[Neasis-l] Social Network Program in Portland ME - PLEASE EXCUSE CROSS-POSTING

[Dorothy Barr]

Please join us in Portland, Maine on Friday, August 21st, for an afternoon
session on "Visualizing Social Networks" with Ric Marshall, The Corporate
Library's Chief Analyst!

Date: Friday, August 21st, 2009
Time: 3:00 - 5:00 PM followed by a Dutch Treat dinner at Flatbread Pizza
from 5:30-7:00 PM in downtown Portland, Maine
Location: Pierce Atwood LLP (additional directions below)

VISUALIZING SOCIAL NETWORKS

New web-based technologies are making it possible to study social
networks and other types of related data visually, often in ways that
highlight previously unrecognized connections and even the way those
connections change over time. This presentation will briefly survey
some of the software tools currently available in this area, such as
Touchgraph, Osprey, and Hypergraph, a few actual applications such as
the Muckety.com news site and the 3D Dewey Data Visualization Project
conducted for the Seattle Public Library, and then move to a more
in-depth, hands-on exploration of US corporate director networks using
The Corporate Library's groundbreaking Board Analyst Leaderboard
software, led by The Corporate Library's Chief Analyst Ric Marshall.

Attendees will learn:

    * More about the technologies involved in visualizing related
      data, the data requirements involved, and some of the more important
      areas where this technology is being used

    * More specifically how this technology is being used to
      Explore the inter-relationships between corporate directors, including
their
      non-corporate connections

    * How to find out more about this topic, including a list of
      The key sites that can be used for tracking new developments and
further
      Exploration

Please register here -
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=J4ZIfDTQSiSFKr_2bS6NukFg_3d_3d - by
August 13th, if possible, so that we will have a firm count for the
reservation - but walk-ins are always welcome.

Costs:
SLA/SCIP/ASIST Members - $15
Non-Member - $20
Between Jobs/Retired $10
Student $10
Program Committee $0

Payment:
Payments can be made through PayPal, by check, or on the day of the event.
The paypal link is here:
http://units.sla.org/chapter/cbos/payment_08_21_09.htm or checks can be made
out to Alex Caracuzzo, SLA Boston Treasurer and mailed to:

Alex Caracuzzo
SLA Boston Treasurer
Dewey Library for Management and Social Sciences Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, E53-100
Cambridge, MA 02139

Pierce Atwood is located at One Monument Square in Portland, Maine. For
directions, visit the Pierce Atwood website at:
http://www.pierceatwood.com/showlocation.asp?Show=2.

For parking garage options, visit this link:
http://www.portlandmaine.com/directions.html. The closest garage to Pierce
Atwood is the Elm Street Garage.

Dinner after the event is optional, but all are welcome! This would be a
good opportunity to continue the afternoon's discussion and catch up! We
will dine at Flatbread Pizza (http://www.flatbreadcompany.com ) from 5:30 to
7:30 pm.

Many thanks to our sponsor, The Corporate Library, for their support!
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