Girl Geek Tea Party
Title: Girl Geek Tea Party – Technology and Science Show & Tell
Location: MadLab
Description: Girl Geek Dinner has got a little sister – Girl Geek Tea Party!
Start Time: 14:00
Date: 2010-08-29
End Time: 16:30
Welcome! So you want to know about Manchester Girl Geek Tea Party v.7 – Technology and Science Show & Tell – Share Your Enthusiasm, huh? Here’s a few details.
Who?
Bring along your friends, sisters, mums, daughters, aunties, cousins, and colleagues, anyone who might be interested. Our aim is to make subjects like this accessible to all women whatever their background or experience. If you’d like to come but are of the male variety then you don’t have to worry, men are always welcome at geek girl events. There is one condition – you must be invited by or come along with a lady attending the event.
What?
Manchester Girl Geek Tea Party v.7 – Technology and Science Show & Tell – Share Your Enthusiasm: Quite possibly the greatest event you’ll ever attend. Do you have a passion for technology? What gadget could you not live without? What wonder of science do you think the world should know about? Come to the next MGG Tea Party and share your knowledge with girls (and guys) who want to know more. We’re having a Girl Geek “Show and Tell” and you’re invited to come along, learn something new and teach us about the things you find fascinating.
What is it? – Science, Engineering or Technology Wherever your interest lies, you’re welcome to talk for up to ten minutes (or less if you’d rather) on a subject of your choice. If you don’t have anything to share then just come along for the technology, a cup of tea and some cake. Oh, didn’t I mention there’d be cake? Well, it wouldn’t be a tea party otherwise!
There’ll be a relaxed atmosphere where you can share your thoughts and ideas with like minded ladies. If you’re new to technology and just want to learn more then come to listen and meet some great people.
Sign Up Now!
Book your place now and we’ll see you there! On the day the first 15 minutes will be set aside for tea, biscuits & booking your time slot. There’ll be a list of slots available when you arrive and we’ll allocate them on a first come first serve basis. This event is free but due to no-shows at previous events we have to charge a small booking fee to secure places. It’s only £2 per person and all money goes towards facilitator and venue costs (and cakes)
Bring along…?
•A laptop could be useful with working wifi, we might have some web based show-and-tells
•Your favourite mug
•Your favourite biscuits, cupcakes, tea, coffee (we’ll have the basics, but in case you fancy something slightly more interesting… 
•Your friends, sisters, mums, cousins, daughters, colleagues… who might be interested in doing some techy stuff.
For more info check out our website www.manchestergirlgeeks.com or follow @mancggd on Twitter
Book your place now!. You know you want to.
If you have any queries, please contact us on manchestergirlgeeks@gmail.com.
Tags: ggtp, Girl Geek Tea Party
Here are some photos from the event.
MadLab Flickr
This August bank holiday saw the 7th Girl Geek tea party take place at Mad Labs in Manchester. It was a wonderful mix of science, technology, tea and cakes. In a change to the usual tea parties where everyone takes part in a workshop on a specific subject, this month we opened the floor to all girl geeks and asked them to share the things they find amazing. The afternoon started with a talk by one of our veteran geeks discussing her own experiences in computing and how life has changed (or not) since she started her programming career in the 60′s. From there the diverse topics included the wonderful world of food social networking sites, and how computers can be used in the design of patterns and textiles. There was a very personal talk about living with the medical conditition prosopagnosia and a fascinating presentation about current research in neuroscience, looking at kinesthetic empathy through the study of dance. There were lots of newbies at the event who were pleasantly surprised at how relaxed and friendly the event was. We had some great feedback and lots of geeks are already planning what to talk about next time.
A full recap of the event by Ms Jimmy can be read here.