The National Association of Government Webmasters is holding their annual conference in Kansas City this year and they are looking for technical speakers.
The conference will be held from Wednesday, September 12th through Friday, September 14th, 2012. If you are interested, check out the Call for Speakers page:
http://www.nagw.org/national-conference/call-for-speakers
NAGW 2012 National Conference (http://www.nagw.org)
We now have an easy to read calendar of all Kansas City Metro User Group meetings, as well as other local educational events, and a few national events, at: http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=admin%40kansascityusergroups.com&ctz=America/Chicago
Integrate it with your own Google Calenders, save it as a PDF, or just reference online at www.KansasCityUserGroups.com
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A new user group focused around Node.js and related web technologies is starting soon. We haven't nailed down a meeting date but will soon. Here's some information about the group.
The Kansas City SQL Server user group will not be meeting January 26, but will be rescheduled for a later date. We are tentatively aiming for February 23rd. Please check the site for updates.
| 8:00 - 8:30 | Registration & Welcome |
| 8:30 - 9:15 | First Session |
| 9:15 - 9:30 | Break / Vendor Visits |
| 9:30 - 10:15 | Second Session |
| 10:15 - 10:45 | Break / Snacks / Vendor Visits |
| 10:45 - 11:45 | Vendor Introductions, Drawings and Keynote http://csoaug.oaug.org/ |
1st Quarter Presentation
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
http://www.kcasug.org/
The upgrade path from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7 is very challenging. This meeting doesn't have a speaker, but instead will be an informal discussion of the various methods and pitfalls of upgrading. Whether you have done it several times, are in the middle of the process, or are thinking about it, we'd like to hear what you have to say. Plus, good food and beer.
http://www.meetup.com/Greater-Kansas-City-Drupal-User-Group/events/48529722/
Time: February 3, 2012 from 7:30am to 9am
Location: Kansas City Cafe
Street: 1532 Grand Blvd.
City/Town: Kansas City, MO
Website or Map: http://www.kansascitycafe.net
Phone: 816.471.7111
Event Type: breakfast
Organized By: Aaron Deacon
When: January 26th, 2012 5:30-7:00 p.m.Where: HNTB - room 434
715 Kirk Drive
Kansas City, MO 64105
(816) 472-1201
Topic: IMAGINiT Technologies will present “An Open Discussion of Collaborative Modeling Process.”
Food & Drinks provided by: IMAGINiT Technologies
Join us for our monthly Kansas City Revit/BIM user group meeting. Spread the word to anyone who may find this of interest.
Please RSVP at kcmokanrug @ gmail.com if you plan to attend.
http://kcrug.wordpress.com/
Tue, Jan 24, 2012, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Hello All !
Our next meeting will be held:
6:30 PM, Wed, January 25, 2012
Centriq Training Center
8700 State Line Rd, Leawood, KS
(West side of State Line Rd, directly across from Ward Parkway Mall)
Sponsor: RiverPoint
Food and door prizes will be provided by : RiverPoint
"Achieve your 2012 goals: Social Accountability Happy Hour"
Join us January 26th from 5:30 - 7:30pm @ the Well. This is designed to help IT professionals, tech entrepreneurs & leaders find peers to help keep them accountable in 2012 in terms of accomplishing their goals. More details and registration (required):
http://www.kcitp.com/2012/01/03/achieve-your-2012-goals-social-accountability-happy-hour-presented-by-cosentry/
The tickets are nearly all gone!
On February 29th, KC Design Week and Cut & Paste are hosting the first Kansas City Design Battle. Think of it as a live onstage Iron Chef for designers. Eight contestants will battle in three heats in front of a live audience to showcase their skills and win a great prize and, of course, bragging rights. If you are a Graphic or Motion Designer who is interested in participating or know someone who is, contact Alex Ogata at aogata @ hntb.com for more information.
Currently in its third year, the Kansas City Design Week is a series of events that celebrate the value of design and highlights its impact on our society.
http://www.kcdesignweek.org/
The next meeting of AgileKC will take place on Thursday January 26,
2012 -- 6:30 PM at:
Centriq Training Center
8700 State Line Road
Suite 200
Leawood, KS 66206
(see www.agilekc.org for a map to Centriq)
Meeting Topic: Personas and Agile Anti-patterns
Since most agile practices and approaches hinge upon effective interpersonal communication, it is important to help your team get better at communicating with each other. In theory this happens naturally when you get your team to meet regularly at planning meetings, standing meetings and retrospectives. In reality it often takes a lot of effort to get the attendees at these meetings to participate in the discussions. Why is that? What can be done about it? Plan on attending January’s Agile KC meeting and we’ll consider the topic and some possible tips and tricks you can use with your team.
Martin Olson will lead an encore presentation of Agile Personas and Agile Anti-Patterns as they relate to team interaction and
facilitation. We’ll discuss what is meant by facilitation and how it
is different from participating in a conversation and how understanding and recognizing different traits can help you get the most out of your team’s gatherings. We’ll save some time at the end of the presentation for your questions and comments about the presentation as well as agile in general..
Martin Olson is a principal at Silicon Prairie Solutions and has worked as an Agile Coach, Scrum Master and General Cat Herder since 2003.
Hope to see you there!
Joe Bartlett will be discussing his work on the US pro cycling challenge website http://www.usaprocyclingchallenge.com He'll talk about some of the challenges they faced in building the site, in theming, site building and custom development.
Anyone else who wants to do the same for one of their sites is more than welcome. We hope to generate a good discussion around best practices from doing these deconstruction exercises.
Please respond to this thread if you would like to show talk about a site you have built!
We'll be meeting at VML offices (downtown airport) at 6pm
http://groups.drupal.org/kansas-city
We'll have lighting talks on PyCon 2012 and Kanas City Developer's Conference 2012.
We're also having a "Show and Tell", so if you have a startup or project, website, book, app, tip, trick or anything else you want to share with us, even if is not Python related, this is your chance to show it to the world and get some feedback!
http://www.meetup.com/pythonkc/events/28456721/?a=ea2_lnm&rv=ea2
Check out "Tackling the challenges of email archiving, legal discovery, and regulatory compliance in the cloud" on Kansas City Cloud Computing User Group
Time: January 31, 2012 from 11:30am to 1pm
Location: Microsoft, Overland Park
Organized By: Dennis Chepurnov
Event Description:
Presenter: Jonathan Fencik, Senior Learning Consultant, Symantec
As cloud-based productivity solutions like Microsoft Office 365 are becoming more prominent, businesses often struggle to support the explosion in electronic communication with scalable and secure strategies for email archival and storage management. Motions to discover electronic data are commonplace in today’s world of litigation; yet most companies are unprepared to find electronically stored information, especially email and attachments. Discovery costs represent at least 50% of the cost of litigation—most of which relates to the collection and review of email.
Join us to learn how Symantec.cloud solutions can help businesses address security, archiving and basic disaster recovery with a predictable total cost of ownership.
Compatible with Office 365
Automated Legal Holds
Lightning-Fast Search and Retrieval
Collaborative eDiscovery
Restore lost or deleted emails
Folder Synchronization
Mobile Archive Access
Lunch will be provided. Seating is limited. Register today!
https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=158734
Greetings KC-OWASP chapter:
In 2011 was another busy year for our chapter, we hosted meetings with
web security and software security presenters from F5, local speaker
Rob Kraft, pen testing tool company Core Impact, and Jim Manico from
SaaS security vendor White Hat.
In addition, we were present at the K.C. Developer conference in June
and B-Sides KC in October to speak or make OWASP materials available
and answer questions about software security.
Plus, we got together to brainstorm about information security, share
job and employment leads, and learn from each other.
With security bugs and compromises continuing to make the news
regularly, you don't have to look very far to see that the OWASP
message remains even more relevant now than ever. We're excited and
eager to maintain our localized dedication to the OWASP mission of
increasing awareness of vulnerabilities and the remediation insights
that are needed to address them in 2012.
The first Kansas City OWASP chapter event of 2012 will be January 19
at 7PM at the Flying Saucer.
The Flying Saucer in Kansas City is located at: 101 East 13th Street
Kansas City, MO 64106-2923
This will be a social event (no formal speaker planned) and a chance
to network with tasty food, drinks and discuss chapter leadership for
2012.
Hope to see you there,
Mat Caughron, KC OWASP volunteer chapter leader
Access SIG
January 18, 2012 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Johnson County Community College
Regnier 3rd Floor Room: RC 355
Beginner Presentation:
Janet Gelsinger's presentation is Tip #21 from the Access Solutions book by Arvin Meyer and Douglas Steele
How to build a database application to handle calendars for several people and produce a customized week-at-a-glance calendar report.
Janet is a Teradata DBA with Hallmark Cards and also develops Microsoft Access databases.
Advanced Presentation:
Jim Watkins' presentation is Tip #32: Using the ListView Control from the Access Solutions book by Arvin Meyer and Douglas Steel
Jim is a senior developer for Heritage Computer Consulting & Services, Inc. HCCS is a 20 year Computer Consulting located in Overland Park, Kansas specializing in providing custom solutions to real world challenges for their clients.
Give-away:
Microsoft Access 2010 Step by Step - Experience learning made easy - and quickly teach yourself how to create your own database with Access 2010.
Please note: Give-away drawing for HUG members only.
Sponsored by: Heritage Computer Consulting & Services, Inc.
The Lawrence Apple Users' Group 2.0 will be having a meeting entitled "Popcorn and a Movie" Wednesday, February 1st, 7pm at DCSS, 745 Vermont Street, Lawrence, KS
Just want to socialize and hangout with your fellow Apple enthusiasts. Here's your chance. We'll show a Apple related movie and provide the popcorn. Feel free to bring snacks for yourself or to share with the group.
Meetings are always free and questions are always welcome, even if it isn't about the topic being discussed. A door prize will also be given out to an attendee. Go to http://www.laugks.org for more info or Contact Dave Greenbaum, 785-218-9676, [email protected] to be notified of upcoming meetings.
Note our inclement weather policy: if USD 497 is closed, our meeting will be cancelled. Check our website if there is a question about whether the meeting is cancelled due to weather.
Venture Fridays is a simple but fun concept: The startup culture of Kansas City and surrounding areas is invited to gather at our private office lounge to discuss what we’re all thinking about, working on, needing help with, and might do for each other. Existing or aspiring entrepreneurs of all types and ages are invited. Let’s raise our glasses to building the entrepreneurial culture beyond ourselves.
Doors are open on Rainbow Boulevard (Westwood, Kan.) 4 to 6 p.m. on the 2nd Friday of every month. Who are your hosts? We’re a web marketing metacompany, still whiffing the baby powder of our start in 2009. We work hard, and we play hard. Sometimes Venture Fridays will be co-located with other events, sometimes not. Either way, we’ll be here drinking and thinking. Will you? Drop in.
No soliciting or mooching please (entrepreneurial mojo required; read more in Discussions).
On Feb 29th, KC Design Week and Cut & Paste are hosting the first Kansas City Design Battle. Think of it as a Live onstage Iron Chef for designers. Eight contestants will battle on three heats in front of a live audience to showcase their skills and win a great prize and, of course, bragging rights. If you are a Graphic or Motion Designer who is interested in participating or know someone who is, contact Alex Ogata at aogata @ hntb.com for more information.
Currently on its third year, the Kansas City Design Week is a series of events that celebrate the value of design and highlights its impact on our society.
Cut & Paste is a globally recognized design competition with year-round events in New York, Berlin, Sao Paulo, Tokyo, Tel Aviv and other cities.
http://www.kcdesignweek.org/
January Social Happy Hour: Jan 19
No agenda for our January happy hour, just an opportunity to socialize in real life at O'Dowd's on the Plaza. Happy hour specials include 1/2 Price Small Plates and specials on Draft Beer, House Wine, Bud Light, Miller Lite, Michelob Ultra and MGD 64 Bottles, Vodka Red Bulls, Appletini's and Cosmopolitan's.
Join us if you can! Please RSVP so we can give O'Dowd's a heads up on how many to expect.
Hammerspace Hobby & Community Workshop
440 E 63 ST, Kansas City, MO
We currently meet every Thusday in our new shared work space. Meetings start at 7pm and are open to all those interested. If your interested in seeing what we're all about, come on a Thursday to see all the current projects. When you get here just give us a call and we'll come let you in. The number down in the cave is (202) 621-2252.
http://www.meetup.com/Cowtown-Computer-Congress/events/43733242/?a=me2o_grp&rv=me2o
A new year brings hope and opportunity. I'd bet that you’re probably
thinking about the things you want to accomplish this year. Setting
goals is great, but with all of life’s distractions….do YOU follow
through?
Your community can help on January 26th…by providing peer to peer
accountability.
Accomplish Your 2012 Goals: Social Accountability Happy Hour,
Presented By CoSentry
Registration (required) & more info here:
http://www.kcitp.com/2012/01/03/achieve-your-2012-goals-social-accountability-happy-hour-presented-by-cosentry/
Make sure you register TODAY, as space is limited! Our last 3
networking events have SOLD OUT! (Registration is required)
Don’t miss this opportunity to create a better future for yourself.
The Access SIG will meet as scheduled on Jan 18th at JCCC Regnier Bldg. 2nd floor at 6:30 pm
Two presentations; first for beginners, the second advanced topics. Detailed agenda will be published later.
The first WEB SIG of the Heartland Users Group will meet at JCCC Regnier Bldg.
Date: Tuesday, January 17th
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: RC 245`
Topics:
1.Facebook - what tips can you share to customize it for specific purposes
2.Facebook - how do you set up a Facebook account to market a business, issue (such as FairTax), or professional group (such as the Heartland Users Group)?
3.Facebook - how do you connect the Facebook icon to a Web page and what does it do?
4.Facebook - what else should we know or can we share about the fastest growing communication tool in the history of mankind.
5.Meetings - what is the best date/time to meet going forward? We'll decide the 2012 schedule at this meeting.
Thank you,
Lisa Friedrichsen
JCCC Professor
WEB SIG leader for the Heartland Users Group
Jan 10th Windows/Freeware at the New Horizons Learning Center at 6:30 pm
Due to a scheduling conflict the meeting this month will be the second Tuesday, 1/10/2012. This meeting will be a recap of significant items covered the past year and some files I know people are interested in such as Microsoft ICE whereby we can create panoramic photographs with just a click of a button. Are there new/improved free applications that change the present landscape? Did we get a new tech tool/gadget for Christmas? If so do bring it to the meeting so we can all see it or to get help with attributes you are not yet well acquainted with.
As usual there will be a question and answer session for general or specific questions.
Date: 1/10/2012 6:30 PM - 9 PM
Where: New Horizons Computer Learning Center
Metcalf South Shopping Center
96th & Metcalf, Overland Park, KS
(Please enter the door of Metcalf South on the lower level of the shopping center on the West - You will find New Horizons inside the center area.)
Room: 6 see a map at
www.newhorizonskc.com
Bill Diamond
Windows/Freeware SIG leader
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