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The GROW Conference will provide inspiration for turning today’s entrepreneurs into tomorrow’s leaders. Speakers include founders of fast-growing companies, leading investors and influencers who will share lessons learned.

The Workshop is a one day event on how to create simple, actionable metrics and how to use them to make better product and marketing decisions for long-term growth and startup success.

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Net Tuesday pal Steve Williams (SAP) and Garth Yule (Vancity Community Foundation) will be presenting the Demonstrating Value framework and sharing some case studies. Want to know how to show the value of your work? This is event is can’t-miss.

On the evening of Thursday March 15th, 2012 you have the opportunity to learn how the Demonstrating Value (DV) framework can help you show the value of your work to the community. “Know It and Show It” is the first in a series of social learning events for social entrepreneurs co-hosted by SAP and Vancity Community Foundation. VCF and SAP are experts in helping social enterprises better manage their operations and communicate their social value.

The evening starts with a 15 minute overview of the DV framework by Garth Yule (VCF), followed by Heather O’Hara, ED of Potluck Café, who will share her experience of how DV has helped Potluck communicate their impact and develop their business. Steve Williams (SAP) will also discuss how social enterprises can take advantage of free SAP solutions through TechSoup.

The rest of the evening is a social mixer – staff from SAP, Program Managers from Vancity Community Foundation (VCF) and experienced DV consultants and practitioners will be in attendance to answer your questions about how you can develop your own snapshot.

NetSquared Camp is a daylong unconference put on by the friendly folks that host the monthly Net Tuesday meetups in Vancouver.  Net Tuesday brings together social media users and web innovators with social change makers and nonprofits to swap stories, mix ideas, and build new relationships.  The aim is to empower non-profits with emerging tools, trends, and best-practices, allowing them to fulfill their mission statements in new and innovative ways.

The first NetSquared Camp had over 160 people in attendance.  The space at this event is limited to 80, so register early.

Who should come?

• Non-profit people: learn more about utilizing technology to further your cause.
• Web developers and social media people: share your best practices and find organizations that need your help.
• Marketing people: assist non-profits in building strategic connections between their causes and their audiences.

Topics

This is an unconference, so you decide what want you want to discuss, share, explore, and learn.  Topics that Net Tuesday has covered over the last year include:

• Should your nonprofit be selling merchandise?
• Applications of location-based technology services
• Managing volunteers with software and soft skills
• How nonprofits win with word-of-mouth marketing
• Redesigning your website: what you need to know
• Flexing Facebook’s civic muscles
• Delivering services through e-Learning
• Google Analytics
• Network organizations create better online campaigns

When, Where, and How Much?

NetSquared Camp 2012 will be held at The HiVE in downtown Vancouver, on Saturday, April 28 2012.  Tickets are $25.  Register now on Eventbrite!

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In 2005, the organizers of Canada’s first weblogging social media conference put on an event that was inexpensive, informal, and accessible to techies and newbies alike. From those humble beginnings Northern Voice has been transformed into… well, actually it’s still cheap, friendly and open to all. We still emphasize the personal nature of the conference, encouraging people to find their voice and share their experiences online.

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The Spotlight event series concentrates on relevant tech topics for one day, allowing interactive professionals and students to build up their skills at a low price point with a minimal time commitment.

The second in the series puts a spotlight on JavaScript, a development language which has been coined by many as “the most misunderstood.” During this one day event, experienced developers will shine a spotlight on JavaScript to bring clarity to the language, its features, when and why to use it, as well as provide real world examples of the code in action.

Student pricing available with proof of enrollment

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Come to code, stay for cupcakes

Meet awesome coders and make some wicked apps. Spend a Saturday hacking together something cool!

The aim of White Day Hackathon is to create a coding environment that’s friendly to female developers (but everyone’s welcome to come!).

Devs will get the chance to meet other coders (experienced and aspiring) and work in groups of 1-3 to make some wicked apps.

We’ll start with a mixer on Friday night where we’ll share ideas, meet fellow devs, and build groups before we spend Saturday hacking together something cool.

Tickets:

$10.00 – Includes prizes, food, drinks

Prizes:

* Best Mobile App
* Best Web App
* Best Date Bailout
* Most Nauseatingly Cute

Register on EventBrite

You bring:

Laptop
Cables, chargers, connectors
Mad hustle

A Thinking Ape will provide:

Free food (breakfast, coffee, lunch, lots of cupcakes)
Cheerleaders to champion you through the day
Massage chair
Wireless access

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5 Steps to Internet Marketing Success

Over a three day period, April 27, 28 & 29, 2012, you will get to learn, build new friendships and network with online marketers who care and share ideas that matter to your success. You will leave with an understanding of the skills, the blueprint and perhaps the partnerships that will help you take your business to the next level of success.

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Lean Startup Vancouver is a Meetup Group for startups and agile businesses who want to transform how their products are built and launched by learning from the experience of others who are influenced by the Lean Startup, Lean, and Agile methodology. Through every other monthly events you will have a chance to compare notes on operational, development, and business issues with peers and learn from guest speakers.

Lean Startup Vancouver will present an impressive array of guest speakers at their first anniversary event on March 8th to engage you with an interesting insight into staying Lean whether you are a serial entrepreneur, successful organizer, or a leading voice of Lean in a large corporation.

Speakers:

Allen Pike (Steam Clock Software) | @apike – Allen is a Founder of Steam Clock Software, where he builds products for iOS and the web. He has worked at Apple, taught at SFU, and founded VanJS. Allen will share his experience of starting technical meetups and what makes them succeed.

Jesse Heaslip (Intro-Up) | @jonovision – Jesse will share his real world experience using the MVP process to build Intro-Up, a useful app that is like Rapportive for Meetups. Jesse will discuss how to collect feedback, conduct usability studies and hack interfaces on the way to building an awesome product that people use.

Lawell Kiing (SAP) – Lawell is currently a Senior Director of Engineering at SAP in Vancouver, he will discuss some of the experiences he had in the various organizations and attempt to correlate LEAN and innovation and discuss some factors and examples of what worked and what didn’t, from an organization level down to the team and individual level.

Melissa Ness (Vision Critical) | @melissaness – Melissa is an Senior Interaction Designer and Usability Specialist at Vision Critical specializing in solving complex business problems in the least intrusive and most beneficial way possible. Melissa will share her Lean UX experience.

Stuart Ashman (Joyent) – Stuart is the Quality Director at Joyent where he is currently engaged in blending some agile and lean approaches and thinking to improve quality and reduce risk. As you would expect with a startup we are focused on providing value and minimising waste, I will talk about some of the ways in which I attempt to raise the quality bar and avoid waste.

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Cindy Witten, Director General of the National Film Board of Canada’s English Program, is responsible for web/mobile digital content that has earned international recognition. Join her to explore new possibilities in documentary storytelling ? and see how interactive media can be used to create a new and immersive documentary experience, online.

~ Refreshments will be provided (Doors open at 8:00 am)

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Michael Smith and Karthiga Ratnasabapathy from Entertainment One (Distributor of Breaking Dawn, 50/50 and Producer and Distributor of Hell on Wheels and The Firm) to discuss the most effective way to get your work distributed digitally.