Upcoming Events
Events This Week:
- Photoshop for Photographers: From Camera Raw Through Advanced Photo Retouching and Processing Bob Horowitz, All City Photography Collective, Feb 15
- Becoming a WordPress Master! Adria Richards, working in IT industry for 12+ years and has been teaching for 4+ years, Feb 15, 22 Sold out!
- Ruby on Rails Speed Dating for Employers Feb 16: RoR Speed Dating will give you 15 face-to-face meetings (duration: 5 minutes each) with RoR developers. We’ll start and wrap up the event with a free-form social hour where you will be able meet up to 35 more developers. You’ll meet developers looking for exactly what you have to offer: visionary projects where they can make a real contribution! Sold out!
- Ruby on Rails Speed Dating for Developers Feb 16: We can help you find a new gig, or at least explore the options out there in the RoR market. RoR Developer-Employer Speed Dating will give you 15 face-to-face meetings (duration: 5 minutes each) with employers looking for RoR talent and we’ll wrap up the event with a free-form social hour where you can meet up to 25 more potential employers. You’ll meet like-minded visionaries looking for RoR developers to help take their companies to the next level. There will be 60 total spots available for the speed dating — first come, first served. Can’t make it in time to date? Don’t worry there will also be ample time after the dating to mix and mingle with the employers.
Events Next Week:
- How to Come Up with your Own SEO Strategy and Save $$$ Anji Ismail, CEO of Capseo and SEO lecturer in French business schools Feb 21
- Yoga with Nacera Nacera Mekki, yoga teacher and practioner for 9 years Feb 21, 28 & Mar 6, 13
- Bits, Bytes & Musician’s Rights Annie Lin, Attorney at Brave Noise Legal, Feb 22
- QR Codes & Landing Pages – Basic to Advanced Feb 22: Presentation and discussion about the variety of QR Code landing pages, from text-only, to Facebook, videos, and more. Meet & Greet for the first thirty minutes, then a short presentation and discussion.
- EduTech Mixer Feb 23: The latest iteration of the Mixer Series: The EduTech Mixer! Our last Mixer was so successful — with almost 200 attendees and 15 demoing companies — that we couldn’t resist the urge of hosting it again! So come on over to rub shoulders with cutting edge technologists, educators, and VCs in our trendy loft. Teams from the hottest EduTech startups will be pitching the next groundbreaking products/services, providing demos and Q&A sessions. From learning apps to online classes, all platforms will be represented. Join us and indulge in some drinks, a night of learning, and enjoy some great networking opportunities at the beautiful pariSoma Innovation Loft! Apply to be a demoer!
Feb Events:
- Cloud Security Alliance CCSK Basic Training Feb 26: This seminar provides students a comprehensive one day review of cloud security fundamentals and prepares them to take the Cloud Security Alliance CCSK certification exam.
- Sponsorships 101: How to Find them, Close them and Create Value for them Julian Nachtigal, COO of faberNovel and Chief Coworking Guru Feb 27
- Women Who Code Lightning Talks Feb 28: Lightning talks (talks of 5 min or less) by Women Who Code about coding, technology, their projects, tools they like, or other topics of interest to the group. Non-coding women are invited to attend!
- Fundraising: Creating the Perfect Pitch for VCs and Angels Pascal Levy-Garboua, raised $14M from top tier Silicon Valley and European VCs Feb 28
March Events:
- BarBot 2012 Mar 2-3: Come hang out to the fifth annual festival of Cocktail Robotics! Get a drink from an actual robot. And, after downing your sixth martini, you’ll finally admit that it’s the geeks who shall inherit the earth. Buy tickets here
- Sketchnotes, Infographics & Graphic Design: Beginners Alexis Finch, from GraphiteMind has a background in user experience for Fortune 500s Mar 7
- Navigating French Culture, Business and Language Dominique Bremond, President of The Franch Class Inc, in business for 20 years Mar 13, 20, 27
- Winemaking 101 Scott Mansfield, award-winning winemaker and writer has been fermenting for the last 15 years Mar 14
- iOS/Android Employer-Developer Speed Dating (Dev Page) Mar 22: iOS/Android Speed Dating will give you 15 face-to-face 5 minute meetings with either employers or developers. We’ll start and wrap up the event with a free-form social hour where you will be able meet up to 65 more developers and 25 more employers. This event is FREE for developers.
- Sketchnotes, Infographics & Graphic Design: Advanced Alexis Finch, from GraphiteMind has a background in user experience for Fortune 500s Mar 21