Often good topics and interesting networking. And here's where you can find more events: SoCalTech Calendar – A great aggregation of events around Southern California that has been pulled together for years by Ben Kuo. Meetup – My personal experience has been mixed with these. Southern California Tech Central – Brings together posts from top bloggers around Southern California including John's blog and this blog. You can use keywords like: Events in Los Angeles or Southern California Events or even Santa Monica Events . You can also use Southern

“Under Holly’s trusted and experienced leadership, AeA will be even better positioned to engage this legislation at every turn, and add to our lobbying capabilities around the world.� ( Click here to see the official press release and more details on Holly Evans ) As for the AeA Los Angeles Council (which I chair), we are doing our part to educate members of the high tech community on green initiatives. On 03/20/08, we are hosting an event entitled “How Going Green Impacts The Bottom Line.� ( Click here to see our official press release! ) Or scroll down

I'm interested in how many readers of this blog believe that STEM education will make a difference to U.S. To see the AeA's position on STEM education, please visit their website for more information. AeA is a non-profit technology association that is highly active in supporting legislation that will improve the quality of education, especially in the areas of Math & Science. Of the 30 top world economies , 29 have common high-quality standards and common science & math curricula -- and one – the United States – does not. On an international scale, the

Reports predict that telework budgets will grow over the next 2 years – approximately by 17% in the private sector. (source: AeA Telework Report ) One clear benefit is that companies which embrace telework programs enjoy higher retention rates and can leverage this flexible work-style alternative as a powerful recruiting tool . I have employees that telework… and I am actually composing this blog from home! Check this out: We could save 1.35-billion gallons of fuel and $4.5-billion dollars (at the current price of $3.33) if everyone with the potential to telework did so just 1.6

You can now see all of the AeA Los Angeles Council events on Facebook ! 03/11/08 - Dinner @ Water Garden's new restaurant "Prego" in Santa Monica with keynote, Bob Fox ( RSVP now!) 03/20/08 - Green Event @ UCLA (lots of details in below blog entry! RSVP now!) -Lee Lee Fox, Founder KooDooZ,

It’s time to have your voice heard (Yes, that means you -- the tech exec reading this blog!) More than half of those jobs, the report claims, would be in small businesses. ( see article ) I have personally been a long-time proponent of “grassroots to global” initiatives and commend the leadership of Chris Hansen, AeA President & Chief Executive Officer, alongside Phillip J. With the onset of a new year, we are faced with many more obstacles and opportunities,” said AeA We are at a critical juncture for our country. If we are to lead the global economy, improve the quality

The AeA is putting on an event 03/20/08 from 5:30pm to 8:00pm designed to educate & engage high technology companies on the existing & emerging issues in "going green." Early bird registration (ends 03/10) is $55-dollars for AeA members and $75-dollars general public. Read additional blog postings for detailed event content! -Lee Hosted by the UCLA Sustainable Resouce Center, the panel will highlight stories of companies that have made their green initiatives translate into the concept of triple bottom line: Profits, Planet & People. RSVP now to guarantee your

well, less?" I read recently where AeA is in talks to merge with ITAA ( article ). check out a recent LA Times blog that shares my views. ...Tags: Greetings and salutations fellow members of the innovation, entrepreneur and capital society. I was going through my schedule last night for the next several months and there are a lot of upcoming programs/initiatives; I mean a lot . This led me to think .... "Do

Drapeau's permission, the AeA Los Angeles Council is furnishing this insightful speech below: I'm sure that all of you understand that what I'm going to talk about today is my own informed opinion, and not the official position nor policy of the U.S. For those of you not familiar with Twitter, it's like a cross between Instant Messaging and Blogging >>> or Micro-blogging. Approximately 50 executives from the worlds of technology & venture capital piled into the dining hall on June 30th to listen to Dr. Mark Drapeau speak about "innovation" and its sister topic, "STEM