Auckland event | March 26 at Toto’s Montecristo Room

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We’re really excited to announce the first Auckland Girl Geek Dinner for 2013, brought to you in conjunction with our Gold sponsor InternetNZ and Bronze sponsor Buddle Findlay!

Tuesday March 26 2013, 6-8pm
Toto’s Montecristo Room, 53 Nelson Street, Auckland CBD
Tickets $20 – open to both women & men

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Speakers

There will be three short talks on the night across three broad areas.

julia_raueBusiness | Julia Raue
Julia was appointed as Air New Zealand CIO in 2007 and manages the centralised Air NZ Group IT department. This involves key portfolios such as Production, Solutions, Architecture, Vendor Management, and Innovation & Ventures. Julia is passionate about both her role and the airline’s commitment to improving information systems and technology. Julia has twenty years of experience in the IT industry and has held positions in local government, telecommunications and charitable organisations.

Creative | Su Yin Khoo
Su Yin (@ksuyin) relishes solving front-end web development and user experience problems but designing beautiful print documents is really her strong suit. She has been involved with various good-cause projects like Our Far South, Jojo’s Place, Cycling in Auckland and Easy Transport Auckland.
Su Yin has also worked on award-winning titles Idealog and Good in both print and digital formats.

Technical | Vivian Chandra
Vivian (@vivster81) is the ICT & Database Manager at Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand.
Vivian has been involved with Amnesty since she was in high school, and calls herself a human rights activist who happens to *do* IT.

Logistics

Tickets

Tickets are $20 – the ticket price includes a light dinner and a drink. Although our name suggests this event is only for women, our speakers are so great that everyone will want to come.  We’ve  got a limited number of tickets available for our male colleagues and friends as well, but you’ll have to be quick!

We use Lil Regie, a NZ-based online registration system. They’ll take your payment securely by credit card. Buy tickets now →

Venue

The Montecristo Room is in the fantastic Toto’s Restaurant in Nelson Street. It’s across from TVNZ, just up from Pastis and the Empire Tavern – 5 minutes from Queen Street. There’s heaps of parking nearby.

Timing

Doors will open at 6pm. There will be a buffet dinner and a selection of drinks served until the speakers start at 6.45pm. A cash bar will also operate for the evening if you’re after a beverage which isn’t on offer.

The three speakers should conclude by about 7.45 and we’ll wrap up at 8pm.

Thank you

Gold sponsor

internetnz

Bronze sponsor

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Friends

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Auckland event – November 13 at Generator

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We’re really excited to announce the next Auckland Girl Geek Dinner, brought to you in conjunction with Datacom and Buddle Findlay!

Tuesday, November 13 2012 | 6-8pm
Generator, 22-28 Customs Street East, Auckland CBD
Tickets $15

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Speakers

There will be three short talks on the night across three broad areas.

Design | Penny Hagen
Penny (@pennyhagen) believes in a participatory approach to the design of process, strategy, products and services. Penny is the User Experience Director at leading digital agency DAN in Auckland. In addition to her design consulting work, Penny teaches design thinking to business students at AUT and last year finished her PhD on the impact of social technologies on the design process.

Technical | Selena Dewar
Selena (@selenadewar) is passionate about great code, strong leadership, good strategies and fostering high performing teams. Selena is the Software Development Manager for tvnz.co.nz and TVNZ Ondemand.

Business | Erica Lloyd
As the Director of Communications at Datacom, Erica (@ericalloyd) is a communications professional with a serious tech-bent. She has run her own tech business in the film industry, worked as news and current affairs producer and an on air business journo, and done loads of multichannel PR including building from scratch social media capability for a bank.

Logistics

Tickets

There are 60 tickets available – they’re $15 each.

Although our name suggests this event is only for women, our speakers are so great that everyone will want to come.  We’ve  got a limited number of tickets available for our male colleagues and friends as well, but you’ll have to be quick!

We use Lil Regie, a NZ-based online registration system. They’ll take your payment securely by credit card.

Buy a ticket now

Venue

Generator is located in a fantastic heritage office space – they’re at 22-28 Customs Street East, just around the corner from Shaky Isles in the Auckland CBD. The entrance is right next to Cafe Hanoi and opposite Xu Xu.

It’s a minute’s walk from the train and across the road from the ferry. There’s free parking for your bike or scooter and they’re surrounded by carparks.

Timing

Doors will open at 6pm. There will be sushi and a selection of drinks served until the speakers start at 6.45pm. A cash bar will also operate for the evening if you’re after a beverage which isn’t on offer.

The three speakers should conclude by about 7.30 and we’ll wrap up at 8pm.

Thank you

Sponsors

 

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Friends

 


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Why we have too few women leaders

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Sheryl Sandberg: Why we have too few women leaders (December 2010)

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg looks at why a smaller percentage of women than men reach the top of their professions — and offers 3 powerful pieces of advice to women aiming for the C-suite. As the COO at the helm of Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg juggles the tasks of monetising the world’s largest social networking site while keeping its users happy and engaged.