Great post by John Shiple. He talks about a bunch of the different networking events that occur in Los Angeles and other parts of Southern California. In his post, he mentions the following events / event organizers, and you should visit his post for a bit more on each of them. They put on great events. AITP-LA – Monthly events. MORE >>

The University of California - Los Angeles Alumni Association The UCLA Alumni Association is on LinkedIn and a Facebook Group , and offers a Career Network , Alumni Directory , Newsletter , Career Counseling and Workshops , Job Postings , and more. Please let me know if know of other organizations to add, or if you have any feedback. Win win. MORE >>

Goss was COO of Numedeon, which operates virtual world Whyville, and also has served at Disney, Reed Elsevier, and UCLA. Venice-based Mogreet , which operates a text messaging-based greetings business, said today that it has hired Jay Goss as the firm's Vice President of Sales and Marketing. READ MORE>>. MORE >>

Solarmer develops flexible, plastic-based solar cells, and is based on technology spun out of UCLA. Los Angeles-based Solarmer Energy , a developer of plastic solar panels, said Thursday that it has upped its solar efficiency, to 7.6%. The firm said the efficiency breaks the world record for plastic solar cell efficiency. READ MORE>>. MORE >>

Gerns was also a professor at Pepperdine University, and is on the Board of Advisors at UCLA Anderson's Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. San Diego-based Novatel Wireless , which develops wireless broadband cards and other products, announced this morning that it has added Russell C. Gerns to its board of directors. READ MORE>>. MORE >>