[Chicago] python workshops for beginners

[Tim Ottinger]

I came in late, so this is relevant to the topic, but otherwise pretty
non-sequitor,
but I have an intro to python that I have given a few times. Is there a local
audience in N. Burbs who would like to see it? Maybe i could go present
it as "python for first-timers" or the like. It's an intro to OO and
Python, really.

tim

On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Daniel Peters <danieltpeters at gmail.com> wrote:
> complete guess, but there's a Linux-oriented computer recycling place
> literally down the street from my house. I'd be totally down to go and put
> up a poster/sheet of paper, etc, maybe even duck into one of the meetings
> and make an announcement if they're cool with that.  Its Free Geek Chicago
>
> http://freegeekchicago.org/
>
> while there are a lot of men, I've also seen many women there.   I haven't
> ever devoted the time to do the "build a box" program but I think
> individuals who are willing to put in that kind of time would also probably
> be those who get a lot out of these python tutorials.  Given how much I like
> to ask questions at meetings it might surprise you to know that I also get
> nervous speaking directly, and it would be doubly anxious to go and speak,
> as a man, encouraging women to come learn python.  But I would be happy to
> try!  Can't be anymore awkward then weed and coffee fueled questions about
> self driving cars and the legislature of Nevada!
>
> Seriously though, I'd be happy to put up a flyer, and I think it might
> actually get a few people.  Let me know off list.
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 11:25 AM, sheila miguez <shekay at pobox.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Brian Curtin <brian at python.org> wrote:
>> > On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 9:21 AM, sheila miguez <shekay at pobox.com> wrote:
>> [...]
>>
>> > http://lgilchrist.com/how-we-got-50-women-to-our-hackathon/ has some
>> > great ideas and areas to consider when putting this event together.
>> >
>> > The "be student-friendly" part is especially important with the number
>> > of colleges we have in the area, but it may be a bit early since I can
>> > never remember when everyone goes back to school.
>>
>> Thanks for the url and advice.
>>
>> One of my coworkers who is helping has worked on Flourish in the past
>> at UIC, and she has helped get the word out to friends at UIC and
>> other colleges. I've seen people signing up on the meetup event who
>> mention being in college, so I think it helped.
>>
>> Once we have the event we can see how well we got the word out to
>> students (and also beginners) by looking at who attended. If we don't
>> have many, we'll know we need to improve on recruitment. I already
>> think I need to do better at finding people new to programming,
>> because we have software developers who've signed up. I had expected
>> more beginners.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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