The release of two reports that show an increase in high-tech jobs in Michigan triggered an article by Tyrel Linkhorn of The Blade (published yesterday, March 5th). He was looking for a Toledo angle, so he contacted me (Keith) and we talked for 30 minutes or so. He used two quotes from me. Here are […]
The Lima 2016 Tech Conference will be April 14th. This is the premier event for IT vendors in the region. It is organized by LRITA, the Lima Regional Information Technology Alliance. Check out the conference web site for more information. Learn about how to be a sponsor, exhibitor, presenter and attendee. Some hi-lites: Keynote presenter Damian […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]