As the world changes, so too must Tech Nottingham. We explore the future of Tech Nottingham events.
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If you’re interested in kicking off 2021 with a healthier diet and a reduction in your impact on the Earth, join members of the Tech Nottingham community as we support each other in taking part in Veganuary 2021 - a challenge to eat and live an entirely animal-product-free lifestyle throughout January 2021.
An active member of our tech community is leading an important new campaign to bring about much needed change around one of the world’s most popular game franchises.
For those of us in the tech community, largely away from the front line of the fight against COVID-19, staying at home and avoiding spreading the disease is essential but beyond this are there other ways we can help? The answer fortunately is yes!
Both of our events in April - Women in Tech on Thursday 2nd April and Tech Nottingham on Monday 13th April will now be held online and not in-person.
Bullet Journaling with Matt Brunt
Last month Jonathan Relf spoke at Tech on Toast, our morning event, and we asked if he'd write a few words about his experience. He kindly obliged and threw in some gifs for good measure. Enjoy!
Why though?
I’ve been asked this question in various guises quite a bit of late, usually in response to the news that Tech Nottingham is expanding its repertoire of meetups and events.
“Why do you do it [run Tech Nottingham]?”
“What’s in it for you?”
The level of incredulity varies from person to person, and truth be told my instinctive response will also vary depending on when in the month (no I’m not talking about lady time) you ask me, and even the time of day if it’s an event day (ask me right before the start of an event and my inner voice starts asking ME why we do it and right at that moment when we’re running just a minute late or there are technical hitches I yell at my inner voice, “I don’t flippin’ well know, it seemed like a good idea at the time…”).
But 99% of the time, in a nutshell, my responses will boil down to the following:
1. It’s fun.
No, really. It’s SO much fun. Sure, there can be occasional stressful elements, but the stress is worth it when you look around at an event that you helped organise and you see people smiling, laughing and chatting with each other. And I get to do that too! Win.
2. It’s not completely altruistic…
It mostly is. But truth be told, if we weren’t running Tech Nottingham and its associated events we’d hope that someone else would be as we’d want to attend! I always say that I’m not a ‘Woman in Tech’ but more of a woman around tech, having no tech experience whatsoever bar arranging tech events, but boy have I learned a lot over the time that I've been organising and attending our (and other) events. We have some incredible people in the local tech community who are truly passionate about their work and interests and they have been generous enough to share these passions with us all over the years. So as well as facilitating learning and sharing, we get to learn too.
3. The community.
This can be a bit of a cliche, but I truly believe that we have something special in Nottingham. Its tech community is cohesive and welcoming, both in person and online, and we’ve been fortunate to be a part of that and help create and nurture it. And we’ve made loads of friends in the process, which always a bonus. They’re a good bunch.
4. Nottingham is a great city.
Neither Andrew, Dianna or myself were born here; Andrew and I moved to the area a few years ago when Andrew was offered a job in Nottingham and we fell in love with the city. It has two fantastic universities, a brilliant cultural offering, and (now) a thriving tech scene. Along with other organisations we’ve started advocating for Nottingham as a destination for both employers and employees, and our student outreach programme works to keep students in Nottingham long after they’ve graduated. We get to enjoy the fruits of Nottingham, it’s only fair that other people can too and getting the word out is part of that.
And finally,
“How do you find the time?!”
Good question. I’ll be sure to let you know when I have the answer to that one.
About Emma: Emma is an international award winning wildlife photographer, owner of Emma’s Garden and Director at Tech Nottingham. She keeps bees and is a big fan of gifs and donuts. She's mrsemma on Slack and @mrsemma on Twitter.
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Based in Nottingham with a team of over 550 people, MHR is an award-winning, independent business continuously working to deliver business improvement by understanding what their customers want, engaging with customers and delivering the very best solution to deliver maximum value.
For over 30 years, MHR has provided technology-driven talent management, HR and payroll software and services for over 600 organisations, equating to over 10% of the total UK workforce. They work in partnership with businesses to streamline processes and create a strategic HR function, allowing them to realise bottom line benefits.
The MHR team are active in the Nottingham community, both as attendees and sponsors. Loyal supporters of both Tech Nottingham and Hack24, this is the second year that they have sponsored the #NottTechParty.
Thanks so much MHR!
Founded by Jamie Huskisson, and working unlike any other agency, JH is an award winning ecommerce agency based in the heart of Nottingham’s Creative Quarter. JH only have a few clients at any one time, ensuring they deliver excellent results each time they form a working relationship. They work with clients who have the same mindset and wish to build long term relationships, and together successfully develop roadmaps that ensure clients meet their objectives and goals.
The JH team are active members of Nottingham’s tech and creative communities: they sponsor and host a number of tech events including Nott Tuesday, NottsJS and PHPMiNDS, and the #NottTechParty 2015 saw them announce Design Exchange Nottingham (DXN), a monthly meetup for web designers.
If you haven't been along to DXN yet, it’s at the awesome Antenna every second Wednesday of the month, is open and free to all, and is particularly useful for those working in design or with aspirations to do so. The event attracts a wide range of great speakers from around the East Midlands and further afield, and there are free drinks!
JH continue to be very busy and are on the lookout for developers and designers wanting a new and fantastic challenge - check out their jobs page for more details.
We’re super happy that JH are sponsoring the #NottTechParty - looking forward to seeing you there!