Melvin S. Obrien
san_diego, ca
- Gender: Male
- Interested In: Neither
- Member since: 2007-04-02 00:00:00
- Last log-in: 2007-11-23 00:00:00
- Events: 8
Events:
The Polyphonic Spree
Where: Cane's Bar & Grill
Date: 2007-07-20 20:00:00
Type:
When the Dallas symphonic pop group The Polyphonic Spree takes to the stage, its two dozen members are decked out in flowing white robes, which make an appropriate backdrop for an uplifting musical message of catchy pop minimally laced by gospel.
Suicide Silence
Where: Soma
Date: 2007-09-05 19:00:00
Type:
Suicide Silence are a death metal band from Riverside, California. Too Pure to Die is a hardcore/metal band from Iowa.
23rd Annual Gold Medallion Awards
Where: Town and Country Resort & Convention Center
Date: 2007-05-09 18:00:00
Type:
This annual gala recognizes culinary excellence throughout San Diego County and is attended by more than 1,200 of San Diego’s restaurant and hospitality industry professionals. The restaurant industry is the largest private employer in California, representing more than 1.4 million jobs. Restaurants produce more than $54 billion in sales annually and generate more than $4.5 billion in sales tax for the state. These statistics are key in keeping San Diego’s thriving visitor and tourism industry alive. The Gold Medallion Awards Banquet will honor the Restaurateur of the Year, Chef of the Year, People's Choice Winner, Associate Member of the Year in small and large categories and over 40 awards for the 'best of the best' in fine dining and casual dining award categories. Now the largest and longest serving non-profit restaurant trade association in the nation, the CRA annually raises thousands of dollars for education programs through the Gold Medallion Awards Banquet and Auction. The auction portion of the evening will raise vital funds for Morse, Mira Mesa, San Diego, Garfield and Mt. Miguel high schools culinary arts programs in addition to various member education projects. Contact: For information on tickets and sponsorships to this year’s black tie gala, please contact Tina Summers at the California Restaurant Association San Diego County Chapter Tel: (619) 297-8200 | Fax: (619) 297-8210 www.calrest.org for more information.
Web Project Management
Where: Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego
Date: 2007-07-04 00:00:00
Type:
Cost £395 + VAT for E-consultancy subscribers £495 + VAT for non-subscribers Who is the course for? This course is for you if: You are a Web manager or marketer and you want to find out how project management tools and techniques can help you deliver web projects on brief, on time and on budget You are a project manager looking for ways to achieve greater business benefit and flexibility without sacrificing control in your web projects Your web projects are increasing in size and complexity and you are looking for ways to manage your resource more effectively. How will I benefit? After attending this course, you will be able to: - Know what makes web projects successful, and what causes them to fail - Appreciate the different methods for managing projects and when to apply them - Define the objectives of your web project and gain the right level of buy in and support from the rest of your organisation - Ensure your projects deliver tangible benefit to your business over shorter timescales - Estimate, prioritise and manage tasks and timescales more effectively - Use project management tools to monitor and manage the risks to your project - Bring your projects in on time and on budget - Introduce a continuous cycle of learning into your project team What will I learn? Introduction to Project Management • What is Project Management? • Why Projects Go Wrong? • What’s Different About Web Projects? Project Management Overview • Traditional/Waterfall • Agile • Incremental Delivery Managing Web Projects • Getting Started – defining the project and scope, prioritising and estimating features • Delivering in increments - planning and managing delivery, tools for managing and communicating progress • Deployment • Quality – test first approach • Risks About our trainer Denis Howlett has been a project manager in the software industry for over 20 years. In that time he has worked for both large and small companies. He has provided consultancy and training to companies such as LogicaCMG, British Airways, HSBC, SpecSavers and the Swiss Stock Exchange. He has co-founded two companies, KnowledgeBench Ltd in 2003 and Isocra Ltd in 1998. Denis has experience of managing and building many different kinds of web-based system, from company websites and photo galleries to intranets requiring on-demand graphing, timesheet input and database integration. Denis is a consultant for IndigoBlue, who's programme and project management services enable organisations to significantly improve their ability to deliver IT projects: reducing cost, raising quality and ultimately meeting and exceeding their customers' needs and expectations. Indigo Blue assist organisations in the introduction of Agile management processes, or in the improvement of their existing processes through the pragmatic application of Agile techniques
Ra Ra Riot
Where: The Casbah
Date: 2007-09-25 20:30:00
Type:
Ra Ra Riot is an amorphous blob that consists of six highly dedicated individuals, each bringing her/his own experiences as both people and musicians to the metaphorical table.