Join us for a virtual Town Hall Happy Hour where you’ll connect with PDXWIT leadership and staff.
During the event, you’ll learn about the results of the 2023 member survey, get insight into PDXWIT’s plans for 2024, and ask questions during a community member Q&A session.
It’s time for gathering with community, gift giving, and celebrating accomplishments. Join PDXWIT and our host Cambia Health Solutions as we celebrate the end of the year at our annual Winter Soiree & Awards Ceremony.
During our event you’ll hear from our Executive Director Hazel Valdez, who will share our accomplishments in 2023 and how you can help PDXWIT level up in its next chapter. We’ll also reveal the winners of our 2023 Speaker and Community Changemaker awards.
Did we mention raffle prizes? Those who donate to our Give!Guide fundraising campaign during the event will be entered to win incredible prizes generously donated by local business owners. They include Portland staycations, restaurant gift certificates, and more!
We look forward to celebrating with you!
At this month’s virtual Happy Hour, PDXWIT and sponsor First Tech celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month!
This month, join PDXWIT and Viewpoint for a happy hour event focused on what it means to normalize technology.
In this virtual happy hour in collaboration with hosts First Tech Federal Credit Union and PixelSpoke, PDXWIT is celebrating Black voices.
Join us for a virtual Town Hall Happy Hour where you’ll hear from PDXWIT’s new Executive Director, Hazel Valdez!
Hosted by First Tech Federal Credit Union, come together to network, learn, and build community with speakers from NW Veterans In Technology and learn about their professional certification scholarship for Oregon residents. Not a vet? Not an issue! Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend.
Join PDXWIT as we kick off Latinx Heritage Month with our friends at Nike! Come for the dynamic lightning talks, and stay for the networking and community building. ¡Hasta pronto!
Level up your tech career! Join PDXWIT and host Matrix Networks for our monthly happy hour where we will learn some tips and tricks that’ll help you land your next job. After hearing from expert lightning speakers, we’ll have volunteers available for review resumes, mock interviews, and networking.
Join PDXWIT for our State of the Community Survey 2022 launch party! In addition to data-focused lightning talks, you’ll learn about the impact this survey has had and why your feedback is important to us. We’re teaming up with Salesforce to bring this event to you.
Join us during Pride Month for a special edition in-person Happy Hour hosted by Zapproved. Let’s get together and reminisce about the good times.
Meet face-to-face with PDXWIT staff, volunteers, and recruiters at this onsite networking event!
This month we are exploring the theme of leadership through collaboration. Join PDXWIT volunteers, Zhou Fang and Anusha Neelam, as we dive further into this topic.
We’ll kick off the meetup with some lightning talks from our friends, Allie and Kim, from Apano and in the spirit of leadership through collaboration, we’ll be holding more space for community networking through breakout rooms after the talks – but you don’t have to wait until then to meet someone new! Connect with folks in the chat throughout the event as well.
Get ready for PDXWIT Happy Hour with event host PixelSpoke!
This month’s Lightning Speakers will explore wellness and mental health as a social justice issue, as well as ways companies can better support their employees’ wellness. We will have ASL interpretation and closed captioning throughout.
Have you ever taken a mental health day or thought twice about putting your therapy appointment publicly on your work calendar? Let’s explore these and other topics at PDXWIT’s virtual Happy Hour themed around Destigmatizing Mental Health Conversations in the Workplace. This lunch hour is hosted by Lytics.
We will have ASL interpretation and closed captioning throughout.
Our career successes don’t happen in a vacuum. During this Black History & Futures Happy Hour, we’ll explore the vital role that community and networks play in the career journey.
We will feature dynamic lightning talks by Dr. Amber Lenon, Astrophysicist and Data Analyst at iRobot, as well as Tanisha Payne, Software Engineer at Puppet. We’ll also highlight some Black-led organizations in the PNW and beyond.
We’ve launched into 2022, and with that we’re excited to announce PDXWIT’s January Happy Hour. We’re looking forward to partnering with Slalom to bring you a happy hour themed around Artificial Intelligence!
Lightning speakers will share their thoughts on a human-centered approach to AI, how Artificial Intelligence can be used responsibly while unlocking potential for today, tomorrow and beyond.
As always, we will have recruiters ready to share our open positions at their companies, and they will be available to directly connect with job seekers who are looking for their next opportunity.
It’s time to come together again… from the comfort of our homes. If you’re looking for work or just looking to reconnect with the PDXWIT network, join us!
The theme for this event is “Let’s Get Technical,” and we will hear from lightning speakers Katrina Johnson about AI and Kathy Lee about breaking into Cloud Computing! We will also learn more about our host company DAT when it comes to what their company does and the various positions for which they are hiring.
It’s time to come together again… from the comfort of our homes. This month we are partnering with our friends at AltSource to host a Happy Hour. If you’re looking for work or just looking to reconnect with the PDXWIT network, join us!
Karen Cherry, Senior Project Manager of AltSource, will tell us more about the company and let us know about open positions within their organization.
The theme for this event is Pathways to Tech, and we will hear from lightning speakers and industry leaders about their various journeys into the industry.
The theme for this event is Combatting Virtual Fatigue and we will hear from lightning speakers Crystal Sincoff and Maria Grzanka on the topic.
Michele Cunningham, Chief Marketing Officer of Catalyte will tell us more about the company and give a lightning talk about the evening’s theme of Leveraging Data for Social Good. The evening will be emceed by PDXWIT Board Member Padmashree Koneti and Executive Director Elizabeth Stock.
Join us for Virtual Happy Hour hosted by PIE on June 16th! It’s time to come together again… from the comfort of our homes. This month we are partnering with our friends at Portland Incubator Experiment, (PIE) to host a Happy Hour dedicated to Portland’s startup community. The spirit of the entrepreneurs in this community is truly limitless and we look forward to hearing from a few founders on what this crisis has meant for their startups — good, bad and everything in between.
Join us for Virtual Happy Hour hosted by Autodesk on May 19th! We’re spending a lot of time at home, so we would like to know what tools everyone is using to stay connected to their community. This month’s theme is Keeping Community Alive. To facilitate this discussion our conversation starter will be: What tech tools are you using to stay connected to your community?
Join PDXWIT and Cambia Health via Zoom for our April Happy Hour. We will not be convening in person but we are creating a dynamic and interactive Happy Hour that will allow us to connect from a safe social distance. The theme of the event will be New Normal and the conversation prompt will be What are you doing to maintain a sense of normalcy in your life right now?
Unfortunately, this event has been cancelled.
Join us for Happy Hour at Autodesk on March 18th!
We spend quite a bit of time at work, so why not create a community and a work culture that supports meaningful relationships? This month’s theme is Work, Culture and Community. To facilitate this discussion our conversation starter will be: What is one positive way to create a positive work culture?
Join us for Happy Hour at PGE on February 18th!
At our February Happy Hour, we will be honoring a local legend here in Portland: Donna Hammond, one of Oregon’s first black female electricians. Ms. Hammond has lived a tremendous life, having dealt with significant cultural isolation within her industry.
Join us for Happy Hour at New Relic on January 21st!
The theme of our January Happy Hour is “Humanizing Your Tech Experience.” To get people talking about this, our conversation prompt for the event will be “How can you humanize and stay authentic at work?”
Join us Wednesday, December 11th at Bumped for our 5th Annual Celebration + Awards Ceremony!
2019 has been another big year for the PDXWIT and we are thrilled to come together at bumped, for the FIFTH year, to celebrate the holidays and what we’ve accomplished. The theme of the event will be Celebrating our Community. In honor of our theme, Celebrating Community, our conversation starter for the night will be “How do you celebrate your community?”
PDXWIT is thrilled to be partnering with Simple for a special edition happy hour on November 19th as part of the Give!Guide drive!
The theme of the evening is Supporting our Community. Let’s connect at Simple and talk about how we can really show up and support one another. New Relic is also going to be matching the first $3k to PDXWIT as part of #givingtuesday!
We have all experienced uncertainty in our lives and career, but sometimes this uncertainty can lead us in amazing directions. This month’s theme will be “Pivoting from uncertainty to passion.” To help get the networking flowing we will be using the conversation prompt “How have you overcome uncertainty in your career?”
Join us for happy hour at AltSource on September 17th.
In the tech industry, companies often tout all the “fun” benefits they offer to employees, but do those perks really matter to everyone? Yes, ping pong can be entertaining for a few minutes, and kombucha is great for your gut, but are these the types of benefits that make workspaces desirable for everyone? Let’s talk about it! This month’s theme will be: “Functional workspaces: from behavior to the needs of parents,” and to help get the networking flowing we will be using the conversation prompt: What’s something you need to make your workspace functional?
