Tag: Ukraine

• Rebranding, the organization of a UK event, an English Outlook about Ukraine and other updates
  16/05/2017

  Cossacks IT are mastering new areas – country PR and events on external markets. This time we are partnering with Emerging Europe and helping in the preparation of Outlook about Ukraine (Printed and Online versions) and an event networking seminar – meeting of Ukrainian IT companies with local businesses.

  It was a great ride of more than 3 months of preparation, communication with companies and experts. We were responsible for gathering a group of Ukrainian companies for the event. The event is next week, I will get back to you with my impressions and photos.

  We also did rebranding for the event. Or, rather, extra branding, creating new banners, leaflets and, most importantly, our new company mascot!

  Please meet, IT Cossack, the right choice.

  Proactive and innovative. Dynamic and responsible. Honest and easy-going. Real IT Hero.

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• Matchmaking companies in Ukraine and beyond
  21/12/2016

  Hi everyone. Long time no speak, and probably it is a good idea to tell you what we are here at Cossacks IT are busy with.

  First, almost a couple of months ago there was a great event, Outsource People, in which Cossacks IT also took part. This time we engaged into a project of Matchmaking, aiming at attracting foreign visitors to our conference. We established partnerships with Finnish, Danish, Swedish, German, Dutch, American companies to promote this event locally, and a half-a-year job was done. It resulted in not so many visitors from abroad, probably because conference on IT outsourcing is not a powerful enough stimulus to come to Ukraine. The conference was great, however, it is really a gathering event for our local IT community. And next time I am sure it will also become more interesting also for our foreign guests.

  My husband was playing Gandalf. Since he is a fan of Lord of the Rings, it was a lot of fun for him. Marco is a Dutchman, who is providing English lessons and introduction to European mentality for local IT teams in Kiev. So, no more words, just photos: (more…)

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• 1 workshop, 2 conferences, 1 new community and videoblog: concentrated news from Cossacks IT.
  08/04/2016

  Hi everyone,

  Long time, no messages. They were very busy three recent months. Cossacks IT actively participated in events and building communities.

  1. First, in January, Jennifer Roberts from Ekipa.co and me organized her workshop on Cross-cultural communications http://blog.ekipa.co/intercultural_sales_cycles, both in Kiev and in Lviv.

  

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• The Report about Software Development in Ukraine: “Rise of Technology Nation” is finally published!
  15/12/2015

  Good day and good news today

  Big event happened in Ukrainian IT a couple of days ago, when the comprehensive 210 pages report “Ukraine. Rise of Technology Nation” was issued by a group of companies about Ukrainian IT . More convenient for reading PDF version you can find following this link. Most interesting slides from there are below.

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• Cossacks IT – co-organizers of IT Outsourcing Conference in Kiev
  14/12/2015

  Hey, it’s been a while since I posted here last time. Sorry, so much was going on.

  Most important event was, probably, the IT Outsourcing Conference Outsource People, held here in Kiev. Cossacks IT was one of the organizers (or, rather, me as its owner).

  This year we have gathered more than 600 visitors, had several very interesting international speakers and had a lot of fun during the event.

  The video of how it all was you can watch here: (more…)

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• Some features of national character of Ukrainians
  07/05/2015

  

  It took me some time to get ready to speak about this topic. Being inside the system, it is very difficult to see the system. Fortunately, I spoke with quite a number of people from outside and recent events also helped me grow understanding who are Ukrainians, how we are different from other nations and what it takes to do business with us.

  So here is the analysis based on my feelings and understanding: (more…)

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• About Ukraine: a bit of history and current situation
  24/01/2015
  

  Hi again,

  It is time for the first article in my blog. And first thing I want to speak about is Ukraine itself, where it comes from, what is its history and current situation. I will keep it short and very simple, for those of you, who want to have an overview. This overview is my personal opinion, which can differ from other visions. If you want to make your own opinion and dig deeper, you can find more detailed list of resources about the history of Ukraine at the end of this article. (more…)

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