TechLife Update 6.17.09 Kudos ,events. and discounts

Summer is here and I hope that you get the opportunity to take some time off to recharge and refresh. What's on your summer reading list?

- TechLife Meetup Best Practice - scan upcoming events for the next month and put on your calendar. Plan ahead and invest in yourself.
- NEW - Check out our TechLife member discount section at the end of this email


Kudos, congratulations, and shoutouts - (there's some great things happening in our community!)
- Progressive Medical, OCLC, and OhioHealth for being named by Computerworld as a top 100 place to work
- Mike Bowers and the SBDC team for putting on the Ohio Growth Summit - a national class event with national class speakers
- Luke Tuttle for his great PEPTalk - your “digital footprint” and sandals at work - CTO at Clearsaleing
- Central Ohio Ranked Among the Top North American High-Tech Metros by The Milken Institute


- Did you know that the TechLife meetup enables 20 different nonprofit/community groups and over 1200 members to engage, energize, and innovate together?
- Did you know that the TechLife LinkedIn group has over 1200 members engaging, energizing, and innovating with each other
- Check out Qwirtkail - a community happy hour at the Columbus Brewing Company on June 25
- Starting up a business check out - International Bootstrapping Association - July Meeting: Sales and Marketing -

Upcoming events to put on your calendar:(click here for full detail list )
Sat - June 27 - Hilo Bike Ride and Dougstock 2009 - Training for Pelotonia? Fit alternative to Comfest - check it out
Wed - June 17 - Contingency Planners of Ohio - Joint Region Meeting
Wed- June 17 - (social) startUP "open sourcing social change" | columbus (social) entrepreneurs
Thurs - June 18 - Why It Pays to Go Green: Improving the Environment, & Your Bottom Line
Thurs - June 18 - Lunch on the Green
Thurs - June 18 - Getting Results with Social Media
Sat - June 20 - Podcamp Ohio 2 at Ohio State
Sat - June 20 - FreeGeek Columbus Open House
Wed - June 24 - How to Monetize LinkedIn - Speaker Lewis Howes, Author LinkedWorking
Wed - June 24 - The New Agility: Business Analyst in a (Reluctant) Hybrid Role - PMI meeting

TechLife Member discounts
- Sign up for Irish Festival 4 miler and get $5 off - use Tech09 discount code - http://bit.ly/FzKOV
- Looking for a great father's day gift - get 10% off car detailing by mentioning TechLife to Bob at Elite Auto Detailing Services - http://bit.ly/oBN9d - 614-738-996

Peace out,
Ben