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Social Tech Brewing presents "Women in IT: Challenges and Opportunities"August 3rd, 2006... Breaking down the digital gender barrier Given the progress that women have made in society, are women still facing unique challenges in the IT sector? Join us on Thursday, August 3rd for an interactive session on challenges facing women in technology today, and the opportunities available to overcome them. An expert panel discussion leading into breakout sessions will explore the major factors impacting women working in technology. We will also feature organizations that work with women in technology, bringing their unique perspectives to addressing these needs. With your support, this can be the first in a series of ongoing discussions about the myriad of ways in which women impact IT - and vice versa. This is a FREE event will take place at the Center for Social Innovation at 215 Spadina Ave at 5:30pm to 7:30pm. SPACE IS LIMITED! So, If you’d like to attend the event, please register at our Mollyguard site. There will be a variety of speakers, panels, and speed presentations at the event. Details to follow next week.
Border-Busting: a conversation with Katrin Verclas, June 17thIf you work at the intersection of technology and community-building, we hope you'll join us for a July 17th gathering of Social Tech Brewing's Vancouver chapter. Social Tech Brewing brings together folks from nonprofit organizations, community service, social activism, social ventures and technology to share ideas -- and beer! Our July 17th event will feature a conversation with Katrin Verclas, the incoming director of The Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network (N-TEN), an American group that works to support the diverse people and organizations who help nonprofits employ technology effectively. We've booked a great quiet space in which to have this conversation, conveniently located above a great spot to drink beer. Katrin will lead an informal discussion about whether/how US npos can work more effectively here in Canada. She'll also introduce us to a new project from the N-TEN Technobabes Community: "BraCamp," which we're hoping will lead to a broader conversation about gender issues in nonprofit technology. Katrin's presentation and Q&A will start at 7:15 and wrap by 8, so please plan to arrive on time. If you're early, folks will gather underneath Radha at the Brickhouse for a brew or two. And if you're still hot to talk after we wrap, we'll be moving back down to the Brickhouse again for another hour of libations, gossip exchange, and general consipracy-hatching.
Spring Social: June 1st, 2006Please join the Social Tech Brewing organizers and the usual suspects for our annual Spring Social event next Thursday at 5:30 PM. The weather is forecast to be 29 degrees on Wednesday (but potentially rainy on Thursday), so we’re going to hang out at the Imperial Public Library, which has a lovely patio and a roomy interior (should it rain). If you’ve never travelled east of Yonge Street before: now’s your chance! When: Thursday, June 1st, 2006 Time:: 5:30 - 7PM Where: IMPERIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY (Upstairs) 58 Dundas East, at Victoria, 416-977-4667. This is a four minute walk from Dundas subway station! RSVP: http://upcoming.org/event/62065/ Hopefully, we’ll get some impromtu debriefs from folks that attended the recent DrupalCampToronto, BarCampTdot, and Mesh conference. Either way, it will be a jolly good time and there will be billiards and foosball and friends.
Social Tech Brewing Vancouver: May 4 at the WhipIf you work at the intersection of technology and community-building, we hope you'll join us for a May 4th gathering of Social Tech Brewing's Vancouver chapter. Social Tech Brewing brings together folks from nonprofit organizations, community service, social activism, social ventures and technology to share ideas -- and beer! Our May 4th event will look forward to the June meeting of the UN's World Urban Forum (WUF) here in Vancouver. WUF will bring a remarkable range of government leaders, community development workers and urban activists to Vancouver to talk about the future of sustainable cities. And the lead-up to WUF has already featured one of the Net's most ambitious online dialogue efforts to date, the Habitat Jam. The STB meeting on May 4th will feature a short panel and Q&A session to illuminate some of the innovative technology projects that are happneing around the WUF meeting. We'll hear from Gayle Moss, the Director of International Marketing for Habitat Jam, about what was learned from the Jam experiment. And we'll also hear from one of the folks at the Global Urban Sustainable Solutions Exchange, a Vancouver-based information and social networking resource that will launch at the WUF in June.
April 6th event: April 6th event: municipal election campaigns 2.0Social Tech Brewing Co.'s planning team is delighted to bring you this event on April 6th, 5:30PM, at the Centre for Social Innovation. Put the date in your calendar, RSVP (link at the end of this e-mail), and forward it on to a friend -- or, better yet, your local municipal candidate. MUNICIPAL ELECTION CAMPAIGNS 2.0 A SOCIAL TECH MASHUP MAPPING TO BLOGGING AND BACK AGAIN
Social Tech Brewing: re-loaded for 2006Dear friends of Social Tech Brewing, After a few months off, I'm happy to share with you that we will be back to meeting regularly in 2006. We've been working hard behind the scenes to re-tool the Social Tech Brewing series to be more dynamic than ever before, and we've partnered with some great people to make that possible. Gatherings will begin on February 2nd - the first Thursday in February - and continue every *other* month until the end of the year. So please join us for our 2006 launch event on February 2nd, 6:30PM, at the Centre for Social Innovation to find out more about what we have in store for 2006. February's theme is presented below and the location details, directions, map, and an RSVP form can be found here.
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