James Spellos
James Spellos is the President of Meeting U., a company specializing in helping people become more productive and comfortable with technology. Jim is certified as a Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS). He delivers over 150 seminars annually on how to use technology more efficiently, including using tablets, smart phones and social media. Jim is an adjunct faculty member at New York University, teaching in the School of Professional and Continuing Studies since 1990, and was given their Award for Teaching Excellence in 2004 and their Outstanding Service Award in 2014.
In 2014, Jim joined the Board of Directors for Rock and Wrap It Up, an anti-poverty/hunger think tank, which supports over 43,000 agencies in North America. Jim co-created for them the Whole Earth Calculator app, which helps organization's dentify the quantity of food donated and carbon footprint reduced.
Outside of the meetings industry, Jim is an accomplished musician and songwriter, playing guitar, keyboards and singing for the New York City rock band Contraband. They released their first CD, ???Welcome to the Neighborhood??? in late 2008, and is back in the studio recording their next release, scheduled for 2015.
James Spellos jspellos@meeting-u.com http://www.meeting-u.com http://www.facebook.com/meetingu http://www.twitter.com/jspellos http://www.scoop.it/t/way-cool-tools
James Spellos is the President of Meeting U., a company specializing in helping people become more productive and comfortable with technology. Jim is certified as a Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS). He delivers over 150 seminars annually on how to use technology more efficiently, including using tablets, smart phones and social media. Jim is an adjunct faculty member at New York University, teaching in the School of Professional and Continuing Studies since 1990, and was given their Award for Teaching Excellence in 2004 and their Outstanding Service Award in 2014.
In 2014, Jim joined the Board of Directors for Rock and Wrap It Up, an anti-poverty/hunger think tank, which supports over 43,000 agencies in North America. Jim co-created for them the Whole Earth Calculator app, which helps organization's dentify the quantity of food donated and carbon footprint reduced.
Outside of the meetings industry, Jim is an accomplished musician and songwriter, playing guitar, keyboards and singing for the New York City rock band Contraband. They released their first CD, ???Welcome to the Neighborhood??? in late 2008, and is back in the studio recording their next release, scheduled for 2015.
James Spellos jspellos@meeting-u.com http://www.meeting-u.com http://www.facebook.com/meetingu http://www.twitter.com/jspellos http://www.scoop.it/t/way-cool-tools
Hot Technologies 2015: It’s Social, Mobile & Local
How are you keeping up with the technological advancements that impact your job and career? Do you find that you're barely able to keep pace with the latest developments? This session reviews what's new and way cool in technology that relates to your business in this fun, fast-paced look at what's here for us to use now and what's coming in the near future, including the latest information about critical smart phone and iPad/tablet apps.
It's App-tastic! 60 Apps in 60 Minutes
Do you still have your computer? Or is your company becoming more productive and more mobile by using tablets instead? Whether you're using an iPad, Android or Windows 8 device, without knowing the best productivity apps available, you're not using your time most efficiently. This fast-paced session will review and showcase 60 of the most useful apps for the business professional. Attendees are encouraged to bring their tablet and smart phones and share their...
Social Tsunami: How To Drink from the Information Fire Hose Using a Straw
Are you overwhelmed with information? Can't keep up with the tidal wave that comes from different tech resources? Take control of the Social Tsunami by learning about curating content. Curation makes you a content publisher, as well as providing the tools to manage the information flow that comes into your computer, tablet or smart phone. These tools are the critical time savers and information managers every business person needs.
Google-licious: More Than Just a Search Engine
Google is the most utilized search engine on the Internet, and also has an enormous amount of other productivity tools of which people aren't aware. Millions of people use it daily to find out about almost anything. With billions of information-rich websites (a number that's growing daily), the task of finding the piece of information you require and becoming more productive for your job is becoming even more arduous without a better understanding of Google's capabiltiies.
The Ultimate Meeting Professionals Guide to Internet Connectivity
Is learning about how bandwidth and other connectivity matters at your meetings or facilities a daunting task? Don't have enough time to learn the basic terms that will continue to have an enormous impact on the future of meetings? This session provides an easy to follow overview and understanding of what you need to know and discuss to ensure that your next meeting doesn't fail due to the presence of essential technology.
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