California University of Management and Technology

Calmates! Beijing wants you to start business there. See event in Santa Clara next Monday - 2017 Beijing-Silicon Valley High-Tech Talent Conference 3:30 PM on March 6, 2017... ZGC Innovation Center : 4500 Great America Parkway in Santa Clara, TOPICS: Economic and Technological Developments in Beijing Recruitment efforts undertaken by the Beijing City Government and ZGC Innovation Center - the first choice for Chinese investors to invest in CA companies INVESTORS' INTEREST Chinese investors are looking for opportunities to invest in the following fields : Life Science Stem Cell Technologies Bio-Medical devices IOT (Internet of Things) Artificial Intelligence Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality and Cyber Security, etc. REGISTER : https://talentsubmit.eventbrite.com (FREE)

World Blockchain Hackathon is the only multi-chain hackathon held during California and SF Blockchain Week. There is a prize pool of up to $18,000 sponsored by Draper University, IBM and QuarkChain. The awards include top teams, highest throughput solution, and best female hacker. Top VCs will be deciding the results of the hackathon with the possibility of investing in teams that interest them. Calmates can register for free at https://kickcity.io/event/5b9337a5cb03650001d8c...ca9 The hackathon will cover the latest Blockchain technologies, research, applications, and development. Workshops by experts and top chains will help you learn more about this amazing technology and build DApps within 36 hours. Workshops will include talks by IBM, QuarkChain, Ontology, and Aikon. You can come alone and join a team or come with your team. Also bring your ideas and projects our theme will be #realusecases. We are focused on solutions that help businesses + make the world a better place.

CALMAT is partnering with LinkedIn + Lynda.com to create an EMBA degree that supports global executives to learn how to advance their careers and grow their business. https://learning.linkedin.com/conte/online-business-courses

Calmates! This is a great event to explore Blockchain for all faculty and students in Silicon Valley: https://www.meetup.com/sventrepreneurs/events/252233727/

Calmates! Beijing wants you to start business there. See event in Santa Clara next Monday - 2017 Beijing-Silicon Valley High-Tech Talent Conference 3:30 PM on March 6, 2017... ZGC Innovation Center : 4500 Great America Parkway in Santa Clara, TOPICS: Economic and Technological Developments in Beijing Recruitment efforts undertaken by the Beijing City Government and ZGC Innovation Center - the first choice for Chinese investors to invest in CA companies INVESTORS' INTEREST Chinese investors are looking for opportunities to invest in the following fields : Life Science Stem Cell Technologies Bio-Medical devices IOT (Internet of Things) Artificial Intelligence Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality and Cyber Security, etc. REGISTER : https://talentsubmit.eventbrite.com (FREE)

Dear all CALMAT students, graduates, faculty, staff, board members and friends, happy happy Holidays!

Professor Marymoore Paterson gave an workshop on innovation and design thinking to Calmat miniMBA program. The tower building competition was fun and we learned the power of prototyping and collaboration.

Ms. Marymoore Patterson will offer an Innovation/Design Thinking workshop for CALMAT MiniMBA (http://calmat.us/miniMBA) program Tuesday Nov 3 6:30PM. All CALMAT alums are welcome also. www.linkedin.com/in/marymoorepatterson

Dr. Eric Tao gave a lecture and workshop on "Business Communication for Non-Native Speakers" in the last CALMAT MiniMBA certificate program, sponsored by CASPA. The talk covers fundamentals of communications skills such as empathy with the audience, simplify the message, establish trust early, use both logic and emotions. The presentation also covers unique challenges for high-tech professional that are non-native speakers of English, such as pronunciation, culture differences, small talks, chairing meetings. Participants, many are executives from IC industries, practiced many of the skills during the session, including tongue twisters and discussion of sections of the movie "my fair lady." Link to the slides of the lecture: https://docs.google.com//1uvxdccv2jhQbmvdHJcuGPXPtqCw/pub

iDegree Programs announced! As a university of innovation, CALMAT is constantly looking for ways to provide the most effective education to help our students achieving their learning and career goals. CALMAT joins other trend setters such is MBA of University of Illinois and Coursera, Udacity to create the next generation of higher-ed programs - a socially-connected, internet-enhanced, challenge-based degrees in business administration, computer science and information technology. While the iDegree program official learning are conducted mostly online, there are optional bi-weekly face-to-face workshops offered in CALMAT Silicon Valley campus. There are also a bi-annual iDegree conferences that students will meet with advisors and faculty in classrooms. Visit http://calmat.us/iDegrees for details

Professor Tong gave a well received lecture on Business Law for Startups in the CALMAT Mini MBA program. The 8-session program will be offered every semester. http://calmat.us/minimba

Social media expert Ana Lucia Novak describing the the social media eco-system during the CALMAT mini MBA certificate program. Great speech!

CALMAT is offering a Mini MBA for starting managers. Contact [email protected] for special CALMAT Alum discount! See http://calmat.us/miniMBA Fall 2015 Mini-MBA Schedule... 8/11 to 11/17 Every other Tuesday 6:30-8:30 PM 8/11 Leadership - 10 essential skills for new managers 8/25 Marketing - Make social marketing work for you 9/8 Human Resource - how to manage talents in a startup 9/22 Business Law - C, LLC, S, steps to create new business 10/6 Financial Strategy - from VC to IPO 10/20 Global Financial Markets - Internet financing 11/3 Innovation Management - Design thinking 11/17 Communication for Managers - how to be a great communicator for non-native speakers

Congratulations to CALMAT Class of 2015!

Must view for CALMAT students! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVrfQIafeYI