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It was a quiet week from the TR community, but TROLOV — that’s TR Out Loud on Video — must go on! Take a look at the most active discussions and members on the boards, and then be sure to get involved for next week’s show! To listen to this week’s TR Out Loud as just an audio file, download the mp3.

TROLOV — that’s TR Out Loud on Video — is back in full action this week! Find out what discussions and members have been most active on the boards, and then sit back and enjoy the submissions sent in by the TR community. To listen to this week’s TR Out Loud as just an audio file, download the mp3.

Once you get to a certain level in your career, most of your new job opportunities come from your personal network of contacts and not your resume. This episode of CIO Sanity Savers shares five networking tips that have worked for many IT and business professionals.

On the final day of the BlogHer 2009 conference, I had an opportunity to catch up with a few members of the BlogHer Tech Committee, including Sarah Dopp, Liz Henry, Shazia Mistry, Nelly Yusupova, and Virginia DeBolt. Learn about their roles at BlogHer09, the interest of tech-related topics by attendees, and how they keep fresh with their IT skills. For more information about BlogHer, please visit http://www.blogher.com/.

Elisa Camahort Page, co-founder and COO of BlogHer, took some time out of her busy schedule during BlogHer 2009 to answer a few questions about how BlogHer originated, the power of communities, how BlogHer melds its online and offline forums, and the trend of women in technology. For more information about BlogHer, please visit http://www.blogher.com/.

Bing was a sponsor of BlogHer 2009, and since I attended the conference in Chicago last month, I had the opportunity to catch up with Rajesh Srivastava, Bing’s Principle Group Manager. According to Rajesh, Bing moves beyond being just a search engine to actually help you make informed decisions. For more information about Bing, Microsoft’s dedicated search engine, visit Bing’s official Web site.

If workforce reductions are not handled right, they can make an already difficult situation even worse. Here are tips to minimize the impact of layoffs on IT operations.

Gartner researcher Tom Austin believes that IT has too many engineers and not enough social scientists. This episode of CIO Sanity Savers evaluates Austin’s perspective.

If you haven’t had time to catch up with TechRepublic this past week, you’ve come to the right place. TROLOV — or TR Out Loud on Video — highlights the top discussions and members on the boards. As always, we encourage more members to participate in upcoming episodes. To listen to this week’s TR Out Loud as just an audio file, download the mp3.

On my first night in Chicago — a business trip to attend BlogHer 2009 — I had the opportunity to attend a Webgrrls networking event. I’ve heard quite a bit about Webgrrls from Nelly Yusupova, so I was excited to see the community of geeky gals in action. For more information about Webgrrls International, and to see if there’s a Chapter near you (or to find out how to start a Chapter in your area), please visit Webgrrls.

TechRepublic’s Jason Hiner shares his thoughts on the BlackBerry Tour on Verizon Wireless. He discusses the pros and cons of the new device from a business perspective and talks about where it fits in the smartphone market.

In a difficult economy, IT becomes invaluable for driving efficiency and cost savings. However, to become perpetually relevant, IT needs to be perceived as a value-generating, strategically active department. Here are four ways that IT can prove its worth and generate tangible business value.