Seattle, WA, USA

PMC: Developing Effective Value Propositions and Positioning

Is your company prepared to compete in a softening economy? Savvy product managers know that effective positioning and well-defined value propositions are key elements of success. Join us for the PMC’s February 27 evening session, where two industry experts will share best practices in these critical areas.

Our featured speakers are Shannon Kavanaugh, founder & President of Go To Market Strategies; and Bruce Scheer, founder and Partner at FutureSight Consulting. In this session, they’ll share:
Strategic approaches to defining your market position and identifying opportunities
How to discover, validate and quantify the business value proposition for your product or service
How to leverage your positioning statements and value proposition to build effective sales & marketing programs.
Case studies and examples of tools will make this session even more valuable.

Speakers: Shannon Kavanaugh and Bruce Scheer

February 27, 2008 in Seattle, WA @ Bellevue Community College

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PSSIGCHI: Doing good work in a fast paced engineering environment at Google

Projects at Google move fast with small teams. Jake Knapp, UI designer at Google, will talk about tactics the user experience team uses to have the maximum impact—even when there isn’t enough time.

Jake will share the process and tips & tools that have helped his team. For instance, using “Getting Things Done” with Gmail and Google Calendar to keep organized, how to give effective presentations, and how to conduct a UX workshop with your team.

All this, and more, will be crammed into one hour. Cause we love compressed schedules!

Speakers: Jake Knapp

February 28, 2008 in Seattle, WA @ Google Seattle

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Beer and Widgets in Pioneer Square

An hour’ish talk at Feedjit’s offices in Occidental Ave, Seattle on Javascript Widget design, virality, scaling, strategy and more. We’ve limited this to 30 people and will provide beer, soda and snacks. WiFi will be available and if we have demo machines they will be accessible via the wifi so you’re welcome to bring your laptops.

This talk will be technical and you’ll get the most out of it if you have a solid Javascript and DOM understanding. We will delve into some JS code and may look at webserver configs, OS performance, perl code etc. Some of the focus will be on scaling widgets and the operational needs of a widget business.

If there’s interest we will congregate at the pub downstairs afterwards.

Speakers: TBD

March 13, 2008 in Seattle, WA @ Feedjit

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Beer and Widgets in Pioneer Square

An hour’ish talk at Feedjit’s offices in Occidental Ave, Seattle on Javascript Widget design, virality, scaling, strategy and more. We’ve limited this to 30 people and will provide beer, soda and snacks. WiFi will be available and if we have demo machines they will be accessible via the wifi so you’re welcome to bring your laptops.

This talk will be technical and you’ll get the most out of it if you have a solid Javascript and DOM understanding. We will delve into some JS code and may look at webserver configs, OS performance, perl code etc. Some of the focus will be on scaling widgets and the operational needs of a widget business.

If there’s interest we will congregate at the pub downstairs afterwards.

Speakers: TBD

March 13, 2008 in Seattle, WA @ Feedjit

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Washington Technology Industry Association: March Networking Event

In the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day and all that is Irish, please join the Washington Technology Industry Association at Fado Irish Pub in Pioneer Square for the March Networking Event. This is a great place to connect and grow with Washington’s technology leaders and professionals. Enjoy a few cocktails, complimentary hors d’oeuvres and networking with your peers while you get ready for St. Patrick’s Day!

Speakers: None

March 13, 2008 in Seattle, WA @ Fado Irish Pub

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Washington Technology Industry Association: March Networking Event

In the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day and all that is Irish, please join the Washington Technology Industry Association at Fado Irish Pub in Pioneer Square for the March Networking Event. This is a great place to connect and grow with Washington’s technology leaders and professionals. Enjoy a few cocktails, complimentary hors d’oeuvres and networking with your peers while you get ready for St. Patrick’s Day!

Speakers: None

March 13, 2008 in Seattle, WA @ Fado Irish Pub

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Seattle Lunch 2.0 @ Parker Technical

Ah yes!! Another area of the city where there are loads of cool technology companies…. and a ton of great food!! Paker Technical is going to be hosting Seattle Lunch 2.0 in March at their Union Station location – yes that means authentic asian food! Should be easier for all of you folks in the area to make it on your lunch break and meet up with the rest of the Seattle tech community. Devs, Entreprenuers, Marketers, etc – all welcome – come meet the rest of the tech community.
Parker is going to invite some special guest companies that haven’t sponsored in the past to show us what they are up to (The companies on the short list for invites is pretty exciting so I wouldn’t want to miss this one if I were you). I hope to see you there!!

Speakers: TBD

March 14, 2008 in Seattle, WA @ Parker Technical

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Seattle Lunch 2.0 @ Parker Technical

Ah yes!! Another area of the city where there are loads of cool technology companies…. and a ton of great food!! Paker Technical is going to be hosting Seattle Lunch 2.0 in March at their Union Station location – yes that means authentic asian food! Should be easier for all of you folks in the area to make it on your lunch break and meet up with the rest of the Seattle tech community. Devs, Entreprenuers, Marketers, etc – all welcome – come meet the rest of the tech community.
Parker is going to invite some special guest companies that haven’t sponsored in the past to show us what they are up to (The companies on the short list for invites is pretty exciting so I wouldn’t want to miss this one if I were you). I hope to see you there!!

Speakers: TBD

March 14, 2008 in Seattle, WA @ Parker Technical

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Refresh Seattle: March

More details to come.

Refresh Seattle is a community of designers and developers working to refresh the creative, technical, and professional culture of New Media endeavors in the Seattle /Puget Sound area. Promoting design, technology, usability, and standards, Refresh Seattle is a part of Refresh and the associated Refreshing Cities.

Speakers: TBD

March 19, 2008 in Seattle, WA @ Fremont Library

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Refresh Seattle: March

More details to come.

Refresh Seattle is a community of designers and developers working to refresh the creative, technical, and professional culture of New Media endeavors in the Seattle /Puget Sound area. Promoting design, technology, usability, and standards, Refresh Seattle is a part of Refresh and the associated Refreshing Cities.

Speakers: TBD

March 19, 2008 in Seattle, WA @ Fremont Library

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