๐Ÿ‚ It's the most wonderful time of the year! ๐ŸŽ„

๐Ÿ‚ It's the most wonderful time of the year! ๐ŸŽ„ Last bi-monthly newsletter of 2024.

๐Ÿ‚ It's the most wonderful time of the year! ๐ŸŽ„

It's our last bi-monthly newsletter of 2024. It's been nearly a year since we moved and self-hosted our newsletter on Ghost, and we are are very happy with it.

๐ŸŽ„ The annual Techie Table Quiz is back again by Irish Geeks, Vicky Twomey-Lee & Michael Twomey (Coding Grace) and Declan McGrath (Ruby Ireland). This year, they are joined by Niall Maher and Carolina Cobo from Codรบ. The charity quiz is hosted by Workday on Tue, Dec 3. Keep an eye when registration opens and join the Irish Tech Community for an evening of fun, merriment and all for a good cause: Dublin Simon Community.

Following the holiday theme, PyLadies Dublin will have their last meetup of 2024 and celebrating the year inviting members and friends to bring your own bakes and projects for an evening of fun, chats & baked treats, and kindly hosted by DIGIT, a Scopely Studio on Tue Nov 19th.

๐Ÿ™Œ A big congrats to TechFoundHer launching in LA! And also good luck to the 35 particpants in Ireland and Northern Ireland who are taking part in TechFoundHer's newest programme, Innovation Labs.
And more good news for TechFoundHer both Mรกirรญn Murray and Vicky Twomey-Lee were nominated for eir VIP Publishing Power of Women Awards 2024: Nominees for the Tech & Digital award!
(Just a wee note that Vicky has stepped back from TechFoundHer to concentrate on her own projects)

eir VIP Publishing Power of Women Awards 2024: Nominees for the Tech & Digital award, sponsored by eir - VIP Magazine
VIP Publishing is delighted to announce that the eir Power of Women Awards are back. These awards celebrate the best and brightest female entrepreneurs in Ireland, across the worlds of fashion, technology, beauty, lifestyle, wellness and more! The winners, decided by an expert panel and awarded at an exclusive lunch in Dublinโ€™s Marker Hotel on November 8th, โ€ฆ Continued

If you haven't already, check out Beta Festival's programme, it's on till Nov 17.

Beta Festival on LinkedIn: Beta 2024 Festival programme has launched! This year the festivalโ€ฆ
Beta 2024 Festival programme has launched! This year the festival features two main exhibitions: "Unsettling the Algorithm: Seeds of Resistance" curated byโ€ฆ

Year ending means we review the list of diversity in tech groups to see who's been active and/or new. and do a bit of a tidy up. Right now there's over 60 diversity in tech groups and organisations around Ireland and Northern Ireland.
๐ŸŽ‰ Here are the groups that appeared in 2024, welcome to the community!

If I'm missing a group/organisation, let us know and we will update the listings.

๐Ÿ’ฌ To keep the conversation going, join us on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/PVNQcpH4gq

If you want to support and sponsor Coding Grace, you can email us at contact@codinggrace.com.

๐ŸŒˆ We are delighted to have fourTheorem back on board to support us as one of our sponsors, and a huge thanks to ShipItCon and their community for their kind donation.
๐ŸŒˆ Dublin City PPN - Community Partner, we are also members.

๐ŸŒˆ For our long time supporters and those who contributed recently, thank you on behalf of the team.

๐Ÿ’– If you want to be involved with Coding Grace, there are different ways from offering to mentoring ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿซ, collaborating ๐Ÿค, help spreading the word about us ๐Ÿ’ฌ, and financial contributions ๐Ÿคฒ.

๐Ÿ’Ÿ And a huge thanks to our regular Open Collective contributors ๐Ÿ™

Screenshot as of 2024-11-06
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More ways to help us: Open Collective ko-fi

๐ŸŽค Wexford Tech Meetup: Call for Speakers

Wexford Tech Meetup Speaker
We welcome a wide range of talk topics from within the tech space. This can include topics from different disciplines such as engineering, design, product, marketing, you get the idea ๐Ÿ˜„ Donโ€™t worry, you donโ€™t have to finalise your talk outline for this. Just give us a rough idea of what you would like to speak about. We will reach out to chat to you about availability and scheduling, so you are not committing to anything right now!

๐ŸŽค PyLadies Dublin: Call for Speakers 2025

PyLadies Dublin Monthly Meetups: Call for Speakers
PyLadies Dublin are monthly meetups hosted in-person or remotely (possibly hybrid in the future).These meetups are free, and are open to everyone of aโ€ฆ

Looking to share or run something with us?

  • Lightning Talks
  • Workshops
  • Show & Tell
  • Maker activity
  • Other ideas for an event

Any questions, or looking to sponsor/host our event, email: dublin@pyladies.com

๐Ÿค Founders - Late Applications

Find a co-founder, build a startup - Founders
Find a co-founder, build a startup. Founders breaks down the barriers to starting a startup and offers the fastest way to making an impact.
While our main application round has closed, we recognize that extraordinary talent doesn't always follow a schedule. We're still considering late applications from individuals with exceptional drive and ambition. If you believe you have what it takes, apply nowโ€”limited spots available - we look at everything that comes in!

โœ๏ธ Codรบ 6-Week Writing Challenge!

Join Our 6-Week Writing Challenge! | by Codรบ | Codรบ
Whether youโ€™re a seasoned writer or a newbie, this challenge is the perfect opportunity to showcase your talents, explore new ideas, and network!
The challenge is simple: write 6 articles in 6 weeks, and get a mystery swag bag at the end of it!
โ„น๏ธ Here are some diversity in tech events based in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Let us know if thereโ€™s any upcoming events we can list in our next newsletter or in diversityintech.fyi/events.

(In-Person) Fierce Summit @ Dogpatch Labs
Fri Nov 8, 2024 (09:30)

(In-Person) NI Tech Talk Rehearsals - November Edition @ Instil
Thu Nov 14, 2024 (17:30)

(Online) Awakenhub: Breaking Through: Navigating Medical Technology Adoption in the U.S. Healthcare System
Tue Nov 19, 2024 (17:00)

(In-Person) ๐ŸŽ„๐Ÿช๐Ÿ’ป PyLadies Dublin: BYO Bakes and Projects @ DIGIT
Tue Nov 19, 2024 (18:30)

(In-Person) Tech ie: Women in Tech 2024 @ The Spencer Hotel
Thu Nov 21, 2024 (18:00)

(In-Person) Women in Tech Belfast: The Evolving Paycheck: Smart Strategies for Every Career Stage 
Thu Nov 28, 2024 (17:30)

๐ŸŒˆ If you want to add an event, you can submit a PR or or an issue on github, Or you can email me at contact@codinggrace.com.
If you have any recommendations, you can suggest them to us, email contact@codinggrace.com.
๐Ÿ“– Reading List
This page is made up of tables of all the media collated for references, reading resources, community groups.

โญ๏ธ Our next bi-monthly newsletter will be in January 2025, if you have announcements, events, opportunities for our Jan-Febr Newsletter, drop us an email at contact@codinggrace.com.

Cheers,

/// Vicky ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿฆ„

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