Reading Girl Geek Dinners

GGD 5th Anniversary Dinner

readingggd — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 21:53:15 +0000

This Thursday (23rd September), we held our Reading Girl Geek Dinner event, which was a very special one: Girl Geek Dinners was turning five!

And to celebrate it, we had GGD’s founder, Sarah Blow, with a very interesting talk about “How It All Began”. It was news for some, and very nice for all of us to remember or find out how GGD started 5 years ago.

The event was held at Glo, very fitting venue, abundant and nice food and with lots of good conversation. It was great to see new and familiar faces: thanks to those of you who came along, despite the terrible showers that happened precisely when we were supposed to start.

Thank you as well to our kind sponsors, DediPower, who supported us on this very special occasion – and also provided some goodie bags for the attendees.

We will soon be planning our next event, which will be in late November. Let us know if you are interested in speaking or sponsoring and, in any case, we hope to see you at the next Reading GGD!

5th Anniversary Dinner – 23 September

readingggd — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:54:01 +0000

We’re thrilled to announce our September 2010 Reading Girl Geek Dinner, which is also Girl Geek Dinner’s 5th Anniversary, at Glo in central Reading. This event is kindly sponsored by DediPower.

You can come any time from 6.30pm with some networking; dinner will follow and we will have some more time for networking after the meal.

Being the 5th Anniversary, we are delighted to have a great speaker: none other but the founder of Girl Geek Dinners, Sarah Blow.

The topic is “Where It All Began”.

The event will commence at 6.30pm; dim sum dinner will follow from 7pm and we will have some time for networking during and after the meal.

As usual, come prepared to share ideas, be inspired and meet like-minded people. In a nutshell: join us to have a great evening.

Thanks to DediPower for supporting this event.

Full Details:

Date & Time: Thursday, 23rd September, 6:30pm for a 7pm start
End Time: Late
Venue: Glo, Reading
Hosted by: Girl Geek Dinners
Food & Drink: Dim sum, buy your own drinks
Subject for the evening: Where It All Began
Format: Reception, Dinner, Conversation
Capacity: 40 people
Attendees: As ever, boy geeks are welcome to attend if invited by a girl geek although on this occasion we do stress that there are few and limited spaces so more boy geeks = less girl geeks.

If you’d like to attend on 23rd September, please sign up via the Register Now button below, and we’ll see you at the event!

23 September Reading GGD: 5th Anniversary

readingggd — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:33:04 +0000

We hope you are enjoying the summer – despite the occasional rain!

Some of you know already, but Girl Geek Dinners is turning five this year! At Reading Girl Geek Dinners we want to have our Anniversary dinner, and this is set for Thursday, 23rd September.

Eventbrite site for registration will be up very soon.

Sponsors Wanted
In the meantime, we have a great opportunity for a sponsor willing to support this next event. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you are interested and/or want some more information: @readingggd or post a comment here.

Thank you and we look forward to seeing many of you on the 23rd.

Thank You and Dates for May

readingggd — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 21:26:07 +0000

Thank you to those who came along on Thursday, despite the weather and the traffic! It was lovely to see you all at the April Reading Girl Geek Dinner.

Special thanks to our speaker Rachel Cooper and, of course, our sponsors Microsoft UK – without whom this event would not have been possible.

The next event will take place on Thursday 20th May and the registration page will be up very soon.

If you are interested in speaking at any of our upcoming events, or know of someone who is, please let us know. If you wish to support Reading GGD in any other way (including sponsoring one or several dinners), please do get in touch.

Have a lovely Easter!

The Reading GGD Team

April Reading Girl Geek Dinner – and the Team

readingggd — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:43:00 +0000

We are setting up regular Reading Girl Geek Dinners for this year: we are holding them on the THIRD Thursday of each month after this session. We are always interested in your opinion, what you would like to hear about and, of course, if you wish to sponsor the event.

We are also delighted to announce that Natasha O’Brien has joined the Reading GGD team.

Our next event is Thursday 1st April (no joke!) and it is sponsored by Microsoft UK. We will be going back to La Tasca in central Reading.

The event will commence at 6.30pm; a lovely tapas dinner will follow from 7pm and we will have some time for networking during and after the meal.

The theme of the evening is “Dedicated to Ada Lovelace”. We will have a very interesting and entertaining speaker: Rachel Cooper, from Graphico – who will be talking about how she started in IT and about the amazing figure of Ada Lovelace.

Full Details:

Date & Time: Thursday, 1st April, 6:30pm for a 7pm start
End Time: Late
Venue: La Tasca, Reading
Hosted by: Girl Geek Dinners
Food & Drink: Spanish tapas, buy your own drinks
Subject for the evening: Dedicated to Ada Lovelace
Format: Reception, Dinner, Conversation
Capacity: 40 people
Attendees: As ever, boy geeks are welcome to attend if invited by a girl geek although on this occasion we do stress that there are few and limited spaces so more boy geeks = less girl geeks.

If you’d like to attend on 1st April, please sign up via the Register Now button below, and we’ll see you at the event!

See you in 2010

readingggd — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:29:25 +0000

The last Reading GGD of 2009 was held on 10th December at La Tasca, with 28 girls and guys attending. Thanks to all of you for coming and we hope to see you in the New Year.

Our sponsors, Symantec, donated some cool hoodies, that were quite successful, judging by the number of us who took them and were wearing them (some even on the night).

Thanks again to Symantec for their support in 2009 and have a lovely Holiday!

December 10th – Reading Girl Geek Dinner

readingggd — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:49:47 +0000

We’re back just before the Holidays: our December Reading Girl Geek Dinner, sponsored by our friends at Symantec, is back at La Tasca in central Reading.

The event will commence at 6.30pm; a lovely tapas dinner will follow from 7pm and we will have some time for networking during and after the meal.

The theme of the evening is “Be Inspired “. We will have a very inspiring group as guest speakers: Millennials from Microsoft will be talking about how they use technology, what they expect from it and how it is likely to change the way we live and work. We are very pleased to have these speakers join us. As usual, come with your ideas and ready to ask questions, network and be inspired.

Full Details:

Date & Time: Thursday, 10th December, 6:30pm for a 7pm start
End Time: Late
Venue: La Tasca, Reading
Hosted by: Girl Geek Dinners and Symantec
Food & Drink: Spanish tapas, buy your own drinks
Subject for the evening: Be Inspired
Format: Reception, Dinner, Conversation
Capacity: 40 people
Attendees: As ever, boy geeks are welcome to attend if invited by a girl geek although on this occasion we do stress that there are few and limited spaces so more boy geeks = less girl geeks.

If you’d like to attend on 10th December, please sign up via the Register Now button below, and we’ll see you at the event!

June Reading Girl Geek Dinner – Save the Date

readingggd — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:21:27 +0000

While the Sun is still shining and bank holidays aren’t completely over, here comes a quick reminder of our next Girl Geek Dinner in Reading:

Thursday, 11th June at Revolutions

Details and registration coming up very soon.

We hope to see you there!

A Very Networked St. George’s Day

readingggd — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:09:45 +0000

Our April Girl Geek Dinner in Reading was on Thursday, 23rd April and we had 24 girl and guy geeks at Il Gusto.

The dinner was kindly sponsored by our friends at Symantec who, this time, also gave a lovely prize for a draw: gorgeous champagne that, no doubt, will be enjoyed by the lucky winner Safeena Azar-Burnett.

We enjoyed meeting again with some “regulars” as well as new faces. We hope to see you soon at the next event – we will publish date and venue shortly.

Thanks for coming along and thanks to Symantec for their support.

Safeena Azar-Burnett with the prize donated by our sponsor Symantec

April 23rd – Reading Girl Geek Dinner

readingggd — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:40:56 +0000

We’re thrilled to announce our April Reading Girl Geek event, sponsored by Symantec, at Il Gusto just across from the Reading train station.

The event will commence at 6.30pm with some simple networking; dinner will follow and we will have some more time for networking after the meal.

The theme of the evening will be “Go Mobile”: Come to share ideas, get inspiration and show off your mobile phone, and talk about any other topic that you find interesting.

This event is possible thanks to Symantec’s kind sponsorship and they are also offering a prize draw amongst the attendees… So don’t forget to bring your business cards!

Many thanks to Kate and her team from Symantec for arranging sponsorship and prize draw!

Full Details:

Date & Time: Thursday, 23rd April 2009, 6:30pm for a 7pm start
End Time: Late
Venue: Il Gusto, Reading
Hosted by: Girl Geek Dinners and Symantec
Food & Drink: Delicious Italian and Greek food, buy your own drinks
Subject for the evening: Go Mobile
Format: Reception, Dinner, Conversation
Capacity: 40 people
Attendees: As ever, boy geeks are welcome to attend if invited by a girl geek although on this occasion we do stress that there are few and limited spaces so more boy geeks = less girl geeks.

If you’d like to attend on 23rd April, please sign up via the Register Now button below, and we’ll see you at the event!