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IT - Email
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How DMARC Can Improve Email Deliverability?
There's no doubt that email marketing is an essential and powerful tool for any organization looking to increase conversion rates.

When your message successfully lands in your customer's inbox, the possibility of a sale increases. For that reason, email deliverability is key to business success.
A poor email deliverability rate makes it difficult for your emails to reach your intended audience. Companies spend significantly on marketing campaigns, but without good deliverability, their ROI is negatively impacted.
So, does DMARC improve deliverability? That's what we'll discuss in this article. First, let's talk about email deliverability and its importance.
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IT - Marketing
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How To Begin Building Trust
What is one of the most difficult aspects of marketing a product or service? While many ideas may come to mind, I would argue it is building trust between all your stakeholders.

That means not only your audience, but your clients, coworkers, managers, and everyone in-between. According to Brenda Bailey-Hughes, a professor at Kelley School of business in Bloomington, Indiana, there are 3 primary types of trust, also known as trust drivers. We are going to look at each one, discuss why they are significant, and when the best time to use each form of trust is.
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IT - Sales
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How To Thrive In Sales As An Introvert
This is the story of how I overcame the fear of rejection as a face to face lead generator - and an introvert.

Fear of rejection is a common issue that salespeople face. After all, the entire sales process is based on putting yourself out there and making the ask. And, unfortunately, there is always the possibility of hearing 'no.' If I can distill it into one sentence, it is this: The fear of rejection can be overcome by choosing to change your mindset and focusing on your goals.
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Sales Enablement Is Key In Building Confidence Among Salespeople
CMOs and CSOs are giving a lot of importance to sales enablement practices. Content, marketing automation and customer data management have become the pillars of any modern-day sales enablement campaign.

Marketing teams are spending a lot of their effort in fine-tuning their content and analytics to achieve a more effective and sales-friendly revenue generation model. Sales leaders are working very closely with their peers in Marketing, constantly passing feedback on how their content and buyer's outreach campaigns influence the sales journey in the digital era. If left ignored, misalignment of sales and marketing reduces revenue according to a new report published by Highspot. Salestech plays a very important role in making your martech stack more potent and effective in revenue generation.
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2022 Sales Compensation Trends: Notes From The Worldatwork Conference
Scott Barton, Varicent's VP of Industry Solutions & 20-year sales compensation industry pro, attended WorldatWork's 2022 Sales Compensation Conference. The following are his takeaways

Sales compensation as a field is resilient: David Cichelli's Compensating the Sales Force has maintained a steady sales volume since its release 20 years ago.
Advances in tech are changing the field, including virtual selling and AI.
Despite these advances, few industry pros currently use predictive or prescriptive analytics for determining sales compensation plan effectiveness.
The field is growing: 40% of conference attendees were first-timers.
Is change in the air? Controversial panel titles included 'Making the Case for 100% Base Salary in Sales' and 'Comp Plan Documents Released in the First Month of the Fiscal Year?'
Two truths remain unchanged: Comp is just one tool for motivating salespeople, and upstream planning is still key.
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SF IT vBeers Broward
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vBeers South Florida (October 12th) Funky Buddha

vBeers meetups are informal networking events for South Florida Tech professionals.
In-person, after work vBeers have resumed! Hang out with IT colleagues after work!
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Schedule
- 2nd Wed - Funky Buddha, Oakland Park
- 3rd Wed - Biergarten Boca, Boca Raton
Hosted by John J. McLaughlin, Board Member, South Florida Tech Hub
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Sponsor - SIM
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Society for Information Management (SIM) - South Florida Chapter
Joining SIM connects you with top IT leaders in the industry, including: CIOs, senior IT executives, prominent academicians, consultants, and other top IT professionals

The Chapter strives to strengthen professional communications among members who direct the application of information technology in private and public organizations. Chapter activities include:
- Meeting to share innovative ideas and real-world experiences which address enterprise information needs. We have excellent speakers from our membership and bring in industry executives or subject matter experts from many sources.
- Providing presentations by leading national information-management professionals and executives who benefit from management-information systems.
- Challenging our comfort levels by exchanging ideas with peers and business counterparts.
- Being a resource for each other, and personal networking.
SIM South Florida Membership Dues
Practitioners
- For-profit organization: $250/year
- Not-for-profit, educational or Government organization: $150/year
Non-Practitioner
- For-profit organization: $500/year
- Not-for-profit, educational or Government organization: $250/year
Joint membership with Tech Hub South Florida (SFTH)
- Joint membership with Tech Hub South Florida
- Joint membership for a Practitioner from a Not-for-profit, educational or Government organization: $215/year
The geographical scope of the South Florida Chapter is Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach County. Subscribe to receive emails from the chapter to get notified of all relevant events in the area. If you are already subscribed, you will be sent a link to update your preferences.
Connects the Area's Premier IT leaders - for Business Solution Exchange, Professional Development, and Timely Education
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Sponsor - ISACA
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ISACA South Florida Chapter
A diverse group of innovative thought leaders partnering with the community to serve as the first choice for professional development and a global role model for ISACA Chapters by 2024
SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM
- ISACA South Florida Chapter outreach to more than 1,000 professionals, and partner organizations which represent a range of Corporate IT Audit, IT Compliance, IT Governance & IT Security responsibilities in a cross section of industries and business sizes
- Extensive networking opportunities, face-to-face contact and one-on-one meetings
- Display of your latest products and services to all attendees
- Traffic flow throughout the exhibition area
- Display of your logo and link to your home page on our ISACA South Florida Chapter web site
Find out more! Contact us at president@isacasfl.org
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Sponsor - ISSA
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South Florida Chapter of the ISSA
The ISSA South Florida Chapter (SFISSA) is a not-for-profit organization of information security professionals and practitioners

ISSA provides educational forums and peer interaction opportunities that enhance the knowledge, skill and professional growth of its members. Members include practitioners at all levels of the security field in a broad range of industries, such as communications, education, healthcare, manufacturing, financial and government. SFISSA is an excellent vehicle for those who need to acquire CPE credits for certification needs. We need your support, so we hope that you will consider becoming a sponsor to support our chapter.
Sponsorship Options: Chapter sponsorship
Platinum sponsors $1,500/meeting benefits include:
- Non-marketing presentation at one SFISSA meeting (including attendee/sign-in list)
- Higher priority in speaker selection for SFISSA Annual Conference
- Logo signage displayed at meetings*
- Logo, name and company URL on SFISSA website for event
- Materials distributed at SFISSA meetings*
- 5 minute presentation at 1 SFISSA meetings per year
Program sponsors $1,000/meeting benefits include:
- Non-marketing presentation at one SFISSA meeting
- Logo signage displayed at meetings*
- Logo, name and company URL on SFISSA website for event
- Materials distributed at SFISSA meetings*
- 5 minute presentation at 1 SFISSA meetings per year
Conference sponsorship opportunities coming soon.
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Sponsor - Refresh Miami
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Refresh Miami: Educate, Inspire, Connect and Grow South Florida's Tech and Startup Ecosystem
Be front and center at all our monthly speaker events, get training on the latest technologies, break bread with our distinguished speakers, and find qualified candidates via our sponsored job listings

Be front and center at all our monthly speaker events, get training on the latest technologies, break bread with our distinguished speakers, and find qualified candidates via our sponsored job listings.
Refresh Corporate: $2000/Year
- Guaranteed ticket to all speaker events
- Complimentary ticket to three (3) Refresh Miami workshops ($150 value!)
- 40% discount on all other Refresh Miami workshops ($160 value!)
- Preferred Access to VIP/Speaker Dinners
- Discounts on Community Events
- Partner Discounts
- Refresh Miami T-Shirt
- Ability to post relevant events to Community Calendar
- Ability to post jobs to Refresh Job Board
- Ability to post business to Refresh Miami Tech Map
$2000/Year
Join today and experience some great benefits, like guaranteed tickets to all Refresh Miami speaker events, access to VIP / Speaker dinners, discounts on Refresh Miami workshops and more!
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Sponsor - Palm Beach Tech
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South Florida Tech Hub (SFTH)
Check our Membership options and help build the South Florida into a Tech Hub!

SFTH Memberships are based on Exposure, Talent, & Business
- STARTUP and nonprofit - $1,000/year
- Ambassador - $2,500/year
- Premier - $5,000/year
- Executive - $10,000/year
Individual membership is just $100 per year.
In partnership with SIM South Florida, SFTH is happy to offer a special rate on a joint membership for $295/year.
You will get access to SIM's local and national leadership content and opportunities, plus South Florida Tech Hub's tech and startup content. You must be an IT leader to qualify for this membership (i.e. no sales or recruiters)
South Florida Tech Hub is a 501(c)6 nonprofit Building South Florida's Tech Hub
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Sponsor - SFHIMA
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South Florida Health Information Management Association (SFHIMA)
We are the SMEs in health information! So whether you are a student, a recent graduate, seasoned professional or profession partner, your local chapter is here for you.

South Florida Health Information Management Association.
The theme from FHIMA for this year is 'Smooth Sailing Ahead'.
SFHIMA is ready to set sail with more great informational sessions, networking and continuing education opportunities. Sessions this year will be offered in person and via remote web connections.
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Sponsor - PMI
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PMI: Advance the PM Profession Through the Promotion of Certification Training
To be a conduit of innovation, networking and support for the next evolution of Project Managers through strategic focus, customer centricity and operation agility

Mission
- Advance the PM profession through the promotion of PMI certification training and project excellence acknowledgement.
- Provide members and volunteers with networking, leadership roles and superior development and education events and activities,
- Ensure alignment with PMIs talent triangle, compliance with PMIs core values and contribution to the improvement of the PM body of knowledge.
We are only one of over 270 Chapters serving Project Management Institute (PMI) members and
communities in more than 70 countries around the world. These local communities help spread awareness of the profession and PMI by reaching out to local governments and organizations, hosting events or seminars for local practitioners and providing opportunities to learn, network and earn Professional Development Units (PDUs) toward maintaining credentials.
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Sponsor - IIBA
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IIBA: Premier World-Wide Professional Association for Business Analysts
We are the local representative of the International Institution of Business Analysis (IIBA), the premier world-wide professional association for business analyst
Sponsorships are available.
The objectives of the Chapter are to:
- Promote and advance the profession of Business Analysis
- Provide opportunities to our members to gain knowledge and network with experienced professionals across various industries and government agencies
- Provide access for members to a formal "knowledge base" as well as forums for sharing expertise, expressing professional opinions and building a reputation within the industry
- Provide pathways to learn about business analysis best practices
- Create corporate support for the IIBA within the local market by superior marketing/awareness programs that demonstrate the value of business analysis and the IIBA
- Liaise with industry and association partners to increase awareness and benefit of IIBA Chapter members
- Encourage and provide opportunities for our members to become Business Analysis certified professionals
As our events calendar and past events reflect, we have a mix of day time symposiums for professional development, after work meetings focused on a topic of particular concern to business analysts, and online meetings and webinars to develop your technical skills and analytical competencies, as well as one to two premiere dinner events per year with at least one distinguished guest speaker.
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IT - Email, IT - Marketing, IT - Sales, SF IT vBeers Broward, SF IT vBeers Boca, Sponsor - SIM, Sponsor - ISACA, Sponsor - ISSA, Sponsor - Refresh Miami, Sponsor - Palm Beach Tech, Sponsor - SFHIMA, Sponsor - PMI, Sponsor - IIBA
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