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Hull Girl Geek Dinners Launch Event

A little while back I got a request about starting a Girl Geek Dinner in Hull, so I sent out the details… a few short weeks later… and they are all set for their first event!  Now that’s what I call quick!  So without any further delay, if you live or work around Hull and class yourself as a Girl Geek (or a Geek) then do pop over to Facebook and see what their first event is all about.

The first event is sponsored by Hull University.  I’m hoping that the local community will get behind them and that some of the local Girl Geeks will also find it interesting too!

TGGD #8 with AmberMac in 5 days

Next Wednesday (Oct. 29) is Amber MacArthur on personal branding at our Toronto Girl Geek Dinner. It is a hot ticket, so we’ve opened up ten more spots and given them to the first ten people on the standby list.

That still leaves a lengthy standby list, so I’m going to remind everyone how this works.

If you’re signed up on the wiki to attend but can’t make it, please remove your name from the list and leave your space blank. Your spot is then open to anyone on the standby list. If you’re on the standby list, all you need to confirm your participation is to move your name to the sign-up list.

We want to make sure as many Toronto Girl Geeks have the chance to participate as possible, so we’re counting on you to do your part. I don’t know a single one of us who doesn’t have stuff come up and plans change. Even if have to bail a few hours before, please update the wiki so someone else can take your spot.

Men are welcome at Toronto Girl Geek Dinners. We have one simple request – if you’re a guy attending a Toronto Girl Geek Dinner, you have to bring a female, or be the guest of a female.

A big thank you in advance to our friends at the Web Host Industry Review (the WHIR). They are our sponsors and are funding our a/v and sponsoring up to ten student dinners. As of this writing, we have one spot left for a female technology student.

If you get a chance, check out the awesome resources over the WHIR – find a web hosting provider, get the inside track with webmaster news and resources or learn about how to find and max out your domain name potential. Based here, in the Tee Dot, the WHIR is a great media property run by a bunch of bright and passionate folks.

photo credit: Girl Geek Dinner Cupcakes via Annie Mole

Round Up of London Girl Geek Dinner Sponsored By Microsoft

Well I’m not sure that I really need to write a lot, this event pretty much spoke for itself.  We had two fabulous speakers and their talks were great. First up we had Elisabeth Kelan who did a great talk about gender, technology and innovation.  There were some great stats that came out of her research and you can find out more about that over on her site.

And then we followed on with a talk from Julie Lerman which sparked controversy, chaos and enticing conversations about what is and isn’t acceptable in the IT industry, along with how thing have changed over the years. (Expect comments on clevage both in the video and on Julie’s site sorrounding this talk.)

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And the podcasts:

Elisabeth Kelan

Julie Lerman

September Montreal Girl Geek Dinner Recap

Bed Blogging #w2eb Using Scribblelive

Web 2.0 Expo is LIVE

You can receive live updates on the Web 2.0 Expo event from the sixgroups.com Live Community – here.
Visit the Web 2.0 Expo’s Live Community Website.

Tweets For Geeks; Geek Girls of course!

Girl Geek Dinner BERLIN

October 20 is the best time to hold a Girl Geek Dinner in Berlin. The much awaited Web Week that started Saturday October 18 with BarCampBerlin3 and ending with the Web 2.0 Expo finale conference party, kicked off to a great start.
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Susannah Raub to speak at Dinner 2

This month we’re fortunate  to have Susannah Raub speaking at our 2nd Dinner. Google have been kind enough to send her up to Brisbane and has offered to put $20/head towards the dinner.

Susannah Raub joined Google in September 2004 as a software engineer in Mountain View, California.  She worked on many features of Google Desktop until February 2006 when she moved to New York and joined the Google Maps – Search Quality team.  Overcome by wanderlust, she moved to Sydney in September 2007 and began working on the Google Maps API.

At Google, she has been involved with the global engineering mentoring program, the development of APAC offices, and the AU/NZ Anita Borg Scholarship program.  Susannah graduated from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island with an Sc.B. in Mathematics-Computer Science and a broad base in urban studies, European languages, and economics.

Web 2.0 Expo

Some girls get excited about a new pair of shoes, a great sale on an amazing peacoat or concert tickets to see Il Divo. I’m excited about the confirmation for a Media Pass to the Web 2.0 Expo in Berlin.
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Saskatoon Girl Geek Dinner #2 Nov 17

Saskatoon Girl Geek Dinners round deux will be held at Point2 Technologies Inc. on Monday, November 17th at 6:00pm. I am working with the Point2 Administrative team to finalize the details on the catered meal but I hope to make it cost $15 or less. Pop, water and coffee/tea will be included with the meal.

You can sign up for the event on Facebook or send me an email. (melanie dot cey at gmail dot com). You should also contact me if you are a student who is interested in attending and would like to be sponsored by Point2. Let me know what course you are attending and what year you are in. There are a set number of sponsored spots available from Point2 and they will be given out on a first come first served basis.

And lastly, please contact me if you are interested in presenting or leading a discussion group. I would like to have complete details finalized within the next 2 weeks.

I know that many of you have a lot of knowledge to share. Don’t be shy!

Tagged: dinner, geek, girl, november

GGD News Tidbits

1 – Karlijn van den Berg made a great video of Girl Geek Dinner #3!  

It starts with a clip from Julie Lerman’s presentation, and 5:54-13:25 contains interviews with GGD participants!

2 – Daphne Horn just created a ‘Girl Geek Dinner – Amsterdam’ Linked In group!   Check it out at:  http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1017327

 3 – Female high-school aged students (~18 or younger) can attend the next Girl Geek Dinner for free!     If you know any who might be interested, please have them email us at organizers@girlgeekdinner.nl.

Staying dry while drinking from the technology firehose

Video’s from 3 Year Anniversary Girl Geek Dinner now available

There was a bit of a delay getting the video’s up from the 3 year anniversary Girl Geek Dinner event but they are now here and available for you to watch and re-watch until you’re hearts are content!

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There are more details and write up’s from this event that can be found in the London Girl Geek Dinner 3 Year Anniversary Round Up

Thanks to our Sponsor – theWHIR!

October’s Girl Geek Dinner is fast approaching! On October 29th our guest will be Amber MacArthur (aka Amber Mac), who will be speaking about the concept of a personal brand.

BUT – that’s not all, while the spots on the wiki are quickly filling up, we’d also like to announce that, thanks to the generosity of our sponsor, The Web Host Industry Review, we are also able to open up ten student spots on the TGGD wiki. That is, if you are a female technology student, dinner is on theWHIR.

TheWHIR is,

comprised of theWHIR.com Web site (including WHIR TV and WHIR Blogs), WHIR Newsletters and Web Host Industry Review magazine. Each is geared toward two specific audiences: Web hosting consumers including businesses seeking Web hosting services, and Web host industry professionals keeping abreast of developments in the world of Web hosting and/or further developing their Web hosting operation.

So special thanks to theWHIR for ponying up for the AV equipment and ten student dinners. We’re pretty much sold out for the event already (though there still are a few more student spots open on the wiki). Please be sure to check back on the wiki – there are often drop-offs at the last minute!

1st Frankfurt Girl Geek Dinner: RECAP

I was told that it would be challenging to get a Frankfurt Girl Geek Dinner started but with Nicole Simon’s encouragement, Claudia Rauch’s network of friends, and placing announcements on other online sites, we managed to host an event of up to 33 people. Not bad for the 1st Girl Geek Dinner in Frankfurt.
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Girl Geek Dinner Berlin Oct 2008

Note: Event starts at 8 pm, cafe is open the whole day and you can come in earlier.
The guest list is full and there are already too many people on the waiting list. Instead, why not join the Webmonday event?

Summary:
If you like to attend the Girl Geek Dinner Berlin on Oct 20th 2008, add yourself and have a look at who else is attending on the guest list. Please also submit the form if you are the invited guest so we can link to you as well. Event starts at 8 pm and is is free to attend.

Thank you to our sponsors:
Thanks to Techsmith and box.net for helping out with the costs!

Make sure to talk to Techsmith Chief Evangelist Betsy Weber and help her practise her German as well as Karen Appleton of box.net about their new and special offer for the German market.

What is the GGD about?
For those of you who do not know the Girl Geek Dinner, the quick rundown:

• It is not just for geeks: Attendees of a Girl Geek Dinner is someone who has an interest in technology and new media. Not necessarily technically minded.
• It is not just for woman: it is part of the GGD to be for guys too – they just need to be invited by a women. Usually there is a 50/50 mix, which brings new perspectives for both genders.
• It is not a dinner but a social get together of like minded people (as in: don’t come hungy )
• It if free to attend, but you do pay for your own drinks.

Same procedure as every year …
GGD is in the middle of this crazy week full of events end of October; for the same reason it was last year: because it is a great chance to get together an international crowd of people. And we are sure that at least half of the attendees will be twittering this year. What is that week we are talking about? Simple.

(plus many more spontanous partys and meetups.)

Kicking of with the international Barcamp Berlin 3, going over a Facebook Developper Garage via the Web 2.0 Expo and ending with the after party of the Techcrunch UK / Expo called Latecrunch, a lot of visitors will be in town to meet, ready to meet and party eh network.

Btw: if you are living outside of Germany, there are still a few spaces left on the guest list of the Barcamp and also the FB Dev Garage has some seats left. (If you would like to attend the expo, you can use the code webeu08gr26 for a 35% discount on any of the packages.)

How to attend
To attend, please enter yourself here. There is a limited of 80 people and due to the special surrounding of this event, there will be some reserved spots for international guests. Please note that you will NEED to register and receive a confirmation back, if you are not on the approved guest list we will not be able to let you in as space is limited.

Who is attending?
As the guest list gets updated frequently we have put it on a separate page. See here for the guest list for GGD Berlin. It would be great if you also spread the news through upcoming and facebook.

Don’t know anybody?
Like last year, we do expect there to be quite a lot of guys not knowing anybody local to ask to accompany them. It would be great if some of the females who do not yet have a guest could offer their help. There is nothing involved in being the inviting person other than that you cannot have another guest – you do not even need to talk to that person. If you are a guy without an inviting women yet, please leave a comment here, so a women can *cough* pick you up.

Location
Coffee Karma
Sonntagstraße 30
10245 Berlin

How to get there:
Take the S-Bahn to Ostkreuz and then head for Sonntagstraße. Walk down the street full with bars and cafes until you get to number 30, which you will find on the left side.

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Please use the tag ggd_berlin, and if you have any more questions, please do not hesitate to contact me or ping me on Twitter @nicolesimon.