New Year, New You. FREE professional development events this year in Melbourne

Welcome to Tech and the City.

Melbourne Australia is spoiled for choice when it comes to updating your skills and networking without the usual fees and charges.

If you’re Agile, meaningful work, interview skills, AI, UX, Lean or incubator curious or you just want to find out what all those buzz words even mean, then check out the calendar and pick four things to do this year.

Tech and the City Calendar 2019

Some events I blog about. Some events I highlight. Some events just go under the radar because there are just too many of them. Check back frequently for updates or email me with requests and I’ll keep an eye out for them.

It’s my gift to all the event hosts busting their guts to deliver these opportunities. From a former fellow sufferer…

IMG_20181005_192306.jpg

cof

The Evolution of Community: From Co-Working to Co-Living

Tuesday PM.

Check out this Meetup with Melbourne Silicon Beach http://meetu.ps/e/G7Yz1/66ySd/d

Monday 2-6PM: Producing film and television masterclass with Mark Ruse, old school tech master

Anyone working in an agency or content design environment needs production skills.

Ok so it’s project management, but in a creative industry, and while they take over your business it might be useful to know a bit about the process of production.

If you really liked ‘The Producers’ and you want to hear some war stories from someone who has been there and done that then sign up here

Lunchtime learning: Constructive conversations with the Happiness Concierge

Go get happy.

This is *my* personal happiness coach, and I recommend her highly.

Register here

Tech and the City Calendar | Tech and the City

Choose your own career hacks, Melbourne.

Tech, data, culture, workshops. https://ellebrooker.wordpress.com/tech-and-the-city-free-events-in-melbourne-australia/

Move over bell curve, there’s a new universality class in town…

Meet the Kardar–Parisi–Zhang-ians.

With a name like ‘Beyond the Gaussian,’ (aka the bell curve) there remains the fact that this is presented by the School of Maths and Statistics @unimelb.

I hear the sound of many low flying planes overhead. But: #systems and the promise of two universal truths… #giveitaburl
FREE PUBLIC LECTURE
Wednesday 07 Nov2018
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Details here

Docklands MakerHangout: Smash those buttons

Learn a new skill. Friday afternoon. Library Docklands.

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/makerhangout-smash-those-buttons-tickets-46320127749?aff=eand

Friday PM Usability is accessibility – Sarah Richards, Content Design London

Check out this Meetup with Sarah Richards, the force behind Content Design, user centred content and UK.Gov

Presented by the Melbourne Web Accessibility & Inclusive Design http://meetu.ps/e/FW2mz/66ySd/d

Workshop Wed 24 10AM: how to preserve photos, letters, small drawings and/or documents.

Yarra libraries presents one of the things most people put off doing.

It’s not too hard. It’s just really time consuming.

Come and learn how to get stuff done.

Register here

Add to Calendar

Getting Published For The First Time

One for all the would-be writers.

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/getting-published-for-the-first-time-tickets-51131648136?aff=eand