Girl Geek Dinners

A new country joins Girl Geek Dinners

Today we’re happy to announce that Hungary has just joined the countries that now host Girl Geek Dinner events.  You’ll find these events in Hungary in the city of Budapest and you can find all the details about the events and more over on their website and you can also follow them on their Twitter account.

If you are interested in the stats, this now brings the total number of countries with Girl Geek Dinners to 25 and the total number of cities to 74!

New Girl Geek Dinner Groups

I am happy to announce that we have four new Girl Geek Dinner locations that have just launched.  The groups are as follows:

Winchester, UK

South Yorkshire, UK

Imperia, Italy

San Diego, USA

If you would like to start these events in your area or are looking to find out more about the process then please read our Starting Out section.

Girl Geek & Toscanalab = Better Life :)

Care Geek Girl,
siamo orgogliose di annunciarvi che siamo media partner dell’evento più Geek della Toscana. Si tratta del Toscanalab, una due giorni che si terrà a Firenze, presso la Gipsoteca dell’Istituto d’Arte di Porta Romana il 28 e 29 Giugno prossimi.
Il tema dell’edizione 2010 è “internet better life” e vuole raccontare, attraverso diversi format, come internet sta migliorando le nostre vite.
Noi crediamo sia un’opportunità per tutti noi e vi invitiamo volentieri.
Alla nostra prima GGD abbiamo estratto a sorte un biglietto omaggio. Ma l’organizzazione dell’evento ce n’ha offerti altri 5 per i nostri affezionatissimi lettori.
Quindi ai primi 5 che commenteranno questo post andrà il prezioso invito!
Guardate qui il programma del 28 e del 29! (n.b. Il 29 pomeriggio durante la sessione Ignite la nostra Ginevra racconterà l’esperienza GGD Toscana)

Per chi non ce la facesse a vincere l’omaggio esiste sempre una seconda possibilità (il Pay As You Wish)

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Go Agile with us May 25th!

Join us Tuesday, May 25 as our guest speaker Ellen Grove, an experienced Agile coach and software tester, discusses how to apply Agile principles and practices to all kinds of endeavours, from software development to social change.

Ellen will present OpenAgile, a non-software-focused approach to Agile work that emphasizes truthfulness, consultative decision-making and constant learning. OpenAgile enhances the ability of individuals, teams, and organizations to deliver value to their stakeholders by developing human capacity, improving processes, and, most importantly, encouraging rapid and deep learning.

Event Details

• When: Tuesday, May 25 at 6 p.m.
• Where: Johnny Farina – 216 Elgin Street, between Lisgar and Cooper

To join us, please register here.

Hey students!

Thanks again to generous sponsorship from Joe Thornley of Thornley Fallis, we can offer six student spots to this event. If you are a student wishing to attend, please leave a comment below indicating why or what you want to learn about Agile. The first six students to respond will receive complimentary registration and dinner (up to $25).

A little bit about Ellen

Ellen Grove helps teams make better software through coaching them to create the circumstances in which they can work most productively and effectively. Her Agile coaching practice is founded in over 10 years experience leading software testing, development and implementation teams in global enterprises, a passion for exploratory software testing and user-centered design, and a background in community organization.

She uses team-building and facilitation approaches to support the transition to collaborative Agile work practices at the team, managerial and corporate level, and has conquered the challenges of extending Scrum roll-outs to off-shore development partners and multi-site project teams.

Outside the office, Ellen applies her coaching talents and creativity to keeping her household menagerie of husband, children, dogs, cats, goats, snakes, spiders and birds happy and healthy. Ellen blogs at Mastering the Obvious.

New Girl Geek Dinner Groups

We have just added three new Girl Geek Dinner Groups and one new Country to the list of Groups now around the world.  This brings the total number of active groups to 63 and the total number of countries to 22.

The new groups are as follows:

• Oxford, UK
• Oslo, Norway
• Coffs Harbour, Australia

If you would like to start an event in your area then please read our Starting Out page!

Thank You and Dates for May

Thank you to those who came along on Thursday, despite the weather and the traffic! It was lovely to see you all at the April Reading Girl Geek Dinner.

Special thanks to our speaker Rachel Cooper and, of course, our sponsors Microsoft UK – without whom this event would not have been possible.

The next event will take place on Thursday 20th May and the registration page will be up very soon.

If you are interested in speaking at any of our upcoming events, or know of someone who is, please let us know. If you wish to support Reading GGD in any other way (including sponsoring one or several dinners), please do get in touch.

Have a lovely Easter!

The Reading GGD Team

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We enjoyed meeting again with some “regulars” as well as new faces. We hope to see you soon at the next event – we will publish date and venue shortly.

Thanks for coming along and thanks to Symantec for their support.

Safeena Azar-Burnett with the prize donated by our sponsor Symantec

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The girl geek, Kristin, didn’t waste any time. She immediately emailed Sarah Blow (the interviewee) and a few friends and only 3 weeks later the first Arctic Girl Geek dinner was held.

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Already the second meeting has been called.  For anyone in the area interested meeting some technology chicks and learning a bit about IT in search and rescue, please join us at the premises of the search and rescue squad Arsaell, at Grandagardur 1 in Reykjavik on December 11th at 18:00.

With warm regards from Christmasy Iceland,
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Iceland Girl Geek Dinners

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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!

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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.

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28th of August we had our first Brisbane Girl Geek Dinner. We had 25 people attend our first dinner with about 10 people pulling out at the last minute due to illness. We had some great feedback and will start planning the next event very soon so watch this space.

Photos are courtesy of Tim: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alborath/sets/72157606993717214/

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Where:
Aon Building: 200 E Randolph 25th Floor (ThoughtWorks office)

When:
Friday August 22, 2008
5:30 Doors open
6:00 Event begins
8:30 Event ends

Food and Drinks: Appetizers, Wine, and Chocolate fondue fountains

For any questions that evening on directions or building entry, please call Carrie at: (773) 882-1916

Courtesy of Sydney Girl Geek Dinners

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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!

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/

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Congratulations to Despina Bakirtzi for all her hard work! Greece Girl Geek Dinners has now launched! The first Greece Girl Geek Dinner event will be held on the 25th June and is sponsored by Sony Walkman!!!

If you are interested and up for meeting up with other Girl Geeks in Greece then this is you’re portal!