Momentum: Northern Ireland’s trade association for technology companies
If you’re a technology company and haven’t joined Momentum, you’re missing a trick! Momentum is the voice of the industry, representing your interests to government and providing a range of other member benefits, including useful seminars and networking opportunities. Have a look at www.momentumni.org and join up straight away!

The Software Professional Course

Need some new software development staff? The SP course is currently running with your company in mind. Developed jointly by the industry and education, this is a comversion course for graduates of disciplines other than computer science and aims at giving them a solid grounding in software theory and practice, getting them ready to move straight into professional software teams. Go to www.softwareprofessional.org for more details.

Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA)

SFIA enables employers of IT professionals to carry out a range of HR activities against a common framework of reference - including skill audit, planning future skill requirements, development programmes, standardisation of job titles and functions, and resource allocation. Go to www.sfia.org.uk

The British Computer Society

BCS is the leading professional body for those working in IT, with over 65,000 members in more than 100 countries. Career recognition and development, information services and a range of other discounts and benefits are available to members. See www.bcs.org

Business podcasts.
Check out these excellent podcasts on a range of technology-business areas from our partner ChangeBeat

www.changebeat.com

Technology Business Expert is a podcast exclusively for technology company executives and provides instant expertise, great ideas and practical approaches on all aspects of planning, marketing, selling, delivering and deploying technology. Click the links to find out more about each episode and listen direct, or go straight to the podcast subscription page.

What we’re reading

Yes! 50 Secrets from the Science of Persuasion by Noah J. Goldstein, Steve J. Martin & Robert B. Cialdini.

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Small differences can make a big difference to your powers of persuasion. Yes! Contains dozens of tips based on scientic evidence for increasing your chances of success. “Surprising, provocative, fun”.

Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

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Why are people successful? Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an invigorating intellectual journey to show us what makes an extreme overachiever. He reveals that we pay far too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where successful people are from.