Academic Resources
Building Your IT Career is used in colleges worldwide - both as an add-on text and as the primary course material. Instructors and students can download the academic resources here.
Be sure to reach out! Matthew has often provided video Q&A directly into classrooms where his book is used. If you are interested in that, contact us.
The Podcast
Proactive and positive advice to help you launch and grow your IT career. Plus, your questions answered and topical information meant to help you develop the most rewarding and profitable career possible.
High-energy! High-impact!
Author Matthew Moran delivers keynotes and workshops covering topics ranging from IT careers, IT department to business unit communication, building your consulting practice, and others. His presentations provide entertainment and information - often involving music and audience interaction.
"Be Proactive! Be Positive! Add Value! Share Opportunity!"
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The oft-quote phrase, "It's not what you know but who you know."
is cynical and short-sighted. It implies your skill and knowledge is unimportant.My modification: "It's who knows you and knows what you know."
This means your talent and professional networking are critical. This puts you in control! -
Are you interested in connecting with other, like-minded IT professionals?
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Beyond the Book
Take advantage of downloadable resources to help you grow your career or your consulting business.
Visit the Supplemental Materials page.
Give a damn and other career attitudes
These all get filed under, “Everything is my fault”. Hint: read Derek’s blog post to understand what I/he mean by this. Give a damn No, I mean it. Actually care about the company and the people you work for and with. If you don’t, shame on you!!! You are stealing from them and you should […]
Continue reading→A Poem for IT Professionals [blast from blog post past]
Back in December of 2004, as my first book was about to be published, Comdex (the previously monstrous tech conference) had cancelled it’s 2004 event and later announced it was ceasing to exist as an IT conference. This was a particularly interesting time in IT as many were announcing the end of IT’s value to […]
Continue reading→Public Speaking Tips to Help Your Career and Business
Recently, I had the opportunity to coach a business owner on a presentation he was giving. The interesting thing to me was how nervous he was given how knowledgeable he is on the subject matter. He knows his stuff! In our conversations about the topic, he was passionate and engaged in the information. But in […]
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