Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 19:25:13 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Web-Net Meeting March 10 6:30pm: "Head for the Web" Panel Discussion
From: sudha@web-net.org



	The next Web-Net meeting is just around the corner!  The March 10
meeting will feature a panel discussion -- "Head for the Web" --  with
three Internet experts talking about the latest news, products, and trends
on the Web.  The panel includes:

	* Nikki Granner, general manager of Web-Staff, will talk about a
recent survey about IS staffing.  Web-Staff is a division of MacTemps,
Inc. providing employment services for Internet professionals in 16 cities
worldwide.  Nikki has a background in strategy consulting, having worked
for over five years at the Boston Consulting Group.  She has a B.A. in
economics from Kenyon College and an MBA from Harvard.

	* Skip Green of Interactive Learning Technologies (GTE
Internetworking) will help decipher some of the jargon that surrounds the
Web industry and discuss new evolving technologies and products.  Skip also
teaches Web Production Management at Emerson College.

	* Marianne Cooley, president of NetHorizons Unlimited, will provide
the latest on making the Web work for you, including news on the status of
the proposed new top-level domains.  NetHorizons Unlimited is a marketing
consulting practice that helps provide organizations with strategic thought
and tactical support for their business plans.  Marianne previously spent
13 years in sales and marketing for Motorola Information Systems Group and
is also currently president of SigNet.org and director of the Boston area's
Internet Special Interest Group.  She was named as one of 1997's Top 25
Wired Women by Boston Webgrrls.  She has a B.A. from Wellesley College and
an MBA from Simmons College Graduate School of Management.


	This meeting is not intended simply as a series of talks but an
interactive discussion on some of the key Web and Internet-related issues
of the day, so be sure to bring plenty of questions!  We'll also provide
updates on Web-Net's projects, including our new interactiove book review
section and the contact database.

	The meeting will be held at 6:30pm Tuesday, March 10.  The meeting
will be held in MIT Building E51, Room 395 (not the usual 345; same floor
of the same building, just around the corner and down the hall).  Maps and
other meeting information are available from the Web-Net web site,
http://www.web-net.org/.  Contact Sudha Jamthe at sudha@web-net.org with
any questions about the meeting.  See you Tuesday evening!