Date: Thursday December 12, 2013
Time: 5:30pm-8:00pm
Place: Mansion at Oak Hill
The December 2013 Dinner Meeting will be held on Thursday, December 12, 2013 at the Mansion at Oak Hill in Carmel, Indiana. Inside Indiana Business Gerry Dick will be presenting a capstone of the year that was and a look ahead to the year that will be for business in Indiana.
This will be a joint meeting with IndyASQ and other chapters of the Indiana Alliance of Professional Societies (IAPS).
IAPS has undergone an expansion this year, adding new member organizations who have joined the alliance under the common goal of sharing knowledge and promoting the economic growth of our state. Join IndyASQ and our current partners PMICIC and APICS in welcoming to the Indiana Alliance of Professional Societies the local chapters of the User Experience Professionals Association, the International Facilities Management Association, the International Institute of Business Analysis, AgileIndy, the Microsoft Project Users Group and the Society for Human Resource Management. In addition, there will be a formal signing of the new IAPS charter agreement.
About Gerry Dick
Gerry Dick is president and managing editor of Grow Indiana Media Ventures, a media company created to deliver Indiana business news and information through multiple media sources. Grow Indiana Media Ventures’ properties include “Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick,” InsideIndianaBusiness.com, Inside INdiana Business Radio, The INside Edge daily e-newsletter, the downloadable Inside INdiana Business News Ticker, and “Inside Arizona Business with Dana Cooper.” Mr. Dick formed the company in 2000 with technology entrepreneur and visionary Scott Jones. Recognized across the state as an Indiana business leader, he also appears weekly on WTHR Channel 13 (NBC, Indianapolis) as an Eyewitness News business analyst. Prior to the creation of Grow Indiana Media Ventures, Mr. Dick was Senior Vice President of the Indianapolis Economic Development Corporation, where he was responsible for a broad range of managerial and operational initiatives, including marketing, communications, advertising and media relations. Mr. Dick’s broadcast news background includes 14 years as a principal reporter and field anchor at WRTV (ABC) in Indianapolis. He has also held reporter and anchor positions at television stations in Fort Wayne and Terre Haute. Mr. Dick is a native Hoosier, born and raised in the Vermillion County community of Clinton, and is a graduate of Indiana State University. He is a vice president at the Indiana Sports Corporation, a member of the board of directors at Junior Achievement of Central Indiana, the Better Business Bureau of Central Indiana, the Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association and the Dean’s Advisory Council at the Indiana University School of Informatics. He also serves as a member of the Youthlinks Indiana executive committee, and contributes his talents to the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, the NCAA Hall of Champions and the Indiana Council for Economic Education.
About IAPS
The members of the Indiana Alliance of Professional Societies (IAPS) have recognized the advantages of partnering with complimentary associations with the purpose of sharing resources and ideas in order to broaden their scopes within operations management.
IAPS chartered members agree to cooperate between their professional societies through academic and cultural exchange. IAPS members purpose is to advance their respective bodies of knowledge through understanding and developing synergies with other IAPS member organizations and educational institutions in Central Indiana.
Areas of cooperation:
- Equality and mutual respect
- Acknowledgement of the expertise of the members in their specific spheres of activity
- The constant search for opportunities to collaborate in education, training and commercial ventures for mutual benefit
- Joint development of curricula and learning materials in appropriate areas
- Seeking opportunities for staff development, staff exchanges, networking and enhancement of teaching effectiveness
In addition to our chapter, IAPS is comprised of the local chapters of APICS, ASQ, IIBA, UXPA, MPUG and AgileIndy. Information about the alliance and links to the individual member chapters can be found at http://indianaaps.com/