Boot Camp

Top 10 List for Getting the Most out of Boot Camp This Week

10.) Don’t be Overwhelmed; the only way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time! 9.) Obey the Law of Two Feet; If you’re not learning what you want to learn, you have every right to exit the workshop/discussion group/demo you’re in and go to a different one, or none at all. Take charge of your Geek Girl Camp experience – it is only as good as YOU make it. 8.) Obey the Law of Null Space: You are very likely to learn the most in the spaces between Workshops at the Discussion Groups, Demos, Help Desk, when….

So, I can Donate a Laptop for a Worthy Cause AND Eat popchips™ AND Win an iPad?

Contest open to all attendees of Boot Camp Cape Cod 2011! So, get registered! popchips™ is supplying bites for your bytes at Geek Girl Boot Camp on Cape Cod March 19th! popchips is a strong advocate of supporting social causes – and social media – and this year will be partnering with Geek Girl Camp’s “Laptop Donation Program”. For every laptop donated at the Geek Girl Boot Camp Cape Cod on March 19th, popchips will provide a complimentary sample of their healthier, better-for-you, great-tasting snacks. what’s more? popchips is also giving away an iPad on-site to one lucky laptop donor….

Top 10 Ways You Can Help at Geek Girl Boot Camp

Can’t come to Boot Camp this year because of distance, other plans, money tight or travel? No worries! We have many ways you can still be involved! Here are the Top 10 ways to help! 10.) Volunteer! There are many ways you can volunteer at Boot Camp and we are always in need of committed people! We have openings for techy volunteers as well as non-techy. For the techy, we have positions like roaming techs to help with tech support, our famous Geek Girl Help Desk where you can assist attendees one-on-one with technical help, man a discussion group table….

Top 10 Reasons to go to Geek Girl Boot Camp…

Here are the Top 10 Reasons to go to Geek Girl Boot Camp on Saturday, March 19th from 8 am. to 6 p.m. at the Cape Cod Community College in West Barnstable: 10.) Not a Geek? Not a problem. It’s meant for all types of computer users; newbies, the hesitant, the self-taught, hard-core geeks, and people just wanting to empower themselves with all things geeky. Knowledge is Good! 9.) Not a Girl? Not a problem. The demographics of Boot Camp range from our youngest at 10 to our oldest at 84. And guys are totally welcome! 8.) Open schedule. Go….

2 Free Boot Camp Tickets for Two Lucky Non-Profit Ladies on Cape Cod from PGCCC!

Who wants to win a FREE Ticket to Geek Girl Boot Camp? Are you a non-profit located on Cape Cod? With the support of a grant from the Planned Giving Council of Cape Cod (PGCCC), Geek Girl Camp is giving away TWO tickets to Boot Camp Cape Cod to two very lucky non-profits! Here are the rules: 1.) You must be must be from a nonprofit organization based on Cape Cod with a budget of $2,000,000 or less. 2.) You must submit by email to Geek Girl Camp before January 20th, 2011 on why you deserve the free ticket and….

Who's Coming to Boot Camp Southeast Mass? Tickets on Sale Now!

POSTPONED – will have new date soon! Who’s coming to Boot Camp Southeast Mass 2010? Registration is now open for Boot Camp on May 22nd at Bristol Community College in Fall River, MA, from 8am-6pm. If you are interested in learning about the following, then Boot Camp is for you! What is it? Geek Girl Boot Camps are technology “unconferences” for women of all ages and knowledge levels where you can go to take classes on everything to do with computers, PC and Mac, the Internet, marketing, consumer electronics, software, social media, Photoshop, blogging, podcasting, digital photography, and more. It….

I'm Styling Now in my TwittaBling!

So, I just get my mail and what did the mailman bring? My @GeekGirlCamp necklace from TwittaBling! TwittaBling is a new company run by my friends Shelley Shafran and Yoni Wiseman from Jerusalem, Israel. They design your custom Twitter handles into custom stylish jewelry; necklaces, rings, bracelets, wedding bands and earrings in sterling silver or yellow or white gold. Got a special order? Just email them and one of their “Bling Specialists” will assist you in customizing your TwittaBling jewelry with diamonds or Swarovski crystals! TwittaBling stepped up as a sponsor for this Saturday’s Boot Camp and we are so….

Meet Geek Girl June Bertucci

June Bertucci will be teaching workshops on: Becoming Proficient on my PC! and PC Maintenance and Troubleshooting a/k/a Be your own Techie! – See all workshops here 1.      How and when did you become a Geek Girl? Over 25 years ago at my first real job.  (Not in High School as they were still using manual typewriters waaay back then!) But I took to it from the very beginning…so I consider myself a natural born geek girl! J 2.      Technology is so big, so diverse: in what parts are you an expert? in what realms are you still learning? All….

Sweet! No, Sweet Spot!

I love the FedEx Man. Every time he comes to my door, I do the happy dance. Today was no exception. Look what Mr. FedEx Man brought me today: Our Sweet Spot putters are from Geek Girl’s new best friend, Brian Allman from Sweet Spot Golf! And man, are they sweet! Sweet Spot is one of our Sponsors this year for Geek Girl Boot Camp Cape Cod 2010, and we cannot thank Brian enough for getting involved. He is definitely one of the good guys. Brian found our blog and left a sweet message about what a great job we….

Advertise in the Official and Essential Geek Girl Conference & Resource Handbook!

If you have ever been to a Geek Girl Boot Camp, then along with all the awesome gear you get, you also receive what has become known as “the book”. “The book” can be seen in the purse or briefcase of a Geek Girl, whipped out in a flash, as fast as a six-shooter out of the holster, to write something important in the copious note pages to be saved for eternity. Yup. I’ve seen it happen. “The book” is what we call our “Essential Geek Girl Conference & Resource Handbook“, and it contains more than just a summary of….

Geek Girl Tech Boot Camp Cape Cod 2010 is Booked!

Well, you asked for it. And we are bringing it! So save the date. We booked the first of our 2010 Geek Girl Camp Boot Camps in the place where it all began; Cape Cod, Massachusetts! And if you think Cape Cod is not a mecca for inspiring geek girls, then tell that to the 200 ladies who attended last year! Cape Cod Boot Camp 2010 will be held on Saturday, March 6th from 9am to 5pm at the same location, the Cape Cod Community College Adult Learning Center in Hyannis, MA. We could not resist their 3 fully equipped….