Category: Archival

  • Ohio Tech Industry Advocacy Survey

    Ohio Tech Industry Advocacy Survey

    Calling all IT leaders in the Toledo region! We need a few minutes of your time to fill out a survey about the issues that are important to you (such as IT talent attraction and tech start-up funding). The results of our survey will be added to data from other Ohio regions to help advocate…

  • 2014-15 Group Summary

    2014-15 Group Summary

    A summary of local tech groups that were active in 2014 (handed out as a flyer/PDF at the 4th Annual TechToledo GeekDinner HolidayMixer) with updates for 2015 (see slides from 2015 mixer). Also: summaries for 2012 & 2013. New in 2015: Group 2014 activity More information Toledo Web Professionals: Promote the web industry, education &…

  • Details for Dec 10 Geek Dinner Holiday Mixer

    Details for Dec 10 Geek Dinner Holiday Mixer

    For those of you attending the 5th Annual Tech Toledo Geek Dinner Holiday Mixer (Thursday, December 10th, Blarney Event Center), here are details on the schedule, food and drink options for the evening. 5:30pm: Doors open Sign in upon arrival and be sure to circle all of the groups you are affiliated with. Fill out…

  • Open invitation to 2015 Geek Dinner

    Open invitation to 2015 Geek Dinner

    Tech Toledo invites all information technology professionals to join us on December 10th for the 5th Annual Geek Dinner Holiday Mixer. This will be one the year’s largest social gatherings of the IT community in the Toledo Region. We have been averaging over 50 attendees the past few years, and we have a new venue…

  • Pitch and Pour, November 12

    Pitch and Pour, November 12

    Tech Toledo is happy to be a sponsor of Pitch and Pour on November 12, starting at 5:30pm (NTCC at the University of Toledo). Pitch and Pour is a business competition and a major startup community event for the Toledo region. The following teams will be making pitches to the judges and the audience: AudiblEye…

  • Tech Startup Roadmap

    Tech Startup Roadmap

    1. Connect Google document with tabs for different categories of resources 2. Create After some time connecting, you will need to start the deep dive of learning about Lean, The Business Model Canvas, and startups in general. Take advantage of every opportunity to learn and ask others — and just start. After doing some creating,…

  • EPIC Toledo’s Connect I.T.

    EPIC Toledo’s Connect I.T.

    September 2nd will be another epic event for the Toledo Region Information Technology (IT) community (pun intended). EPIC Toledo (“Engaging People, Inspiring Change”) works to attract and retain young professional talent and seeks to develop future business and community leaders. On September 2nd, EPIC Toledo will launch “Connect I.T.,” a new event aimed at serving the IT community…

  • What it’s all about

    What it’s all about

    We wanted to give you an overview of what we (Keith Instone & Stuart Bertsch) do as “Tech Toledo” to help connect the tech and entrepreneur communities in the region. When we spot tech, design and entrepreneur events on meetup.com, Facebook, in a local paper, and anywhere else, we see if they are already listed on ToledoTechEvents.org.…

  • Summer Fun

    Summer Fun

    Tech Toledo is part of two summer events that you are invited to attend. On Thursday, July 23, Tech Toledo will be part of the Seed Coworking Ultimate Anniversary Party. Celebrating anniversaries with us: Spoke, GroundSpeed, StartUp Toledo, and, of course, Seed Coworking. The party will also celebrate other milestones by companies in our community. The Ultimate Anniversary…

  • CoderDojo Toledo

    CoderDojo Toledo

    Saturday, June 6, 2015, will be the initial CoderDojo Toledo meeting! RSVP for your child! What is CoderDojo? From coderdojo.com/about: CoderDojo is a global movement of free, volunteer-led, community-based programming clubs for young people. At a Dojo, young people, between 7 and 17, learn how to code, develop websites, apps, programs, games and explore technology in…

  • Save the date: December 10, 2015

    Save the date: December 10, 2015

    Save the date, December 10, 2015, for the 5th Annual TechToledo GeekDinner HolidayMixer. The Holiday Mixer idea: Several meet-ups and IT user groups make their December meetings “geek dinners”: they meet at a restaurant and each person pays for themselves, in place of a speaker or more formal meeting. Instead of having many separate, small geek dinners,…

  • Job Boards (2015)

    Owens Corning – Toledo Owens Illinois – Toledo First Solar – Toledo Marathon Petroleum Corp – Findlay Dana – Toledo ProMedica – Maumee / Toledo City of Toledo The Andersons – Maumee HCR ManorCare – Toledo Buckeye Cablevision – Toledo Hanson – Maumee Communica – Toledo Hart – Maumee Thrive Internet Marketing – Perrysburg Thread Marketing Group – Toledo Gelia…

  • Companies (2015)

    Tech Startups Venture Funds, Growth Partners Accelerators / Incubators Other Large Tech Employers Hosting Internet Access Co-Working Agencies and Development Companies Other

  • 2014 Mixer Recap

    2014 Mixer Recap

    We had another great TechToledo GeekDinner HolidayMixer on December 11th! We had over 50 people again and over-filled the Outfield Room at Packo’s at the Park. (Some pictures below.) The Toledo Web Professionals had the best showing (10 members indicated on the sign-in sheet) with great showings from FANUG (from Findlay) and the UT student ACM…

  • Open Invite: 2014 Geek Dinner

    Open Invite: 2014 Geek Dinner

    Tech Toledo invites all information technology professionals to join us on December 11th for the 4th Annual GeekDinner HolidayMixer. This will be the year’s largest social gathering of the IT community in the Toledo Region. We have been averaging 50 people over the first 3 years. It starts at 5:30pm on Thursday, December 11th, 2014. We are meeting at Packo’s…

  • “Region’s tech culture starts reboot”

    “Region’s tech culture starts reboot”

    Jon Chavez has a great lead article in today’s Business & Real Estate section of The Blade: Region’s tech culture starts reboot: Incubators, collaboration foster rebirth of entrepreneurship, start-ups We are proud to have part of the TechToledo collaboration story included in the article! One slight clarification: we did not “create” ToledoTechEvents.org. We “adopted” it: Jason Slagle…

  • Save the date: December 11, 2014

    Save the date: December 11, 2014

    Save the date for the 4th Annual TechToledo GeekDinner HolidayMixer: December 11, 2014. 5:30pm at Packo’s at the Park (as usual). The Holiday Mixer idea is simple: Many groups usually make their December meetings “geek dinners” where they meet at a restaurant and each person pays for themselves, instead of having a speaker or more formal…

  • Summer 2014 Tech Group Update

    Summer 2014 Tech Group Update

    A review of the status of tech groups in the Toledo region. This will help us figure out who to invite to the GeekDinner HolidayMixer in December. New in 2014 Girl Develop It Toledo (website, meetup, calendar): Announced at the 2013 holiday mixer, GDI has already hosted 4 code-and-coffees and 10 days of workshops. Northwest Ohio…

  • Tech Fun at Toledo Museum of Art

    Tech Fun at Toledo Museum of Art

    Today marks the first day of many upcoming months of fun and interesting activities for the Toledo region tech community at the Toledo Museum of Art. Huh? Tech stuff at an art museum? Yes! May 16th is the opening of “Zeros and Ones: Computer Generated Art” in the Community Gallery. Three dozen invited artists created 70…

  • Another great GeekDinner HolidayMixer

    Another great GeekDinner HolidayMixer

    Thanks to everyone who showed up for the 3rd TechToledo GeekDinner HolidayMixer on Thursday, December 12th. We filled the Outfield room at Packo’s at the Park again. Check out some photos. We had representatives from a record number of groups. TWP seemed to have the most members, with great showings from NWNUG and ISACA. The…

  • 2013 Summary

    2013 Summary

    Recap of IT-related groups who were active in 2013. A handout of this information was shared at the 2013 GeekDinner HolidayMixer. Get your own copy (PDF). Group 2013 activity Web sites Social media Toledo Web Professionals: Promote the web industry, education & employment resources, keep and attract talent 2nd Wednesdays Meetups, Speakers, Road trips, World…

  • Open Invitation to 2013 GeekDinner HolidayMixer

    Open Invitation to 2013 GeekDinner HolidayMixer

    Tech Toledo invites all information technology professionals to join us on December 12th for the 3rd Annual GeekDinner HolidayMixer. This will be the year’s largest social gathering of the IT community in the Toledo Region. Last year we had over 50 people and expect more this time. The festivities start at 5:30pm on Thursday, December 12th, 2013. We…

  • 3rd Annual GeekDinner HolidayMixer

    3rd Annual GeekDinner HolidayMixer

    It is time to start planning the 3rd TechToledo GeekDinner HolidayMixer. 2011 was the first, 2012 was the second. The idea is simple: many groups usually make their December meetings “geek dinners” where they meet at a restaurant and each person pays for themselves, instead of having a speaker or more formal meeting instead of…

  • TechToledo.net is officially now TechToledo.com

    The old website is now redirecting here. Everything should function flawlessly (of course) but let us know if anything is not acting as you would expect. Thanks for staying connected and for being in Toledo! Be sure to add yourself to our Google Group.