OK, sorry about this double post, but I totally flubbed it the first time. My post stripped out all of the formatting and links. Feel free to beat me over the head with the email etiquette manual next time you see me.<div>
<br></div><div>--</div><div><br></div><div><meta charset="utf-8"><p style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">We're less than two weeks away from the 5th annual <a href="http://glsec.softwaregr.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(66, 99, 171); ">Great Lakes Software Excellence Conference (GLSEC)</a>. </p>
<p style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">GLSEC is a conference put on by <a href="http://softwaregr.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(66, 99, 171); ">SoftwareGR</a>, a 501c6 non-profit trade association dedicated to improving the competitiveness of Michigan’s software development community. </p>
<p style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><b>When:</b> Saturday, April 16th</p><p style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><b>Where: </b>Calvin College's <a href="http://www.calvin.edu/prince/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(66, 99, 171); ">Prince Conference Center</a>.</p>
<p style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">This year, GLSEC will focus on "competitive innovation." </p><p style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">
The conference has four session tracks. Conference topics span a wide breadth (see program <a href="http://glsec.softwaregr.org/program" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(66, 99, 171); ">here</a>). The conference has sessions on general development, testing, mobile dev, the business of software, and several design-oriented talks, such as:</p>
<p style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "></p><ul style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><li style="margin-left: 15px; ">A Repeatable Kind of “Magic” – The Art and Science of Aligning Business Goals and User Needs Using Information Architecture - Daniel Klyn</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; ">"Extreme Design – The Secrets to Successful Design Pairing" - Samuel Bowles and Paul Hart</li></ul><p style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">
</p><p style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><a href="http://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=937034" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(66, 99, 171); ">Register</a> today!</p>
<br>-- <br> Ben Rousch<br> <a href="mailto:brousch@gmail.com">brousch@gmail.com</a><br> <a href="http://clusterbleep.net/">http://clusterbleep.net/</a><br><br></div>
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