TEN NEWS - No. 7 - Sep, 2007

From now on, we will start scheduling a serie of mini-events everywhere. It is about time to get to know each other in person, our respectives offer x demand and see if there is any potential matchmaking among us. That is the best way to exploit our events and group functionalities. The kick off has started in Rio de Janeiro. Group leaders and local mini-event organizers are the most welcome. Let´s create a very rich calendar of activities from now on. 1. Mini-events: please take a look into our suggested types, objectives and expected results. Read more.... 2. Breakfast at ICRJ: Promptly supporting our mini-event´s initiative, Eduardo Bittencourt hosted a breakfast with 5 of our members at ICRJ - Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro this morning. Read more.... 3. Happy-hour in Copacabana: giving a good example, we scheduled our first happy-hour event on Oct 04th (thursday) in Copacabana for 10 people max. Please register 4. TEN Group on LinkedIN: we are about to reach 500 members there. Missing less than 20 people to go. WOW!!! Please join it now 5. Job opportunity: Gary Van Donkersgoed is looking for a Spanish/English speaking SAS programmer with strong data transformation experience. Read more...

6. Digital TV in Latin America: Hans van Thiel has brought to our attention that Uruguay has decided to follow a different digital tv technology if compared to Brazil. What are the implications of the non standardatization of digital tv services for Latin America ? Please share your view... 7. Cable TV in Luxembourg:  is informing us of cable tv modem access to Internet in Luxembourg. Read more... 8. Survey: Matthew Bowers is kindly asking us to complete his survey on sales competition and forecasting in the B2B and B2G spaces. Please participate... 9. Bovespa (Port): we invite you to read Bovespa August, 2007, a very serious economic report about Brazilian stock market. Please share similar reports with us. 10. Intuition and Creativity (Port): Jairo Siqueira is passionate about creativity. In his article he tell us how to develop our creativity. Read more... 11. Software: Daniel Cabrera is sharing his expertise in software development made-in-Latin America. Read more.... 12. Real estate: Felipe Magalhães is inviting us to exploit real estate business in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. Read more... 13. Fundaments of BNM (Port): this article is a summary of major principles an effective and professional networker must keep in mind concerning business networks management. Read more...

14. SaVVy Concierge: Kim Rix is launching a distinguished business networking concierge services for top executives in the UK. Read more... 15. Referrals (Port): In this video, we explain the importance of referrals, why one should be very careful about them, how valuable they are and an example of a referral based on positive experience.