Rachael Taggart

The new CAD Society

rachael.taggart@strategicreachpr.com — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:30:00 GMT

Recently, the CAD Society experienced a little bit of a rebound: with a vitalized strategy from president Mike McGrath, and VP, Tom Lazear, the Society decided to revive itself as a cross-industry organization that will tackle both the positives, and the negatives, of the industry as a much stronger voice and organization.

The CAD Society is looking for new members, ones who want to benefit from a range of discounts available to members, including hardware discounts from HP, software discounts from Archway Systems, and training from companies such as i.get.it. Members only gain access to about 13 discounts currently on offer - an offering that is set to rise across the coming months.

As for what else? The CAD Society is going to issue a newsletter, a job forum eventually, as well as forums, networking, and ultimately a program for mentoring engineers and an intern connection program. In addition, the CAD Society will be issuing its opinions on industry issues, to help clarify positions and questions that matter to everyone in the industry.

This is all relevant, important to the market and, as importantly, is CAD-agnostic. Sometimes a cross-industry voice is as important as any CAD-focused group.

So join up now. It costs $40 for individuals and $20 for students. (www.cadsociety.org)

Rach

A bunch of new blog postings by COFES attendees

rachael.taggart@strategicreachpr.com — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:35:00 GMT

Following last week's COFES 2008 event, here are some links to a bunch of new postings by attendees. Most are very positive, but one is quite strange....

Deelip blogs COFES for Ralph
http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2008/04/cofes-2008---da.html
and
http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2008/04/cofes2008---day.html

Randall posts gentle fun on COFES
http://3dcadnews.blog.com/

Deelip posts for himself
http://www.deelip.com/

The COFES wannabe
http://wertel.blogspot.com/

Lynn Allen posts a note about the event (note to Brad: send Lynn a decent photo)
http://lynn.blogs.com/

Evan describes his delight in receiving recognition
http://www.evanyares.com/

Solid Smack wrote up the event prior to its start
http://www.solidsmack.com/?s=COFES

Randall also wrote up the event prior to its start on CADCAMNet
http://www.newslettersonline.com/user/user.fas/s=63/fp=3/tp=47?T=open_article,967581&P=article

I will post more as a find them.

rach

COFES Keynote 2006 Video now Online

rachael.taggart@strategicreachpr.com — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:55:00 GMT

Alan Cooper's superb 2006 Keynote is now available on video for all registered attendees to view.

Bachelor's Of Innovation - can Innovation be learned?

rachael.taggart@strategicreachpr.com — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:58:00 GMT

The University of Colorado, at Colorado Springs, recently announced a new degree program - a Bachelor's of Innovation. Can Innovation really be taught?

What Do You Want to Discuss at COFES 2007?

rachael.taggart@strategicreachpr.com — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:51:00 GMT

Comment now on the issues and topics you feel are important to your business, and that should be discussed during COFES 2007.

Manufacturers ‘struggling’ with Skills Shortage

rachael.taggart@strategicreachpr.com — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 03:07:00 GMT

USA Today and Yahoo News reported this week that US manufacturers are struggling to find skilled laborers to do the hard work of manufacturing. And this is despite the reported millions of lost manufacturing jobs in recent years.

Patents - do they Stop Innovation?

rachael.taggart@strategicreachpr.com — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 07:11:00 GMT

InformationWeek published an interesting article about the 'Patent Trap' - an issue which has been dominating the IT news headlines for months now. And ends with the question - Do Patents Stop Innovation?

Innovation - anything is possible

rachael.taggart@strategicreachpr.com — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 12:49:00 GMT

is there a point where innovation stops and engineering begins? Based on a conversation today, there isn't a defining line

Most people are only alive because it is illegal to shoot them

rachael.taggart@strategicreachpr.com — Wed, 31 May 2006 12:43:00 GMT

This was the rather surprising title to a spam email I just received. This entry looks into how Spam is affecting my working life and questions what the future holds

PGM - another industry acronym to add to the list

rachael.taggart@strategicreachpr.com — Thu, 18 May 2006 10:52:00 GMT

If you create a new term and no one hears it, was it worthwhile? A look at Right Hemisphere's activities with "Product Graphics Management" provides a great case study in how to gain acceptance for a new term or concept, but is the term actually right?