Girl Geek Dinners – a remarkable movement

Leona Hobbs, September 29 2009

I’m getting my notes together for my MC duties for tonight’s Toronto Girl Geek Dinner. We’re expecting 50 or so women (and men) from the Toronto technology community to come out to reconnect with friends, meet new people, and be inspired by the ideas and perspective of our featured speaker, Sarah Prevette, founder and CEO of Sprouter.

When Maggie and Jenny started Toronto Girl Geek Dinners in 2007, I believe we were the first location outside of the UK. Now, there are Girl Geek Dinner communities in over 40 places worldwide. That’s pretty phenomenal, don’t you think?

Tonight is our 15th event. Looking back, we’ve welcomed an incredible list of speakers including:

Sandy Kemsley
Leila Boujnane
Leigh Himel
Kate Trgovac
Malgosia Green
Ali de Bold
Jayne Hoogenberk
Sandi Jones
Amber MacArthur
Connie Crosby
Candice Faktor
Michal Berman
Sarah Prevette

We’re always on the lookout for speakers and ideas for themes and topics. If you’re in Toronto, please check out our blog, wiki, Facebook and Meetup.com group. If you’re elsewhere and want to get involved, please visit Girl Geek Dinnersfor a list of global groups.

Have you been out to a Girl Geek Dinner? What do you value most from participating in these kinds of events?

cross posted to Toronto Girl Geek Dinners