, 22:46 PM by Michelle Peterson
    Get a handle on the “new normal” in IT security, learn what your company can do to promote diversity or find your place with other industry Millennials during the CompTIA Community meetings, scheduled for our upcoming Annual Member Meeting. Pick your passion and join us at the Sawgrass Marriott in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
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  • Gain Hours of Insight in Just 20 Minutes with Channel Bytes

    Feb 25, 2015, 19:48 PM by Michelle Peterson
    Grab a cup of coffee and spend just 20 minutes learning actionable market and channel intelligence from CompTIA. The Channel Bytes Webinar: 2015 IT Industry Outlook Series kicks off March 4 with key insight into the macro forces shaping the IT industry and workforce in the year ahead.
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  • STEM School Panel: Summer Internships Can Help Solve Skills Gap and Diversity Divide

    Feb 20, 2015, 21:51 PM by Michelle Peterson
    High school junior Shannon Watkins didn’t have a career path in mind when she started at Sarah E. Goode STEM Academy in Chicago, but her skills-based learning experience at one of Chicago’s five Early College STEM Schools — plus exposure to real IT workplaces like IBM and Razorfish — opened her eyes to some wild possibilities.
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  • CompTIA Donation Helps TechGirlz Promote IT Careers to 1,500 Young Women

    Feb 16, 2015, 14:02 PM by Michelle Peterson
    A nonprofit dedicated to reducing — and hopefully eliminating — the gender gap in technology received a charitable donation from CompTIA that will help spread the TechGirlz message outside the mid-Atlantic region and impact more than 1,500 girls in just one school year.
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  • IT's Next Generation Takes the Wheel in CompTIA's New Future Leaders Community

    Jan 20, 2015, 14:30 PM by Michelle Peterson
    CompTIA’s newest community gives millennials a forum to share ideas, discuss the complexities of a multigenerational workforce and build related best practices. Here, we talk to some of the group’s early adopters on the thrust of the organization and how CompTIA’s Future Leaders Community is shaping the next generation of IT leadership.
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  • AMM Keynote Promises to Turn Marketing Upside Down

    Jan 13, 2015, 15:00 PM by Michelle Peterson
    Learn to position yourself as a trusted expert so that when your target market needs you, they come for you — that’s the message from marketing expert Scott Stratten, president of UnMarketing Inc. and the keynote speaker for CompTIA’s 2015 Annual Member Meeting.
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