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Register for BlogWorld West, LA by Thurs & Get up to 50% with Girls in Tech (Nov 3-5th)

July 19th, 2011

All Chapters, Event, Los Angeles

Yes, it’s that time again! … This time for the West Coast. And, when you register with Girls in Tech, you can get 50% off a full Expo Pass, or 20% any conference pass with the discount codes provided, below. This is a discount off the already reduced early-bird pricing. So come and join the event that brings bloggers of all genres together in one place!

Register by this Thurs., 7/21, to take advantage of this steep discount…

Dates: Nov. 3-5, 2011

Los Angeles, CA

BlogWorld & New Media Expo is the first and only industry-wide conference, tradeshow and media event dedicated to blogging, podcasting, social media, social networking, online video, music, Internet TV and radio. BlogWorld conference attendees enjoy more than 120 cutting-edge educational sessions presented by leading bloggers — like Peter Shankman — podcasters and content creators, while the New Media Expo provides the only industry-wide new media marketplace for networking, online business and marketing resources.

Register at: blogworldexpo.com with the promo code:

GITVIP20 to save 20% off any conference pass, or

GIT50 to save 50% off Expo Passes

(which include access to the Exhibit hall as well as all keynotes and parties, just like the conference passes).

We hope to see you there~

Tags: BlogWorld
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GIT Sponsors: Freemium Summit Oct. 25 – Sentry Centers, NYC

October 13th, 2010

All Chapters, Event, New York

Christine Oneto

GIT and MediaBistro present…

Following the overwhelming success of the inaugural Freemium Summit in San Francisco, the one-day event moves to the East Coast and will explore best practices for succeeding under the freemium business model. Across all segments of the media landscape, entrepreneurs and executives are pioneering online business models that combine a free offering with a premium, paid offering. This hybrid business model is one of the most exciting areas of business model innovation affecting the world of media and the Freemium Summit will explore the most important topics on the minds of leading practitioners.

See such amazing industry leaders as:

Anne Driscoll of Ning
Ryan Holmes of HootSuite
Brent Chudoba of SurveyMonkey
Scott McMullan of Google

Venue

Sentry Centers
730 Third Avenue (Between E. 45th St. and E. 46th St.), 17th Floor
New York, NY 10017
http://www.sentrycenters.com/

Register here!

Get the 15% Girls in Tech discount with this code: FSGIT

Tags: Freemium, Google, HootSuite, hybrid, Survey Monkey, Zing
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Attend the SmartPhone Games Summit – SF & Social Ad Summit – NYC! Brought to you by MediaBistro.com & GIT

September 19th, 2010

All Chapters, Event, New York, San Francisco

Christine Oneto

Please join us as we partner with MediaBistro for the Smartphone Game Summit – September 24th at the Hotel Nikko, San Francisco! ~ It is an event not to be missed.

The Smartphone Games Summit is a single day conference focused on the emerging smartphone games space. As new developments emerge such as the iPhone Game Center, is it game over for a number of gaming companies, or does it open an even larger opportunity? How do new technologies like the iPad change the game? The conference will bring together leading developers, investors, and executives from around the globe to share their collective wisdom on what’s working today and where this exciting industry is heading. The Smartphone Games Summit will touch on a number of key trends, including:

International trends in smartphone games
Engaging smartphone game design
Lessons from leaders
Mobile social games
Keys to successful monetization
Building and executing a successful distribution strategy

You’ll also hear such prominent industry speakers such as: Charles Juof PlayMesh, Andrew Lacy of Disney Mobile, Si Shenof PapayaMobile, Inc., Chris Williamsof PlayFirst, and Aunkur Arya of Google.

Register

HERE

using discount code: SPGIT for your 15% GIT discount

Then, on October 1st…

Join us in New York at the New Yorker Hotel, NYC – for the Social Ad Summit! — At Social Ad Summit, leading brands and agencies will share how they created successful social marketing and advertising campaigns. The rapid growth of social media provides marketers and advertisers with larger reach, stronger customer relationship opportunities, and increased relevance. Make the most of it — learn firsthand what is working and how to implement a successful strategy for your organization or client.

What will you learn?

How to dramatically boost your social media PR effectiveness
Top reasons to include social media in your business strategy
Breakthrough mobile marketing techniques
Proven methods for making money with social media
Customer relationship strategies for the social media age
Social driven advertising solutions
How to build a loyal community of influencers

See and hear from such industry leaders as: Anna Banksof Organic, Inc., Rebecca Watson of gWallet, Aaron Shapiro of Huge, Joe Baratelli or RPA, and Royce Carvahlo of Johnson & Johnson. (See the complete list, here.)

Register HERE with discount code: SAGIT:

We hope you will take advantage and enjoy the wealth of knowledge and mindshare at these two great industry events.

Tags: girls in tech, MediaBistro, smartphone, Social Advertising
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Brace yourself for upcoming Startup Weekend in the Twin Cities!

August 8th, 2010

All Chapters, Event, Events, Minneapolis

Urvashi Mishra

Girls in Tech Minneapolis is proud to sponsor Startup Weekend in the Twin Cities, during the weekend of September 17th-19th, 2010.

This supercharging event aims at bringing together teams of developers, innovators, and enterpreneurs to work on novel ideas in this 54 hour event to build something enterprising and showcase the new products. This conference was founded in 2007 by Andrew Hyde, based on the concept of ‘focusing on learning by creating.’

Startup Weekend Twin Cities

Featured in Washington Post, TechCrunch, ABC News, TECHdotMN and more, Startup Weekend continues to make the buzz with success in more than 100 cities world-wide, from San Francis to Athens. Thanks to Shane Reiser, Coordinator (also orchestrated Startup Weekend in New York City and Omaha) for bringing this event here.

While event planning is still underway, it is confirmed that Jon Dahl, Co-founder of Zencoder, will kick-off the event on September 17th, Friday, with Jeff Pesek, Co-founder of TECHdotMN, discuss ‘Future of Minneapolis tech scene‘. On Saturday, Rob Weber, VP of Business Development, Co-founded of W3i 2000, CEO 2000-2007, will share his thoughts on ‘From Dorm to Millions‘. Other highlights include Sunday night panel featuring: Matt Bauer (founder, Pedal Brain), Luke Francl (web app developer), Pete Birkeland (CFO, RAIN Source Capital), Kathy Grayson(reporter – technology, venture capitals, and startups in Minnsapolis/St. Paul Business Journal).

Excited? Feel the adrenaline rush?

You can be a part of this super exciting event, and amongst other things, learn, grow, and network! You have to act fast as, participation is limited to the first 100 (registration is open).

All Girls in Tech Members are offered a discount of $15.

To register now, click here: GIT Member Registration @Startup Weekend.

Others: Non-GIT Member Register here.

When: September 17th – 19th, 2010

Where: CoCo MSP

Stay tuned at Twin Cities Startup Weekend for more details.

NOTE: Tickets price include food & beverage throughout the event (reduced pricing for students and demo only).

Via: TechdotMN, Twin Cities Startup Weekend, Girls In Tech Minneapolis

Tags: Andrew Hyde, Co-founded of W3i, Co-founder of TECHdotMN, Co-founder of Zencoder, CoCo MSP, Jeff Pesek, Jon Dahl, Kathy Grayson (reporter - technology, Luke Francl (web app developer), Matt Bauer (founder, Minneapolis, Pedal Brain), Pete Birkeland (CFO, RAIN Source Capital), registration, Rob Weber, Saint Paul, September 17th-19th 2010, Shane Reiser, startup weekend, Startup Weekend Girls in Tech member discount code, TechdotMN, Twin Cities, venture capitals, VP of Business Development
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She’s Bringing Crowd-sourcing Graphics Mainstream! – Minted.com

August 3rd, 2010

Event, San Francisco

Christine Oneto

(Register for our upcoming event on Eventbrite, here.)

The she I refer to is: Mariam Naficy, founder and CEO of the Minted.com. Minted.com is the online source for crowd-sourced graphic design. Minted.com calls themselves “The Freshest Designs on Paper.” — And by virtue of how they’re selected, we really think they are!

The purpose of their site is to uncover exceptional design from all over the world and bring this to the savvy consumer who won’t accept anything less. Where does the crowd-sourcing come in? With their Design Challenge (c) – the site’s visitors decide which designers get into the minted collection by the “wisdom of the crowd” as they call it. Their design challenges are voted on by our users and winners are picked to be sold on their site. To see some of their designs in various categories, click:: here.

So, as they say: They’re “here to help realize your vision for great design on paper. At Minted, all that matters is how good your design is. You submit, and the Minted community votes to tell us what to sell.” So, check them out …Or even take on the community and enter a design!

***Join us as she tells her story & gives advice for other women & soon-to-be entrepreneurs at our event this Monday, August 9th. Register on Eventbrite, here.***

August 9th – 6:00 – 8:30 pm

Nextspace Workspace @

28 2nd Street | San Francisco | between Market & Mission

We’ll see you there!

About Mariam:
Mariam Naficy is the Founder and CEO of Minted. She has pioneered new consumer Internet models since 1998, when she co-founded Eve.com, the first online retailer of cosmetics, upon graduating from business school. Eve.com grew to $10 million in annual sales in its first year and was sold successfully to Idealab for a reported $100 million in cash in 2000. The company was then sold to LVMH’s Sephora in late 2000. After Eve.com, Mariam served as the Vice-President and General Manager of E-Commerce for The Body Shop, the international beauty goods retailer.
Minted, Mariam’s newest venture founded in 2007, is a crowd-sourcing design company that holds design competitions to source graphic design and lets its community vote to tell the company what to sell. (The designs are then printed on paper in the form of wedding invitations, holiday photo cards and other personalized stationery and photo card products.) Mariam received her BA in Political Economy from Williams College in 1991 and her MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. While at Stanford, Mariam wrote The Fast Track, a guide to investment banking and management consulting published by Broadway Books that has sold over 50,000 copies, based on her pre-business school experience as an analyst at Goldman Sachs. Mariam sits on the Board of Directors of Polyvore, the fashion social media site, and of RealSelf, the leading content site for cosmetic surgery. Mariam has been written about in Vogue, People, Fortune, USA Today, the Washington Post, and other publications.

(photo credit: VentureBeatProfiles.com)

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Minneapolis Geek Girl Happy Hour!

June 17th, 2010

All Chapters, Event, Events, Minneapolis

Urvashi Mishra

Geek Girl Happy Hour!

Girls in Tech, Minneapolis welcomes Summer of 2010 with friendly drinks and sparkling conversations among our women in technology, industry and academia, and all enthusiasts.

Please attend Girls in Tech Minneapolis for our “Geek Girl” Happy Hour!

This is a “just for fun” event . Let’s get to know each other well in fun non stressful way