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Helping out on the Red Hat CO.LAB
As most of you know, ChickTech Austin is a volunteer gig for me. My day job is working as a Content Strategist at Red Hat. In the few years, Red Hat has launched a program that lets me combine my love of open source with my love of educating girls about careers in technology called
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ChickTech and Airtable
About a year back we were looking for a tool to help us manage all of the data we were collecting for our programs. We stumbled upon Airtable and haven’t looked back. Since we have found it so helpful I wanted to share what we’ve learned with you all in case Airtable is the right
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ChickTech Austin Seeking Tech Instructors
ChickTech is a non-profit organization dedicated to obtaining more girls and women in technology related careers through hands-on events. Last year we had our inaugural high school program and hosted 83 girls from 20 area schools! Just like last year, our High School Program kick-off event will host up to 100 high school girls from
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ChickTech High School 2016/2017 Statistics
In November of 2016, ChickTech Austin kicked off our inaugural high school class. Our two day kick off event had record turn out. Below are some numbers to give you a feeling for the girls nominated and in attendance: Nominations Registrations Attended Day 1 Attended Day 2 Students 337 124 90 83 On Lunch Assistance
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Volunteer for ChickTech: Agile in a Day High School Workshop, April 22nd
Our high school program participants will spend a day learning about how to use the Agile process to create software and try on a few new careers. In this workshop, they will gather requirements with a product owner, program a website with an engineer, learn about UI and more! This all day workshop is a
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Volunteer for ChickTech: Tabling at DockerCon, April 17th-19th
We need your help spreading the word about ChickTech amongst the tech community at DockerCon, a tech conference on software containers. Volunteers at this event will help man our table, introduce people to ChickTech and our mission, answer questions and sell t-shirts. Sign up here for Dockercon
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What do you want to paint?
On May 21st we’re holding a fundraiser at Painting with a Twist in Round Rock. What would you like to paint? image polls
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Call for ACT-W Conference Planning Committee Members
ACT–W Coming to Austin August 5-6, 2017 Become a Planning Committee Member ACT–W conferences run on the energy of our volunteers who care about empowering women in technology. The ACT–W Austin Conference is a happy hour and an annual two-day action-packed event where talented women can build skills, grow their community, and accelerate their career
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ChickTech Hosts Brains & Brews on Amplify Austin Day
ChickTech Austin, in partnership with Amplify Austin Day, plans to test the limits of your brain by hosting a good old fashion trivia night with a few surprises like raffles, mulligans, refreshments galore, and more. The catch? The best and brightest of tech companies come duke it out in trivia for bragging rights for a
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Join us for Gift Wrapping at Microsoft
Don’t miss a fun holiday event at the Domain Microsoft Store this coming weekend! We’ll be wrapping gifts from anywhere (not just the Microsoft Store) for a donation to our girls.
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