March 23, 2023

Below are the Contents of our current ABL Technology Online News & Trendletter

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WELCOME NEW MEMBER! 

>>>Laith Pahlawan is Founder and CEO of The Orange Crew, a managed IT services and support company serving Orange County and Los Angeles. Orange Crew’s mission is to “Make it Ridiculously! Easy to work with IT.” The Orange Crew provides tailor-made services to all companies seeking IT support regardless of the size of their staff, budget, or operations. Seeing a gap in the IT services industry, The Orange Crew focuses on providing responsive IT support through both on-site and remote technology assistance. Today, fruitful IT solutions are custom designed to help the client’s valued customers achieve and maintain the ideal IT working environment to support their goals. The Orange Crew’s services include managed IT services, network and computer security, data backup and recovery, business telephone services, VOIP, and more. Industries served include accounting and law firms, engineering and design firms, small- to mid-size companies, municipalities, non-profits, and charter schools. Laith has led The Orange Crew since 2016, as well as its predecessor company, Acompuco, since 2002, when that company was merged with Latitude to create The Orange Crew. Earlier, he was IT Manager at TeleTech; IT Manager at Interwood Marketing Group; and Lead IT Support Specialist for Rider Travel Group. Laith has joined the West Los Angeles Round Table.

UPCOMING ABL-TECH ROUND TABLES

In April’s In-Person Round Tables (with a Zoom option), we’ll be discussing “Internal & External Business Sense Are Both Important: Are You Developing Both?”

April 6 – ABL-Tech OC Table – featuring Marshall Toplansky of Chapman Business School

April 7 – ABL-Tech SGV Table – featuring Ali Payani of LookinLA

April 14 – ABL-Tech WLA Table – featuring Ali Payani of LookinLA

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Blog by Mimi Grant, President of ABL Organization

Re-Cap of Mimi’s Recent Participation at the FUTURES Exhibit at the Smithsonian

FUTURES Exhibit

Mimi recently participated in the “Living Longer Festival: Health + Wellness 2050,” held at the Smithsonian Arts & Industries Building on the National Mall. Here, Mimi shares a brief photo journal, with captions, of her incredible experience.

National Museum
In 1879, the “National Museum” – the nation’s first, was “crowned” on the Washington Mall. Last November, after being closed for the past 20 years, the renamed Smithsonian “Arts + Industries Building” (AIB) reopened its doors to host the “FUTURES” exhibit. Over the eight months of the exhibit, FUTURES looked at a number of themes, including the future of AI, Generative Design, Conservation, Energy, Transportation, Work, Fashion, Gaming, and “Healthcare – in 2050.”

The Doctor is In (Space)
On June 25th, the “Living Longer Festival: Health + Wellness 2050,” highlighted a special demonstration entitled, “The Doctor Is In (SPACE),” “demonstrating” how an astronaut using a MedWand on a patient in space could conceivably link with a terrestrial doctor for an exam. MedWand’s Co-Founders, Bob Rose, CEO, and Samir Qamar, MD, CMO, were frequently seen on-hand answering questions from the 12,000 visitors who toured the Exhibit on “Solstice Saturday,” when several of the Smithsonian museums, including AIB, stayed open late – some till midnight.

Living Longer Festival
Later, I had the honor of moderating an outstanding panel of experts, supplemented with questions from the audience who “Interrupted Your Regularly Scheduled Panel” throughout “WIYRSP: Living Longer in the Future.” To kick it off we introduced “Elizabeth,” a great grandmother, who was captured on her grandson’s iPhone for the masses when she demonstrated her impressive moves as she got down to Bruno Mars at her 100th birthday party surrounded by friends and family…

CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF MIMI’S BLOG WITH MORE, LARGER PHOTOS

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Vlog by Mimi Grant

To Boost or Not to Boost?: That is THE Question

Since to Err is Still Human, Healthcare Could Use a Little Help

In this short video, Mimi shares the top FAQs you might consider before getting your second booster.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH MIMI GRANT’S 4:32-MINUTE VLOG.

 

Round Tables

Beyond their Round Tables, ABL Members stay connected with each other through the ABL Technology Online. This bi-weekly emailed publication provides Member News and Technology Industry Trends. And, for those interested in the latest in Healthcare IT Member News and Trends, the ABL Healthcare Online is also available.  For a complimentary subscription, fill out the form at the bottom of this page.