October 31, 2009
Locations, Scotland
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Girlgeek Scotland are definitely back in Dundee. Thank you and apologies to all those who booked and contacted us about our postponed event on the 14th, we look forward to seeing you on the 26th instead!!
Date and Time: Thursday 26 th November, 6.30pm for Networking and 7pm GirlGeek Event.
Location: Hannah Maclure Centre, University of Abertay, Bell Street, Dundee. DD1 1HG
Come and join us. We hope to gather the region’s brightest female computer scientists, technologists, artists and designers, entrepreneurs and techies for good food and good company. The evening will be chilled, friendly and informal. We hope to attract students, as well as professionals across the region and beyond. Boy Geeks are also welcome provided they have been invited by a Girl Geek!
Tickets: £12 (£5 cashback for students with a matric card on the door). Buffet + Complimentary drinks included
To purchase tickets please go to http://www.eventbrite.com/event/476102034
Speakers
A round table series of presentations followed by a panel discussion and open floor.
Women & Games with Carol Clarke, Realtime Worlds & Pauline Randall, Virtuale-E, Kirsty Scott, Ruffian Games, Dr Inga Paterson Computer Arts and Media at the University of Abertay and Organiser of Women and Games Conference 2005 and guests from Art, Media, Film and Interaction from the University of Dundee.
‘Do you have questions for the panel? would you like to know what the key trends are in Games & Social Media Design? or how gaming, film and storytelling might come together in the future? Bring your ideas for the audience forum to discuss?
Pauline Randall http://www.virtual-e.co.uk/
Carol Clark http://www.realtimeworlds.com/
Kirsty Scott http://www.ruffiangames.com/
Inga Paterson http://www.123people.co.uk/s/inga+paterson
www.girlgeekscotland.co.uk Morna Tweets @girlgeeks
Girl Geek Scotland is part of the International Girl Geek Dinner Network
Girl Geek Dinners, Definitely does Compute
www.girlgeekdinnersworldwide.com
Sponsored by: Interconnect and Harvey Nash
Dundeenov09
October 29, 2009
Barcelona, Locations, Spain
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Confirmat el tercer Barcelona Girl Geek Dinners l’11 de desembre a Citilab de les 20:30h 19:30h a les 23:30h
Més detalls en breu!
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Confirmado el tercer Barcelona Girl Geek Dinners el 11 de diciembre en Citilab de las 20:30h 19:30h a las 23:30h
¡Más detalles en breve!
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Confirmed the third Barcelona Girl Geek Dinners December 11th in Citilab from 20:30 19:30h until 23:30h
More details soon!
October 29, 2009
News
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(Vuoi essere una guest blogger su Girl Geek Life? Scrivi con noi!)
Elena Marchiori e Nadzeya Kalbaska si occupano di eTourism presso un laboratorio dell’Università della Svizzera Italiana e condividono con noi alcune riflessioni sul turismo on-line.
…possiamo dire che il “turismo” non va mai in vacanza?
A quanto pare sì, ma soprattutto se si parla di turismo online.
Saranno i post qui sul nostro GGD, saranno le foto delle vacanze estive che continuiamo a guardare su Facebook… sta di fatto (conferma anche Google insight) che tutti – o quasi – geek e non, usano il web come fonte di informazione quando si tratta di decidere dove andare in vacanza (anche se poi, non sempre si parte).
Con il tema del viaggio (almeno quello online), con grande gioia io e Nadia cogliamo l’occasione di scrivere qui sul GGD Life (ringraziamo il team GGD per l’opportunità) per fare qualche piccola riflessione sul tema eTourism, noi che di turismo on-line ne facciamo un campo di ricerca presso il laboratorio webatelier.net dell’USI che si occupa di New Media for Tourism Communication.
Ma perché, dunque, può sembrare così interessante occuparsi di turismo online?
C’è da dire che quello del turismo è un settore instabile quanto affascinante. Il turismo è un’esperienza e come tale necessita di essere comunicata e in questo i contenuti generati dagli utenti hanno assunto un ruolo preponderante dell’information market di una destinazione online. Le decisioni d’acquisto di prodotti e servizi turistici sono ormai cambiate: i viaggiatori aspettano sempre di più la migliore offerta prima di fare l’acquisto e rimangono sempre più tempo online nel cercare informazioni sulle potenziali destinazioni. Le decisioni d’acquisto si mescolano quindi con l’aspetto sociale della rete dove i dialoghi online degli utenti (il cosiddetto eWord-of-Mouth attorno a una destinazione o hotel), vengono fruiti da altri utenti in qualsiasi fase di viaggio si trovino (ad esempio prima del viaggio in fase di pianificazione, oppure durante il viaggio o ancora al ritorno della vacanza molto spesso per condividere foto, video o scrivere reviews). L’online travel booking e il “fai-da-te”, sono l’unico canale in crescita del campo dell’hospitality con un aumento previsto del 10.5% nel 2009; e 11% nel 2010).
I numeri di chi scrive rispetto a chi legge rimangono ancora piccoli, ciò però non nega l’evidenza che Google può restituirci link che possono in qualche misura condizionare l’idea che abbiamo verso un hotel o una destinazione. Che siano pertinenti o meno rispetto alla mia ricerca, otterrò comunque delle informazioni. Essere aware è senza dubbio un passo avanti nell’intraprendere iniziative online. I risultati di uno studio della HeBS mostrano proprio come gli hoteliers abbiamo preso coscienza della portata economica della presenza online, spostando budget dall’offline all’online, focalizzandosi sul monitoraggio delle review, aumentando la pianificazione di adv nei siti social media, migliorando la search optimization e la paid search.
Ad oggi esistono numerosi servizi che offrono analisi sulla reputazione online per il settore turistico, tra tutti citiamo http://brandkarma.circos.com/ e http://traackr.com/. In tema di reputation control vi suggeriamo anche il motore di ricerca per persone: http://www.123people.com/.
Cercare quindi di capire le dinamiche di un ambito in crescita come quello dell’eTourism, capire come i consumatori ricercano e ottengono informazioni, su come organizzano e pianificano viaggi per business e leisure, seguirne i trend, identificare le implicazioni per gli utenti e la industry, sono senza dubbio delle belle sfide (in beta costante).
Se siete interessate/i a queste tematiche non potete mancare il 10-12 febbraio 2010 a Lugano, presso l’Università della Svizzera italiana, dove si terrà la 17esima edizione della conferenza di riferimento per l’Information and Communication Technology in Travel and Tourism: ENTER2010. Noi ci saremo, speriamo di vedervi in tanti.
Elena e Nadzeya
October 28, 2009
Canada, Locations, Ottawa
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I’d like to start our recap by thanking all of the people that attended our second Girl Geek Dinner in Ottawa. Not only did you guys make it out on a Monday night, but some of you already even blogged about it! As organizers we are grateful for your enthusiasm and you continue to motivate us to do better with each event.
Our venue of choice this time was The Empire Grill, the room was setup in a single, and very long table. Turns out this was the perfect setup for the exercise our speaker, Maureen McCann, had in mind. This exercise is a personal favourite of mind, the driving force behind it is that sometimes we get so caught up in our disappointments that we forget how many great things we have to offer. It’s a game of first impressions. You are given a colored index card and asked to write your name and a word that you feel describes you. We were then asked to pass our card to our left, take a look at the person to our right and write on their card the car that would best describe them. This is the first impression part. We passed the cards to the left again and are asked to write a beverage that best describes the person a couple chairs to the right. And so we went for a couple more descriptions. You then receive your card back and get to read how other people perceive you (at least for that night). Most of us found our descriptions were pretty bang on! I guess this is good news, since HR people and recruiters are forced to make decisions based on first impressions.
But enough games. Did you know that a US survey showed 50-60% of respondents were unhappy with their current jobs? How about that just in the same way you perform maintenance on your car, you should be performing maintenance on your career?
Maureen self describes herself as the Simon Cowell of career coaches and says the biggest challenge people face in their careers is themselves. Best way to save ourselves from ourselves? 3 steps:
- Know who you are and what you have to offer.
- Understand the local labor market.
- Have the ability to sell yourself. Take a look at yourself from the employer’s perspective and articulate the value you bring to the table.
Some more practical advice:
- Don’t use Time New Roman font for cover letters and resumes.
- Don’t use Word or Office templates…stand out.
- Are you a designer? Why don’t you flaunt your stuff on your resume?
- If you have 60% of the job requirements, go for it! Don’t screen yourself out of the competition.
- If you are looking for a senior level position and have 7 LinkedIn connection, step it up.
- What goes online, stays online. You’re on 24 hours, don’t leave half filled profiles.
- Go beyond Googling yourself, setup a Google alert for your name.
- Check out your Google Quotient (there’s a small cost for the tool, you’ll have to enter your email)
Whether you are searching for a job or looking to move up within your current company. Don’t forget to celebrate your successes along the way. An interview, a follow-up are all things to be proud of. This builds up your confidence and you can tie that back to those first impressions.
Great night. Great speaker. Great company, so we are happy to call this event another huge success. Thanks for attending, we hope we see you again before the holidays.
October 27, 2009
Canada, Locations, Toronto
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Toronto Girl Geek Dinner:
The Future of Media PanelWhen: Monday, November 9, 2009
Time: 6:30pm - 10:00
Where: Fionn MacCools (181 University Ave at Adelaide) (map)
Fee: $10.00 (This nominal fee holds your spot and will pay for your first drink.)
Register for this event at Meetup.com
Every day someone is declaring the end of journalism with the rise of the Internet and social media. Internet Leaders like
Eric Schmidt of Google are proclaiming:
"Within five years there will be broadband well above 100MB in performance - and distribution distinctions between TV, radio and the web will go away."
Toronto Girl Geek Dinners is proud to present a "Future of Media" panel discussion on how media is changing including the challenges with the convergence of user-generated content and media.
We are thrilled to have assembled some phenomenal professionals who we're sure will bring their unique perspectives to our event.
The "Future of Media" panel:Candice Faktor (moderator)TorStar DigitalCandice was one of a team instrumental in creating TorStar Digital in 2005 and is currently the Managing Director of Corporate Development and Innovation. As well, she is the founder of ourfaves.com in 2007. Candice is an early adopter bridging the power of user-generated content, city search and social networking. Candice was our speaker for
TGGD #10 about innovation in a tough economy, so we're very pleased to have her moderating what will surely be a lively discussion.
Lori BecksteadRyerson UniversityLori is an Assistant Professor, School of Radio and Television at Ryerson University. As an educator, she has a unique perspective on skills training, emerging platforms and what's coming next. This summer she presented at
The Radio Conference 09 on "Diversity in Representation on Toronto Radio". She is involved in a number of creative projects from Sound Art installations, soundscapes to student radio dramas. Lori has extensive education in science, education including a Masters in Media Production from the University of Technology, Sydney (Australia).
Angela MisriCBCAngela Misri is an Operations and Resource Manager for CBC Radio. She oversees a team of web producers and podcasters who create content for Canada's National Public Broadcaster, specifically as it regards Radio 1 and Radio 2. Prior to managing the team, Angela was the podcaster for CBC Radio, and has worked as a Radio Producer, a Web Producer, and News
Writer for cbc.ca and various other departments in her ten-year stint at the CBC.
Doreen IannuzziMultimedia Nova Corporation Doreen is the Vice President, New Media for the Multimedia Nova Corporation, best known for
Corriere Canadese, the Canadian Italian Daily Newspaper, founded in 1954. The Multimedia Nova is one of Canada’s leading multilingual, multicultural, multinational communications enterprises. With a unique perspective on "hyper-local", Doreen blogs at
The New Mainstream about the "move beyond the conventional thinking: Canadian consumers
do cross markets every day, regardless of their cultural background."
More TGGD Details: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. 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.
October 27, 2009
Ireland, Locations
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Attention Cork Girl Geeks! Attention BarCamp Cork Girl Geeks!
Thanks to the help of Sabrina Dent, Ciara Crossan and Gordon Murray, we have a pre-BarCamp Cork Girl
Geek Dinner organized. So if you’re heading down to Cork for BarCamp Cork, come join us for a fun evening on the Friday before.
WHEN: Friday, November 13th at 8pm
WHERE: Gourmet Burger Bistro, 8 Bridge Street, Cork city
HOW MUCH: €18 / person for starters, your choice of burger/chicken/falafel, dessert, tea/coffee.
Please leave your name in the comments below if you plan on attending. See you on Friday November 13th.
October 27, 2009
News
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Vi ricordiamo che anche per questa occasione abbiamo stretto una convenzione con la catena Zanhotel,
scriveteci per ricevere il codice di accesso allo sconto speciale per la sera del 30 ottobre 2009.
October 27, 2009
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Vi ricordiamo che anche per questa occasione abbiamo stretto una convenzione con la catena Zanhotel,
scriveteci per ricevere il codice di accesso allo sconto speciale per la sera del 30 ottobre 2009.
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