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US AIR GUITAR FINALS IN WASHINGTON DC

Andrea Baker — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:38:16 +0000

I have been looking forward to tonight for some time. Back in June, I had the pleasure of judging the US AIR GUITAR regional at the 930 club. It was such a blast. Tonight, the madness resumes as we [DC] pick our representative to the World Finals in Finland.

I will not be judging tonight, I will be representing the geek girl/gov goth fandomonium in the crowd. I am looking forward to meeting up with the fast friends from last time and rooting for both “The Shred” and “Sanjar the Destroyer (STD)”.

Finals in Washington DC

NBC had some great coverage about the event I judged as a preview for tonight’s finals. Take a look, I show up in the video at the end showing my love for STD!!

The Washington Post also covers tonight’s debauchery…..

The US AIR GUITAR blog, also had an excellent recap of the June event. A hilariously fun read, but barely covers the insanity of the night. There are no words for what you experience in the crowd at one of these events.

And Mitt Umlaut, I will be looking for you tonight

So come out, doors are at 8pm at 930 Club

Full-screen

930
815 V St NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 393-0930

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Social Media Club DC – Mid-Summer Happy Hour (Tonight)

Andrea Baker — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:00:47 +0000

I am pleased to announce that my company Navstar, Inc. will be sponsoring tonight’s Social Media Club DC – Mid-Summer Happy Hour [July 29, 2009 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (ET)] at Bar Louie in Chinatown, Washington, DC.

This event is brought to you by Social Media Club DC and Navstar to introduce the new leadership team, including myself as Executive Vice President and Programming Director. I am very excited to be taking on this role for the team. I have already dived into the position and I can tell you great things are in the works for this fall, including a trip to wine country with DC Tech Adventure.

In lieu of a formal event for July, Social Media Club DC is getting together for a little networking, a couple cool drinks, and a lot of fun.

Please join myself, colleagues from [@Navstar and @CocoNavstar] at Bar Louie on July 29. We’ll be in the back room, with drink specials available for Social Media Club members. As of the time I am writing this I have not yet decided what I will be wearing – but I will have a nametag. I promise, even though we are in the middle of a hot one this summer I will wear my hair down. And those of you going by my twitter avatar pic who have not met me yet, let me warn you, my hair has grown out longer.

Aside from being a fun way to unwind with fellow DC geeks [nerds and technoweenies too!] after a long work day, the July event will also give you a chance to meet and share ideas with our new leadership team.

To RSVP, you can go to http://smcdcjuly.eventbrite.com/ (If the RVSP is sold out, you can come anyways as a guest of mine)

I am very happy to mark this occasion as a kick off to the new leadership team, some of which I am also meeting for the first time. Looking at the list of RSVP’s I see many names of people I have been dying to meet for some time. If you are wondering if you are one of those people, you are. So come say hi, seriously.

As my company is sponsoring my first event as Programming Director of SMC-DC, there will be plenty to nibble on for snacks and drink specials. [HH specials: $3 draft, $5 wine, $7 signature cocktails]. We will be in the back room so look for the Navstar Banner. In addition, remember to bring your business cards for a chance to win tickets to a Nationals game. These seats are amazing. I love that you are right on the first base line and if you care to know, a short distance from the drink stand. Let’s hope Teddy wins at the game you go to.

As a reminder, here’s the information on the new club leaders, so you can feel free to connect with them prior to the event, as always you can follow @smcdc for all the news and happenings.

Larissa Fair – President

Twitter – @lyf108

Andrea Baker – Executive Vice President and Programming Director

@immunity

Anna Gabert and Travis Mason- Vice President & Sponsorship Directors

@annagabert @tgmason

Sarah Wurrey – Vice President & Promotions Director

@sarahwurrey

Nisha Chittal, Meg Roberts, Sara Burson – Event Managers

@nishachittal, @megmroberts, @saraburson

Maia Kotlus-Gates and Beth McNamee – Membership Managers

@maiakg, @bethmcnamee

Gabriel Key – Digital Scribe/Content Organizer

@gabrielmkey

Event Logistics:

Wednesday, July 29
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Bar Louie
701 7th Street NW #D
Washington, DC 20001
202-638-2460

Connect with SMC-DC

Washington DC has its own wiki-in-progress. Please visit: http://socialmediaclubdc.pbwiki.com/ for more details.

Washington DC Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/smcdc

Hashtag: #smcdc

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2419741913

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1820071&trk=hb_side_g

Friendfeed: http://www.friendfeed.com/smcdc

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She’s Geeky Northern Virginia is Less Than a Month Away

Andrea Baker — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:59:40 +0000

The Girls of Shes Geeky NoVA at SxSWi

Update: This event has been postponed until Fall 2009

In honor of Ada Lovelace Day.

INVITATION TO ALL WOMEN!!

She’s Geeky is coming to Northern Virginia – the DC Area.
April 18th McLean Virginia (Tyson’s Corner).
http://www.shesgeeky.org/

Early bird admission is $40 until April 1 – $45 regular until April 11 and $50 after that.
Student admission is $20

We are inviting women from a divers range of industries together for a day of interactive learning and industry cross pollination.

To us Geekiness is self defined – from those with advanced degrees in mathematics, science and engineering. To skilled programmers who are in large enterprises, government or startups. To women who have taught themselves how to code the PHP on their side bars on their blog or just super enthusiastic users of technology.

Each city has a different mix of technologies – DC has a variety of fields
* the nonprofit and advocacy sectors,
* government, defense, aerospace, and intelligence
* Web portals – like AOL
* startups innovating

The range of topics discussed is diverse – in California you can see the list of sessions.
http://shesgeeky.org/wiki/Sg2009wc:Notes

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How does the unconference day work?

The sessions are put forward by the women who attend the event – and are diverse. They include expert topics about their particular expertise, hosting conversations about issues of interest both technical and personal (like how to balance work and family), exploring start-up ideas, introductions or deep dives to different programming languages or frameworks, sharing stories about what it was like to work in the early days of the industry, introduction to public speaking and many others.

Beginning at 9 AM each day, we start with a blank wall and, in less than an hour, through a highly participative process, create a full day, multi-track conference agenda that is relevant and inspiring to everyone there.

From there, we go to separate areas or rooms assigned to each topic. The session can be a presentation, inquiry about a question or discussion about an issue or technical field. or. One participant volunteers to record the proceedings.

The notes from each session are collected in the newsroom, then a book is compiled with all the notes from the conference and distributed to everyone who attended.

For this event, we have the pleasure of guest moderator, Jean Russell. This event is co-hosted by Amy Senger of LMI and myself, Andrea Baker, of Navstar, Inc.

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Sponsorship opportunities for both small and large companies are available too.

If you have questions you can e-mail us at info@shesgeeky.org

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Andrea Baker - Enterprise 2.0 Evangelist» Andrea Baker

US AIR GUITAR FINALS IN WASHINGTON DC

930 815 V St NW Washington, DC 20001 (202) 393-0930

Social Media Club DC – Mid-Summer Happy Hour (Tonight)

Connect with SMC-DC

She’s Geeky Northern Virginia is Less Than a Month Away

Update: This event has been postponed until Fall 2009

930
815 V St NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 393-0930