Girl Geek Dinners

News for the Bel Paese

Hello everybody from Girl Geek Dinners Italia!
We are very proud to be part of this wonderful world of Girl Geek all around the globe
Here in Italy we had 4 Girl Geek Dinners so far, all based in Milan. But we are spreading the girl geek credo all around the peninsula!
On the 26th of September there will be the first Gril Geek Dinner Roma: it’s creating already a lot of buzz!
On the 10th of October there will be the fisrt Girl Geek Dinner Urbino, on the first night of the biggest blogging festival in Italy, Conversazioni dal basso.
In between the two or right after the beginning of October there will be the next Girl Geek Dinner Milano.

In June we launched a pool among all the girl geek, asking which subject they will prefer to discuss during the next Girl Geek Dinners: 176 people responded so far, and the results are quite interesting:
39% would love to hear about Web 2.0 and Web 3
17% about Open source
16% about SEO and SEM
13% about the evolution of digital images
7% about IPTV, web radio and new media
And a good 8% suggested many different subject, such as: Internet and no-profit, new jobs in the IT market, 10 genius ideas to transform your colleagues in 2.0 adepts , microblogging, social network: how to…

That’s it, so far, from Italy! All of you we’ll be more than welcome to come to one of our next Girl Geek Dinner! Our blog is only in Italian, at the moment, but it’s worth a look to be updated on our next dinners
If you have anything in mind for us or if you are already planning to come to Italy and would love to attend one of our Dinners, just drop us an e-mail: info@girlgeekdinnersitalia.com

Round Up: London Girl Geek Dinner – Getting Into IT

A few weeks back the London Girl Geeks descended upon Central Foundation Girls School to meet the students, both past and present, to discuss how to get into IT.  The event was sponsored by OpenNETCF Consulting, who do consultancy work on .net and specialize in Windows Mobile, Windows CE and embedded software development. Without them we wouldn’t have had the great array of pizza’s and soft drinks before the start of the talks!  They were very much appreciated.

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The session was good and the students seemed to get a lot out of it, as did a few of the teachers there.  If you are thinking about going into your local school and talking then it’s well worth doing!  I’m sure the teachers who follow our blog will tell you that!  And the schools are very good at co-ordinating and helping outsiders come into the schools.

Take a look at the video and feel free to add your own pieces of advice for youngsters looking to get into the IT industry in the comments below.  You can also annotate the video with your comments.  I haven’t added any so far but they are open to all for comments!

GGD Sydney Dinner #4 Registration Closed

Registration for GGD4 has met it’s quota and is now closed. Those who are registered will receive a confirmation email soon.

If you want to be on the waiting list, you will be contacted when a space becomes available.

First Dinner, Lots of Fun

The dinner on Monday night was a blast!  Girl Geeks from all ages and various areas of geekdom gathered and learned and shared information.   GingerK has posted a great summary of the evening.

Unfortunately the speaker was unable to make it so Emily and I instead gave a presentation on Point2‘s switch to Agile/Scrum. The presentation was well received and led to a lot of questions.

I am hoping to plan the next dinner for the fall, likely later in October after BarCamp08.

If you or someone you know is interested in speaking please get a hold of me.

Recap -May Montreal Girl Geek Dinner with Stephanie Troeth

Girl Geek Dinner Sydney #4

Yes, it’s that time! Time for another swanky Sydney Girl Geek Dinner with tech talks, sparkly wine, sparkly t-shirts and geek girls.

Where: ThoughtWorks Sydney Offices @ Level 8, 51 Pitt Street
When: Thursday the 14th of August at 7pm

Stay tuned for our line up of speakers.

Register Now as places are limited. You will get a notification closer to the event. You might have to scroll for the Submit button as all this technology stuff confuses me.

July 21 Girl Geek Dinner

On July 21st between 6pm and 9pm the first Saskatoon Girl Geek dinner will take place at the Venice House on Central Ave.  Deirdre Bonnycaste will be presenting on using Web 2.0 for faculty development.

The presentation will be 10-20 minutes.  The remainder of the dinner will be used for everyone to get acquainted and brainstorm ideas for future presenters and topics.

Based on response to the facebook event and through email we are expecting about 20 attendees.

Looking forward to meeting everyone!

Dinner 1 is SOLD OUT!

We’ve SOLD OUT spots for dinner 1, which is awesome! Look forward to meeting you all there.

If there’s anyone who missed out that wants to be on the mailing list for future events, send us a message!

Brisvegas Girl Geek Dinners!

Girl Geek Dinners Brisbane – Dinner 1

Who is invited?
If you are a geek and a girl or know of one who is willing to escort you then you are welcome and encouraged to come along. There is a technical focus with the intention of having fun and connecting with other women in IT.

The plan
The first dinner will be an informal dinner where we can all meet and discuss what we want to see and get ideas for future dinners.

Who pays for dinner?
This is our first gathering and we don’t have sponsorship yet so you’ll pay this time.

Where + When
Date: Thursday 28th August
Time: 6:30pm
Where: Caravanserai Turkish Restaurant, West End

Registration: http://girlgeekdinnersbrisbane01.eventbrite.com/

Ready to go retro?

ONLINE SURVEY: Gendered Experiences of Flexible Working / Work-Life ‘Balance’

Dr Al James, Queen Mary Unniversity of London  a.james@qmul.ac.uk has been doing a research project which explores the business benefits of IT firms (Dublin and Cambridge) providing flexible working arrangements to help workers juggle work, personal life and family.

Would you be able to spare a few minutes to complete a short, anonymised and confidential online survey about your everyday experiences of juggling home, work and family; your preferred flexible working arrangements; and the ways in which your employer gains from helping you achieve a better work-life balance.  I’d be very grateful – all participants will be sent final copies of the final research report.  You will also be entered for a prize draw hamper in the autumn!

The survey is linked off Dr Al James webpage here:  http://www.aljames.org.uk

Thank you very much for your time.

Coming Soon

We’re in the process of organising our first dinner….stay tuned for more details or feel free to add some suggestions of what you want and where you want to go.

Girl Geek Dinners Group on LinkedIn

July Newsletter

We had a great Girl Geek Dinner with IT4Communities in June.  The videos, slides and pictures from this event will be up here in the next few days.  But in the meantime we’ve just launched our next event.  This next event is all about Getting into IT so if you are toying with the idea of coming into the IT industry and want a few hints and tips then do sign up for the event.  Also if you think you can help those looking for advice on how to get into the industry then do sign up.

We have some fantastic speakers for this event and it should be a lot of fun!  The event is sponsored by OpenNETCF Consulting, where pizza and soft drinks will be served.

For more details on the event and to sign up take a look here!

Other important information for this month!

• Our Newsletter attachment can be found here!!! July 2008

• We are looking for a couple of people to take part in a panel discussion for our 3 year anniversary Girl Geek Dinner on the 28th August.  What we are looking for in particular are two women, one who doesn’t have children but maybe has a busy social life and the other a mother who is still in the IT industry who has had children who are grown up and have moved away.  If you think you could be what we are looking for and are available on the 28th August in the evening then do get in touch.

I look forward to seeing some of you at the next Girl Geek Dinner!

Girl Geek Dinners Group on LinkedIn

I have recently added the Girl Geek Dinners Group to LinkedIn for those who would like to show their affiliation with the Girl Geek Dinners via their LinkedIn profile.  To join the group just follow this link:

http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/131451/5C8CD10180C1

The group was created at the request of one of the Girl Geeks who is also a member of LinkedIn.