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.
Add comment July 23, 2008
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!
Add comment July 20, 2008
Join the Saskatoon Girl Geek Dinners Facebook Group
If you are interested in attending or speaking at a Saskatoon Girl Geek Dinner please join the Saskatoon Girl Geek Dinners Facebook group. If you are not a facebook user you can contact me through the about page instead.
1 comment April 8, 2008
I live in Saskatoon, I am a girl, and I am passionate about technology
Saskatoon Girl Geek Dinners are an up and coming version of the original Girl Geek Dinners started by Sarah Blow in London, England.
In Saskatoon, we are hoping to create a community for women interested in science and engineering.
If you are in Saskatoon and are intersted in being a part of the first Saskatoon Girl Geek Dinner please let me know by filling out the comment form. We’re looking for ladies in all walks of technology careers like programming, systems administration, as well as engineering. We’re also looking for women who are part of the primary, seconday, and post-secondary education systems and are interested in technology. We’re going to need people to help organize and recruit members as well as people who are interested in speaking.
If you are a guy, you can also attend our first dinner if you are invited by a lady.
About me: My name is Melanie and I am currently employed as a Program Manager, (which is essentially like a software project manager) by Point2 Technologies Inc. I graduated from SIAST Kelsey Campus in 2001 from the Computer Systems Technology course. Since then I have been a User Interface Developer, Programmer/Analyst, and done quite a bit of Business Analysis.
I am passionate about my work and the team of people I work with. I like geeky things like Microsoft Log parser. I have worked on a number of public facing websites like Point2 Homes and CatUsed.com.
I hope we can come together, it would be great to
- Share our experiences
- Act as role models for young women interested in technology
- Teach one another
- Learn from one another
- and of course, have fun.
2 comments April 8, 2008
