The 2008 Smart Bet Charity Poker Tournament will be held at the Chicago Cultural Center's beautiful Preston Bradley Hall under the largest tiffany dome in the world on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at 6:30 PM. The tournament features an open bar, great food all evening and a staff of professional

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Please join us for the 2008 Supernova Bash on October 2nd at 6pm. Visit http://www.supernovabash.org for more information and to buy tickets.

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Wed, 2008-08-20 13:00

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Area CIOs, entrepreneurs, university students and i.c.stars alumni to create recommendations for city to attract and retain the best workforce
Chicago, IL (August 20, 2008) — CIOs, entrepreneurs and university students from around Chicago and Illinois are joining i.c.stars, a non-profit organization that provides IT career programs to inner city young adults, on August 22 to highlight Chicago’s entrepreneurial innovation. The group’s goal is to come up with recommendations for Chicago to attract and retain the best workforce in business areas including Information Technology.

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Thu, 2008-07-31 21:00

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In the 1930s and 1940s, people would gather around their radios to hear the adventures of The Shadow, who knew "what evil lurks in the hearts of men." On a recent day at CNA, a group of Shadows learned that good is clearly evident in the hearts of the men and women of CNA IT.

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Tue, 2008-07-22 16:00

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By Sandee Kastrul, i.c.stars President & Co-Founder
The sky is the limit, but the recent Capitalize on Illinois event was above and beyond what i.c.stars could have expected.
A complete success, the event brought i.c.stars board members, alumni and volunteers together with C-level IT executives from all over Chicago and Illinois. While we had planned for 20 tables, we ended up with 37 High Tea tables brimming with various discussions pertaining to the IT workforce. We’re proud of the fact that at least one alum from every one of our cycles was present at the event, eager to meet and learn from those working in the IT industry; and we’re grateful to the executives for taking the time to share their experiences and insights.

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Thu, 2008-06-26 13:00

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i.c.stars, home of the BLT (business leadership and technology) training program, sponsored by Office Depot to host and train nine CPS juniors this summer in a six-week entrepreneurial boot camp internship

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Tue, 2008-06-10 14:00

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High School Graduates Given Training and Jobs in the Growing Industry of Search Engine Marketing
Wakefield, MA, June 17, 2008 - Organization like i.c.stars, www.icstars.org, find the continued troubling economic news can impact on its ability to achieve its goal of helping young adults become community leaders in Chicago. This not-for-profit organization uses project-based learning and full immersion teaching for future leaders to develop business and technology knowledge.

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Thu, 2008-04-24 13:00

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200 Chicago IT Executives, i.c.stars alumni, sponsors and board members to discuss
key IT workforce capabilities, network and more
Chicago, IL (April 24, 2008) — Members of the Chicago Information Technology (IT) community are set to gather on Thursday, May 1, to discuss global trends affecting the IT workforce, meet i.c.stars alumni, sponsors and board members, and learn about the i.c.stars internship program while being immersed in the group’s innovative culture.

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For Michelle Anderson, performing well in her technology career isn’t just about crossing tasks off her list. It’s about changing perceptions. The 28-year-old single mother from Chicago is currently an end-user computing analyst for Northern Trust. According to Michelle, it’s a satisfying, lucrative career she never thought she could have growing up.

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Wed, 2008-02-13 02:00

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Chicago, IL (February 13, 2008) — Geneca, a custom software development company, announced today a $30,000 contribution to i.c.stars, a non-profit organization that provides IT career programs to inner city young adults, in 2008.

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