Be a 3 minute Mentor and Mentee - North Ryde Social Event with Girl Geeks and FITT

We have a fantastic local Female IT community with thanks to each & everyone of you who is involved.

Have you ever wanted to do more? Perhaps give something back to the Female IT community?

Well, this is going to be your chance!

Sydney Girl Geek Dinners are joining forces with Females In Technology and Telecommunications (FITT) for its first networking event that will provide a fun and interactive speed mentoring game, with the overall goal of sharing ways you can get involved in mentoring & give or receive support from your peers & our amazing role models we are lucky enough to have.

The aim is to provide an interactive networking to share and discuss work related experiences that could include anything like the following:

-If only I knew 5 years ago what I know now
-What works for me in this situation
-I know I have a strong skill set here, but could use help here
-What type of course could help me progress in this area
-I just want to make sure I’m heading in the right direction

So bring your questions as well as your answers as this is one opportunity to make great introductions, learn from your peers and have fun.

This event is kindly sponsored by Microsoft

Light lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Pencil in the date:

Thursday, October 29th
12 pm – 2pm
Microsoft
1 Epping Road, North Ryde

Register Now: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=29I3Y9PhkHCqPGziAqwlXg%3d%3d

GGD Discount @ Next FITT Lunch

FITT is delighted to welcome members of Geek Girls Dinners to the FITT May Forum Luncheon on Wednesday 21 May 2008 from 12 – 2.30pm at the Star Room in the IMAX Theatre at Darling Harbour.

The lunch discussion is about a hot topic – Unified Communications. We have a panel discussion with Patricia Scott, Secretary of the Federal Department of Broadband, Communications & the Digital Economy, Holly Kramer, Group Managing Director, Product Management, Telstra, Adele Whish-Wilson, CEO Momentum Technologies (Australian Innovator of mobile video streaming technology) and Dr Anna Liu, Group Manager, Emerging Technologies, Microsoft Australia.

You can submit your own questions to the panel, which is moderated by IT journalist Beverley Head, at www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=eKbSIW_2fkADfFi9qsH5Aa_2fQ_3d_3d.

Because of sponsorship, as a special introductory offer to GGD members, we are able to offer $15 off the normal FITT member’s price of $90. To register go to www.eventoffice.com/fitt and use the promotion code FITT15OFF in the booking section and then pay $75 by credit card. For more information about the event, see www.fitt.org.au/events.html.

I've booked my seat. Hope to see you all there.