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Happy Canada Day!

To all our Canadian friends and family on July the 1st! (its also national icecream month btw)

We have a few things coming up around wellbeing at work and mental health and while we try to keep this to positive Tech stuff we do think it’s worth sharing a couple of things …

The Tech to Connect Challenge is looking to help civil society develop their early stage ideas for tech that enables more or better interactions between people. Tech can be alienating or divisive for those that are isolated, so we want to help civil society translate their knowledge into good ideas for new ways to connect people.

RSA: The Power of People for Transformative Change – “Connect: Create: Collaborate” Thursday 8th August from our friend Michelle Preston

” What are the differences between community, network and movement? Join us at this one day conference to explore and understand how connected communities, nurturing networks and meaningful movements provide opportunities for us all to “connect: create: collaborate”. “

We also spotted this – a practical film about it showing in BATH, SCREENING OF ‘STEVE’ this Wednesday. They are our brothers/fathers/friends/partners or children and we know of far too many of our members affected so well worth a look.

… and as part of PRIDE we spotted a techy related event Pride of Science on Friday the 5th

We are also involved with a new technical Advisory board with UWE and they have just announced their new masters 1 year Full-time/2 year part-time MSc Financial Technology has been validated, which we love as it spans Finance and Tech, and is a great course to do to help transfer into a very vast growing sector of the Tech world.

Workshop Wednesdays

This week we are back without Workshop Wednesday – if you are just popping along for the peer-supported learning or to join in with anything you spot below you can sign up here. We are also currently negotiating some Java traininng/support, Data Science and hopefully Salesforce … so it’s all very exciting!

If you are coming for the mixed group with codehub and a bit nervous about signing up under the ‘women’s‘ tech hub you are welcome to sign up for one of teh following:

Meet & Speak – Speech Time

Meet & Speak Clubs are a supportive space for women to take to their feet and find their voices. For our last session we will all take to the floor and give a prepared speech to the group. See event link for sign up and more information:
https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-JjZvLefU/events/258764521/

Women Tech Founders – Essentials of a business plan in raising bank funding for your business

For women tech founders in Bristol & SW England – a place to meet and be inspired. We’ll cover the ‘Essentials of Raising Bank Funding’ preparing a business plan to grow your business. Or we can cover any of the topics below or go off-piste if you’d find a commercial sounding-board helpful. See event link for sign up and more information:
https://www.meetup.com/womentechfounders/events/262654321/

Python Self-Led Study Groups: 2nd meeting

Calling all those who want to learn or improve their Python skills, by studying with their peers. See event link for sign up and more information:
https://www.meetup.com/CodeHub-Bristol/events/262512429/

Grrrlgames

Calling all games developers, come along to a friendly Grrrlgames-led coworking session at DeskLodge House – there’s space for a dozen people to bring their laptops and do a couple of hours focused work on their games. We’ll stop for a break and a chance to find out more about what everyone is up to and testplay game ideas. Over 18s only. Open to all. http://www.grrrlgames.org/

Any companies wishing to get involved or engage/support there are more details on our networking page

News & events coming up

UXBristol 2019 Friday July 12th

” The one day conference will offer hands-on workshops and aims to bring UXers together to share their knowledge and expertise. It is aimed at all levels from aspiring students to experienced consultants. “

Think Cyber Think Resilience Bristol Cyber Pathfinder Training Seminar 2: C… Tuesday July 23rd

” To help with this the National Cyber Security Programme (NCSP) is sponsoring a new Cyber Pathfinders scheme to help the local public service and resilience community navigate their way through the complexities of cyber security and cyber resilience. “

RSA: The Power of People for Transformative Change – “Connect: Create: Collaborate” Thursday 8th August

” What are the differences between community, network and movement? Join us at this one day conference to explore and understand how connected communities, nurturing networks and meaningful movements provide opportunities for us all to “connect: create: collaborate”. “

Agile in the City: Bristol 2019 Wednesday November the 6th – 9th

” The event provides three days of inspiring agile and lean learning from a dynamic mix of stimulating keynotes and practitioners working on the front line of the industry. “

TEDxBristol are running on Sunday November the 17th at the Old Vic, get early bird full day tickets here

This Weeks happenings

District 1 – Bristol

Monday the 1st

Tuesday the 2nd

Wednesday the 3rd

Thursday the 4th

Friday the 5th

  • Our regular Friday, women only networking courtesy of Desklodge F3F is back with Careers support with ADLIB

District 2 – Bath

Wednesday the 3rd

Saturday the 6th

District 3 – Weston-Super-Mare

Friday the 5th

Did we miss anything?

If you have any events that you want us to mention on our next Blogpost contact us on info@wthub.org. We do try to keep it to free or funded items that our members might relate to.