This month we’re getting hands-on and practical with turning our ideas and wishes into reality, and we’re exploring femininity in Service Design! Plus we've got free food and drinks provided at the event thanks to our sponsors.
Everyone is welcome and there are no tickets required. Just turn up - it's free!
Walk There Together
We know it can be intimidating walking into a tech event, so Anna Dodson of the Tech Nottingham team will be meeting any nervous or first-time attendees outside the Theatre Royal at 18:00 before the event so you can all head down there together.
From Wish To Plan
Jennifer Moore
Been meaning to make something or learn something, or get into a new habit? This session is about turning those wishes into practical plans.
Part talk, part actual planning experiment, with a few minutes of small-group discussion scattered through.
Bring a wish, idea or ambition (or a few of them!) and we’ll turn them into a plan!
About Jennifer
Jennifer Moore is a writer, musician and process geek.
Other interests include sewing, coding, woodwork, creativity in general and the state of the world. Check out her music at www.single-bass.co.uk and her blog at www.uncharted-worlds.org.
How very ladylike: Femininity and Service Design
by Sophie Smithwell
Sophie Smithwell
“My name is Sophie. I’m a woman, I work in tech. I'm also a Service Designer … which is surprisingly harder to explain than you might think!I find myself immersed in a working world of complex problems that need creative thinking to establish logical solutions.
There is a natural tendency to view a problem like a wild beast, with the main aim being to tame it as soon as possible. For me, the route to order starts with chaos – and by that I don’t mean weaponised “post-its and power point”.
You see, there’s a certain ‘lady-ness’ that I know I employ in my day-to-day. It helps me get stuff done. But what is it?
So… I started thinking about what ‘feminine’ means and how it fits in my working context. I went back through time, looked at the stories we tell ourselves and the myths we create, and discovered that service design is one of the most feminine activities going!
This isn’t a battle of the sexes, it’s navigating through problems by finding comfort in chaos.”
About Sophie
Sophie is a multi-award winning Service Designer, skilled at creating and delivering engaging and effective omni-channel experiences across public and private sectors.
She is known for taking a holistic but pragmatic approach to design challenges, inspiring multi-disciplinary teams to rally around the needs of customer and swears by the mantra of the “elegance of simplicity” … she also writes remarkably neatly on post-it’s for a left-hander.
Win Stuff at Tech Nottingham!
We’ll have prizes to give away at this month’s event - stay tuned for details.
You know the drill: attend and tweet on the #TechNott hashtag to be in with a chance!
Join in with the Nottingham Tech Community online
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