Come have a drink @ The Metro
August 31, 2009 News Comments Off What: Casual gathering to catch up with geek girlsWhere: The Metro
When: 7pm Thursday the 3rd of September
Booking is in the name Cathie. See you there.
Where: The Metro
When: 7pm Thursday the 3rd of September
Booking is in the name Cathie. See you there.
We’re back! September Girl Geek Dinners
August 31, 2009 Canada, Locations, Montreal Comments Off It's been a lovely restful summer and now Girl Geek Dinners is back for the Fall season.There is a chill in the air and the fall fashions are out. This September we wanted to talk about being a conscious consumer and keeping fashion close to home, all while being fabulously fashion forward. To help us out we have invited Rachel Dhawan of Brazen Design and Things That Go Bling to do two events.
The first event on Saturday September 5th will be in conjunction with the S.W.A.P. team 'Take Off Your Clothes' event at Piknic Electronik on Parc Jean Drapeau. Rachel will be on hand from 4-7pm for free on-site consultations - helping people on a first-come first-serve basis to pull together the perfect outfit. We'll also have some picnic blankets ready for some socializing so come down and say hi!
When: Saturday September 5th
Hours: 4-7pm
Where: Place de l’homme at Piknic Electronic on Parc Jean Drapeau [Map]
Price: Entrance to the Piknic Electronik is $10
The second event will be a few weeks later (date and location to be determined) where Rachel will talk about the hows and whys of buying local. She will also be featuring her Top Ten Must Haves & Where to buy them locally & her Top Ten Fashion Faux Pas.
Rachel Rachna Dhawan is the owner of Brazen Design, a line of big bad silver bling. She launched her business as well as her local fashion blog, Things That Go Bling, in June 2007. Things That Go Bling showcases Rachel’s passion for local fashion through features of local boutiques, designers and sales events, as well as fashion tips and street style specials.
The S.W.A.P. Team is a non-profit organization founded by Aleece Germano and Nicole Picard. Through its clothing swap event Take Off Your Clothes, the group endeavours to promote sharing as an antidote to overconsumption while increasing awareness of the human and natural resources involved in the creation, transportation and marketing of mass-produced consumer goods.
Europe: Brussels: BGGD night out with Gavriel Lipkind
August 30, 2009 News Comments Off
The title of this blog post is only slightly misleading: on Friday 28 August the Brussels Girl Geek Dinner girls were invited to a Klarafestival concert of Israeli cellist Gavriel Lipkind and pianist Roman Zaslavsky. In the video embedded below you’ll notice at around 1:50 that Mr Lipkind likes to pull his sidekick’s leg from time to time.
T-shirt e shopping bag d’autore in serie limitata per le GGDMarche
August 28, 2009 Italy, Locations, Marche Comments OffL’illustratrice-artista visiva civitanovese, Martina Pagnanini fornirà per l’occasione una serie di t-shirt e shopping bag illustrate e dedicate all’evento GGD Marche con stampa limitata di 20/20.
Come Martina stessa ha tenuto ad evidenziare “il senso di tale partecipazione è quello di accostare la novità di elementi tipicamente artistici al continuo evolversi della cultura tecnologica“.
Sprouter at Toronto Girl Geek Dinners
August 26, 2009 Canada, Locations, Toronto Comments Off
Toronto Girl Geek Dinner's is proud to announce that Sarah Prevette, founder of Sprouter, will be joining us on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 to talk about start-ups, strategy and and her experiences.
The energy for start-ups is building and Sarah and her team are tapping into this growth. Sprouter, in private beta, is an online collaboration tool facilitating knowledge exchange between start-ups and business leaders. Augmenting the online tool with community networking events, the Sprouter team is currently touring North America with Sprout Ups. You can request invite codes to Sprouter.com from their twitter account and sign up Toronto's Sprout Up.
Sarah Prevette has captured attention as a passionate and pioneering web entrepreneur — an exciting voice from inside the online community revolution. Sarah’s nontraditional and multi-faceted approach to branding and promotion provides actionable insight to those looking to build communities, truly engage their audiences and leverage the full power of the web. An entrepreneur long immersed in the start-up community, Sarah has robust familiarity with the common pitfalls of early stage start-ups and the tips and tools that foster success.
Prior to starting Sprouter, Sarah built the tween pop culture community Upinion and held various strategic positions in the recently acquired Cyberbahn Group as well as at Info~Tech Research Group.
Sarah is passionate and knowledgeable on the subjects of social media, startups, usability, advocacy on the web and community building and has been interviewed and profiled in the Canadian media – from IT Business and Profit Magazine to CityNews and CBC.
Speaker: Sarah Prevette, Sprouter.com
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Location: Fionn MacCools - 181 University (at Adelaide)
Time: 6:30 - 10:00 (event agenda starts around 7)
Duration: up to 3 hours
Cost: $10.00 (This nominal fee holds your spot and will pay for your first drink.)
Register for this event at Meetup.com
We created a Meetup group for this event and are returning to Fionn MacCool's . Meals/drinks are cash & carry. We will be charging a $10.00 fee to sign up for the event. This money will be directly allocated to your first drink at dinner. Meetup is great for helping us connect and planning events. We decided to charge and reimburse you for RSVPs. See our previous blog post on this topic. If you sign up to attend, please come. If you can't attend, please change your RSVP asap so that it opens the door to others who might want to join us.
Welcome back TGGD! Here's to a great new season. If you are interested in sponsoring a TGGD event, please contact Leona Hobbs @ leonaATleonahobbsDOTcom.
Ed. note: Sprouter was formerly called RedWire. Sarah's presentation, originally planned for April, was rescheduled to our fall season.
Girl Geek Dinners 4 Year Anniversary Live!
August 26, 2009 News No CommentsFor those of you who aren’t able to be with us at the 4 Year Anniversary event in person we will have a live feed of the event, an Ipadio channel where you can leave us live voice messages and a TweetMeme top stories page!
You can find all this on our Live Girl Geek Dinner Page!
Live Content of the 4 Year Anniversary!
August 25, 2009 Event, News Comments Off For those of you who aren’t able to be with us at the 4 Year Anniversary event in person we will have a live feed of the event, an Ipadio channel where you can leave us live voice messages and a TweetMeme top stories page! Final Analysis movie You can find [...]Girl Geeks at dConstruct
August 25, 2009 Brighton, England, Locations Comments OffFor those going to dConstruct there will be a Girl Geek Picnic at lunch time.
It’s a great chance to meet other girl geeks from Brighton and beyond.
We’ve set up a wiki for you to stick your name down if you are planning to go.
We’ve also got a discount code for attending dConstruct if you haven’t bought your ticket yet. Please email rosie[at]schux.com for details.
Hopefully see you there!
Upcoming Fall Season & An Opportunity for TGGD Members
August 24, 2009 Canada, Locations, Toronto Comments Off
The last few weeks of summer mean we're gearing up for an amazing new season of Toronto Girl Geek Dinners!I'm very excited to be working with a stellar group of organizers for the upcoming season of events. We have TGGD co-founders Maggie Fox and Jenny Bullough on board. We're pleased that Heather Leson has joined us. Heather was a huge help with our events in the Spring.
The organizers took some time this summer to look at where we're at with TGGD and how we can best meet and exceed the expectations of our amazing members. We are making one change to our meeting sign up process. We've decided to charge a nominal fee (around $10) when people reserve for one of our TGGD events. This should help us cut down on no-shows and make sure that we maximize the positive experience of our TGGD events for participants and sponsors.
Oh, and save September 29 for the next TGGD. Event details are in the works.
Leadership Development Opportunity for TGGD Members
We have a late summer treat for you! Members of TGGD get $75 off the fee to attend the September 18, 2009 Poised for Leadership coaching workshop. To qualify for this special TGGD, please write the code "TGGD" on your registration form.
This extraordinary workshop is designed for high achieving professional women, early to mid career, who want to fast track their transition into leadership roles.
Through a combination of case-studies, self-assessment tools and small group discussions, you will learn proven strategies for adding value to your organization, gaining recognition and credibility, communicating with confidence and authority, establishing your brand as a leader, expanding your sphere of influence, and accelerating your career development. Every participant will leave with a personal action plan for breaking into a leadership position. Are you ready to explore your leadership potential?
Download the event brochure.
photo: reach by thebigdurian
“Quando Facebook entra in azienda”: il programma
August 24, 2009 Italy, Locations, Marche Comments OffEccoci pronte a presentarvi il programma della serata di venerdì 28 Agosto al MYM Club di Civitanova Marche.
La serata si prospetta ricca di contenuti che verterenno su come sia possibile utilizzare uno dei più popolari social network, come Facebook, in maniera vantaggiosa e positiva tanto per l’azienda quanto per il singolo utente.
Ecco il programma:
. la proiezione dell’intervista effettuata al Team di Facebook sugli strumenti Facebook a disposizione delle aziende.
. Una presentazione della sottoscritta, nel web Gioiacommunica, dal titolo “FARE MARKETING SU FACEBOOK…. being creative!”
. Luca Conti a presenterà il suo libro “Fare Business con Facebook” edito Hoepli.
Ed al termine di ogni intervento, sarà aperto il dialogo tra relatore e partecipante, con uno scambio di stimoli e idee.. come in qualsiasi Girl Geek Dinner che si rispetti.
… a dimenticavo, la serata sarà allietata da un ricco buffet ed i gustosi cocktail ovviamente!
