Hey SGGD community!
Here is an updated event schedule! We just added Salesforce.com to our list of upcoming events.
Looking forward to see many of you there!
Hi ladies!
I hear Code Fellows will be giving away prizes tonight … so go win some goodies and have a great time! I won’t be able to be there tonight, but Nathalie Steinmetz will kick things off for us. Enjoy!
And, thank you Nathalie for all of your help. You rock!
–Liz
Hi all! Two quick updates for you:
I am super excited to announce the line up for upcoming events starting in August through the fall!
August – Code Fellows
September – Expedia
October – Concur
October – Microsoft
Please stay tuned for details regarding each SGGD event. Coming soon …
Second, it’s SGGD’s 5th anniversary! We had our first event on June 28, 2008. Microsoft Research sponsored our first dinner. It goes without saying, a BIG thank you to Microsoft and my manager (at the time) for the funding and believing in our mission as a community.
–Liz
Google Kirkland presents the Dart Classroom Series and would love to have some of our community members attend. Mark your calendar for this two evening event: Tuesday (Tech Talk) and Wednesday (Code Lab), July 16 & 17 from 6:30-9:00pm.
They anticipate both nights to sell out very quickly, so please RSVP here:
https://sites.google.com/site/kirdartclassroom2013/
Here’s more info …
What’s Classroom? The Google Classroom Series is a project designed to expose underrepresented groups of engineers to Google’s technology, development, and engineering principles through workshops and hands-on tutorials. For this Classroom, Google is excited to partner with the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Region Six Professionals and Seattle Girl Geek Dinners.
Dart. What? At Google we create some of the world’s largest, most complex, and rapidly changing web apps. Dart helps developers productively build high-performance apps for the modern web. Developed with the goals of simplicity, efficiency, and scalability, the Dart language combines powerful new features with familiar language constructs into a clear, readable syntax. But, Dart’s not just a language. The Dart open-source project also includes libraries, a package manager and tools such as a full featured editor.
During Night 1 of this Classroom, Google engineers will walk through Dart’s powerful new features and shine light on where we’re looking to go. RSVP only required.
Participants of Night 2 of the Classroom, will be walked through a Code Lab initially run at Google I/O. You’ll get hands-on experience and build declarative, modern mobile web apps with Dart and Web Components. Go from zero to magnificent! We want attendees to have fun as well as leave empowered and armed with new skills! RSVP and application required.
We hope you’ll join us! Dart Classroom is open to all qualified engineers with a passion for coding. We encourage you to RSVP and/or apply now as seats are sure to go fast.
RSVP for night 1 and/or apply for night 2 by Friday, June 28th. Applicants for night 2 will be notified of their application status by Wednesday, July 3rd.
Hi everyone!
Our new website is finished!
There are a few new features I wanted to highlight for you:
Email subscribe list:Â http://
I will be using Facebook, previous event attendee lists and this email list to announce future events. Please subscribe if you haven’t already.
Job board:
Check out our job board at:Â http://
We offer the following two packages to interested companies:
1. Unlimited Posting Starter Package: $150 for an unlimited amount of job postings during one month after start. Thereafter each job post will be $10.
2. Incentive Starter Package: $50 for 6 job postings. This package can be followed up with the Unlimited Posting Starter Package if interested.
Email us to get started with posting jobs …
Also – we will be doing ongoing updates/enhancements – and welcome your feedback (via email). Let us know if there is something you’d like to see featured on the site.
Lastly, a big thank you to Nathalie Steinmetz for building the website for our community!
–Liz
Hi everyone!
I would like to introduce our new webmaster Nathalie Steinmetz! Nathalie is working on v2 of our Seattle Girl Geek Community blog, and a few other projects that will be announced later this month.
Wanna know more about Nathalie?
Nathalie is a computer scientist with a research and development background in vertical search engines, semantic technologies and web services. She is very interested in all things search and web mining, and is currently looking into app development (especially Windows 8 apps) and modern agile development frameworks, such as Ruby on Rails.
Thank you so much for your help Nathalie! All of the SGGD community members appreciate it.
Hi all!
I have a few exciting announcements this morning …
First, i would like to announce our partnership with Ignite!
IGNITE is a Seattle based non-profit organization with a 14 year history of exposing young girls to the possibilities represented by STEM careers. IGNITE offers an affordable, community based, multifaceted approach to STEM education – providing toolkits and curriculum which allow educators across the globe to replicate the successful model that thrives in Seattle Public Schools.
Ignite will be offering volunteering opportunities for our community. So, if you are interested, please email me for more details! We will also be having an Ignite fund raiser event in May, so stay tuned for details.
Lastly, I would like to announce a new SGGD leader, Adjua Dupree. Adjua will be driving some of our philanthropy events and programs, and will also be involved in planning general community events. Welcome Adjua! A big thank you for stepping up to help grow our community!
Hello Seattle Girl Geeks!
I hope everyone has had a great start to 2013. Today, I am writing to the community to announce several exciting ways in which you can get involved with Seattle Girl Geek Dinners.
Since the community started, we have grown to 500+ women with the support of several local technical employers such as Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Amazon. However, we have so many talented, passionate women as part of SGGD, Stevi and I truly see an opportunity for us to evolve and expand our mission as a community.
Moving into 2013, we will be launching a Seattle Girl Geek philanthropy events program, which will give local girl geeks the opportunity to inspire younger women to consider and pursue STEM related careers. In addition, we have created volunteer opportunities to help with social media postings and securing sponsorship for future dinners. As we continue to thrive as an organization which foster’s support and knowledge, our goal is to increase our outreach to younger women who may not yet know about the many possibilities of a career in technology and the sciences.
In order to meet our ambitious goals, we need your help. We will be creating a board of directors.  The board of directors will have responsibilities noted below.  As a part of this, SGGD will need a total of 8 volunteers to dedicate between 5-7 hours per month in one of the following areas:
Please email me directly if you are interested in volunteering in one of these areas. My goal is to introduce our board of directors next month. For updates on events, please continue to visit our Facebook page. Once I find a volunteer to create an email distribution list, I will let everyone know so they can join.
Lastly, I would like to highlight our most immediate need, which is sponsorship for 2013 events. If you work for a company that hasn’t sponsored and have questions on cost or logistics, please reach out to me. I would be happy to answer questions and help out in any way.
Looking forward to seeing you soon! Thank you again for your help with delivering our mission.
Liz and Stevi
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