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RISE ABOVE! An Evening of Empowerment, Community and Legacy for Women and Girls in Tech

Join us for an evening of possibility and opportunity as we bring together many women and girls in tech groups and organizations together for one night and celebrate!  Rising above the fray from the hurdles that in your way as women/girl in tech and providing a legacy for women in tech to hand down to the next generation. We invite everyone is who interested in building wider and longer bridges and work together to achieve common goals. When we succeed together, everyone wins. Help us create our own destiny and work together on a legacy we can pay it forward!….

Come to the Mass Conference for Women! Early Registration Ends June 13th

Geek Girl Camp is a partner with the Mass Conference for Women all year round, but especially with their incredible conference attended yearly by over 5,000 women, being held this year on December 9th. Look at who the speakers are so far, and see who came last year! SPEAKERS If you are interested in going, the Early Registration discounts end Sunday, June 13. Remember to REGISTER NOW for the best price for the 6th annual Massachusetts Conference for Women, December 9 in Boston. Early registration prices are $125 per person, $1250 per table and just $65 for students. Wicked good price!….

Geek Girls take on Fenway Park!

In one of my final events before I leave for Cali – yes, dear readers, Geek Girl #1 is moving to sunny San Diego <more on this later…> – is to say a tearful good bye to the Red Sox and Fenway Park with the Geek Girls! As a New Englander and lifelong fan of the Red Sox – for which most of my life were actually called the “Red Flops” – one of things I want to do is see Fenway Park and watch the Sox. With the Geek Girls! And you can, too! Join us on Saturday night,….

What I Learned from the Mass Conference for Women Yesterday

Geek Girl Camp had the most fortunate opportunity to be a supporting organization of the Massachusetts Conference for Women and we were able to provide a Technology Help Desk for all the attendees to ask questions on computer, Internet and web-related questions. It was a great experience, and we cannot thank them enough for allowing us to partner with them on what is their crowning achievement of the year. In sitting at our busy, bustling booth yesterday, I had a little time to reflect on a few things with Geek Girl Camp throughout the past year since we started and….

Geek Girl Camp on Channel 5 in Boston

JC Monahan of WCVB Channel 5 in Boston started a new show called “Boston’s View”. She interviewed Leslie Fishlock, Founder of Geek Girl Camp at the newsroom yesterday. JC really wants to be a Geek Girl! See the video of the interview here!

O'Reilly Media signs on for Media Sponsor for both Geek Girl events

Geek Girl Camp is so excited to have O’Reilly Media as a Media Sponsor for both Geek Girl Boot Camps! O’Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books, online services, magazines, research, and conferences. Since 1978, O’Reilly has been a chronicler and catalyst of leading-edge development, homing in on the technology trends that really matter and galvanizing their adoption by amplifying “faint signals” from the alpha geeks who are creating the future. An active participant in the technology community, the company has a long history of advocacy, meme-making, and evangelism. O’Reilly Media is sending some awesome books for….