Digital JAM 2.0 – “The Future of Work is Online” launches today at the Office of the Prime Minister
The Official Launch of Digital Jam 2.0 – “The Future of Work is Online” - a collaboration between the Government of Jamaica, the World Bank, local and international business and development partners. The function is scheduled, today, Tuesday May 8, 2012, beginning promptly at 10.00AM in the Press Room, Office of the Prime Minister, OPM. Watch the live stream on www.digitaljam2.com. Follow the live tweets at @digitjam2 with the hashtag #djam2.
SAVE THE DATE for the event Digital JAM 2.0 – The Future of Work is Online
SAVE THE DATE: Digital JAM 2.0 - The Future of Work is Online is the awesome event that has a 24hr Hackathon. Apps Contest. Seminars. Marketplace/Job Fair. It's June 28-30th, at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston, Jamaica. Powered by World Bank and G.O.J. Details coming in a week.
Caribbean Woman in Tech: Marguerite Orane the first Caribbean Blogger to turn a blog into a Book.
Women who have succeeded in technology deserve recognition: They are an inspiration for everyone, demonstrating what can be achieved through creativity and hard work.” – Fast Company. This interview is the first in SiliconCaribe’s weekly series of Caribbean Women in Tech where we profile and celebrate their ambitions and accomplishments. We also seek to inspire others to view technology industry as a career and entrepreneurship path. We’ll be publishing one interview every Wednesday for the next two months. We launch our series with Marguerite Orane, the first Caribbean ...
Mike Johns, President, Digital Mind State to speak at the Next Kingston BETA April 26th.
Mike Johns is Jamaican. He is the Founder and President of Digital Mind State formerly known as UrbanWorld Wireless, the Los Angeles based company that bridged wireless technology and hip-hop culture will be the guest speaker via Skype Video at the next Kingston BETA, Thursday April 26th, 2012 6:30pm at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel. more
Top 5 Secrets about Social Media Marketing no one wants to tell you
Secret # 1. So What’s the big secret that people won’t tell you about Social Media? It’s not free. Secret #2: And what’s the second biggest secret people won’t tell you about Social Media? It's a marathon, not a sprint. It takes hard work and commitment to build relationships with customers that will drive sales and referrals. Secret #3: What's the third biggest secret people won't tell you about Social Media? You are not in charge, your customer/potential customer is. They have the power of choice and being online with the ability to ...
Ms Riley goes to Washington for the Caribbean Women Entrepreneurs Forum
Our Founder Ingrid Riley has been selected by the US Embassy to attend the Caribbean Women Entrepreneurs Forum in Washington DC mid March, 2012. The goal of the forum is to "convene leading women entrepreneurs from the Caribbean to share best practices and lessons learned for building and sustaining successful businesses in the Caribbean. So 22 women entrepreneurs from the Caribbean who: 1) run an SME; 2) are committed to growing their businesses and; 3) can contribute their on-the-ground experience and expertise to the objectives of this forum, including potentially serving as mentors to other women who want to start ...
ConnectiMass Founder Ingrid Riley appointed to C.I.T.O Board
It's now official that our Founder Ingrid Riley has been appointed to the board of the government's Central Information Technology Office. The announcement was made last week Friday February 24th, 2012. Ingrid was called personally by Julian Robinson, Junior Minister of the Science, Technology, Energy and Mining ( S.T.E.M) and asked to serve. CITO's vision is to establishing a world-class national ICT sector that will foster Jamaica becoming the most developed knowledge-based society in the region. It's mission is to contribute to the increase of national wealth ...
Quote of the Week
The internet is an engine of connection. It has been from the start (email, chat, forums, blogs, social media...) - Seth Godin
The Connection Economy
The connection economy multiplies the value of what is contributed to it. It's based on abundance, not scarcity, and those that opt out, fall behind. Sharing your money, your ideas, your insights, your confidence... all of these things return to you. Perhaps not in the way you expected, and certainly not with a guarantee, but again and again the miser falls behind. - Seth Godin. More We are big believers who live this everyday!
The Digital Manifesto: How Companies and Countries Can Win in the Digital Economy
Every business needs to “go digital.” Data about customers, competitors, suppliers, and employees are exploding. 90% of all data were created in the past two years. By 2016, there will be 3 billion Internet users globally, and the Internet economy will reach $4.2 trillion in the G-20 nations. No company or country can afford to ignore this phenomenon. No company or country can afford to ignore this phenomenon. The fact is that we have entered the “second half of the chessboard,” where the scale and speed of change are indelibly altering industry structures and the way that ...