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Join us on Tuesday, June 6th for New Tech’s ADHD Oasis Community Meetup on How to Recognize and Shut Down Gaslighting
Register here! (Register through Meetup does not reserve your spot)
June 6th Hot Topic – How to Recognize and Stop Gaslighting
Adults with ADHD are more likely to be gaslit. Gaslighting is intentional manipulation to gain control. In this meetup we will discuss how to recognize this manipulation and shut it down. Join us for New Tech Northwest's ADHD & Neurodiverse Meetup. This virtual event will combine community and coaching to support you in building supportive systems for managing your neurodiverse brain. Discover how to decrease your neurodiverse challenges while building relationships with fellow ADHDers and neurodiverse peers who are on similar journeys.
You are not alone. Come join a community of peers where you can safely discuss your neurodiverse experiences with a supportive community of peers twice a month.
You can attend these virtual Meetups on the first and third Tuesdays of every month. The more Meetups you attend, the more peer connections you’ll make with other professionals who have neurodiverse brains like you. Instead of being lonely in your experience, come laugh, learn, and connect with your community.
One in five adults are neurodiverse and one in twenty have ADHD. In the tech industry these numbers are even higher.
Unfortunately, most business cultures are not very neurodiverse-friendly because neurotypical folks have not been educated on what it’s like to live with our faster than normal brains, rejection sensitive dysphoria, low executive function, low working memory, low dopamine, and low serotonin.
In these Meetups we’ll explore how you can better explain neurodiversity to others to bridge this education gap.
Maybe you’re undiagnosed, but experience ADHD symptoms. While there is no replacement for a professional diagnosis from a licensed expert, if any of this feels familiar, you can take this test to assess whether you might have ADHD.
Join us to be welcomed into a community that gets you and lives with similar neurodiverse brains.
During the Meetups we’ll share struggles as well as systems and strategies to overcome your executive functioning and working memory challenges like anxiety, overwhelm, miscommunication, interrupting, inattentiveness, stress, distractibility, procrastination, paperwork fails, imposter syndrome, having to mask your neurodiversity at work, and weak organization skills.
The Community
Professionals in technology who are managing ADHD, ADD, autism, dyslexia, depression, anxiety, or other neurodivergent conditions.
The Agenda
*You are welcome to show up late or leave early to suit your schedule. We understand that this is a workday event and unexpected priorities arise. We’re neurodiverse and understand these realities.
- 12:00pm – Welcome!
- 12:05pm – Community discussion of today’s main neurodiverse topic
- 12:20pm – Breakout into small groups to discuss the topic further and meet some new friends
- 12:45pm – Return to the main Zoom room to share stories and learnings from your breakout group experience
- 1:00pm – Closing and farewell until the next Meetup in two weeks
Pre-Meetup Reading
- What is gaslighting at work? 6 signs of gaslighting and how to deal
- The Gaslighting Risk: Why Adults with ADHD Are Particularly Vulnerable to Manipulation
The Vibe
Supportive community of neurodiverse folks who see, understand, and support the ups and downs of your neurodiverse journey. You’ll laugh, smile, and exhale the stresses around living in a neuerotypically-designed world and work places. Come share what you’re up to, be curious and helpful to others, and make some new friends in the tech community!
The Experience
Receive community support and professional coaching as you talk safely with fellow ADHDers and neurodiverse peers about your challenges and solutions around neurodiverse living & working as a professional. Get love, understanding, tools for support, and meet new friends in a fun and safe space. We have fun too.
- Brett G.
- 1 attendee
*Please register for this event at ti.to/new-tech-nw/new-tech-seattle-june-2023. RSVPing on Meetup will not register you for this event.
Join us on Thursday June, 15th from 5-7 pm for New Tech Seattle's next meet-up.
New Tech is the Northwest's largest tech community. We're the place where you make meaningful connections, learn from the industry's best, and have a fun night out. Most importantly, you'll join an engaging group of go-getters, developers, founders, and professionals, and discover the people, partners, organizations, and resources to help you build your dreams.
June Presenters Founders, leaders & innovators share their passion & new tech through 8-minute presentations & 3 minutes of your Q&A.
- Rebekah Bastian, CEO and Founder, OwnTrail - tech to blaze your own trail
- Cheri Jensen, Marketing and Communications Director, IGNITE Worldwide - creating connection in tech
- Lauren Kay Johnson, Program Director, IGNITE Worldwide - creating connection in tech
The Crowd
The Northwest’s smart, fun, creative, innovative tech community – software and application developers, company owners, startup founders, recruiters, hackers, job seekers, executives, investors, community leaders, and people who are new to the area.
The Agenda
5:00pm - Neighborhood block party style networking with appetizers, beverages & a cash bar
6:00pm - Welcome! Time to start the show
6:05pm - Sponsor Shoutouts
6:10pm - Community Connections; quick shares with your neighbors
6:15pm - Community Shoutouts; quick shares of cool events, resources & meet new Seattleites
6:25pm - Presentations of cool tech & innovations
7:10pm - Thank you & goodnight, …or
7:15pm - Afterparty in The Collective's High Tide community space
The Vibe
Neighborhood block party – fun, friendly & relaxed with complimentary food, beverages & a cash bar. You’ll laugh, smile, and have a fun night out.
The Experience
Discover innovative, creative and inspirational new technology (or smarter use of old tech). It could be Web3, VR, IoT, Apps, Fintech, Mobiletech, Healthtech, SpaceTech, Cloudtech… you get the idea.
The After Party
Continue connecting to fantastic people in our community after the show ends around 7:15 pm.
The Tickets
$12 before the event and $20 on the day of the event
Thank You to Our Sponsors!
Startup 253
AllTech
CityU Seattle
Parking There is a parking garage below The Collective and street parking around the area at your own expense. If you decide to park in the parking garage, the entrance is at the back of the building along a back alley. It's a one-way street, enter the alley from Harrison Street.
By registering for a New Tech Northwest event, you agree to our Code of Conduct Policy.
- Brett G.
- Jessie U.
- Riccardo S.
- 5 attendees
Join us on Tuesday, June 20th for New Tech’s ADHD Oasis Community on ADHD Paralysis
Register here! (Register through Meetup does not reserve your spot)
June 20th Hot Topic – ADHD Paralysis
As ADHDers sometimes having too much to do leads us to doing nothing. ADHD paralysis is the feeling of overwhelm and the inability to focus on the tasks that cause the overwhelm. Did you know there was an official name for this common experience? In this meetup we will discuss coping mechanism for ADHD paralysis.
Check out this article before the meetup:
- ADHD Paralysis: Why You May ‘‘Freeze’’ and How to Manage It
- All About ADHD Paralysis
- ADHD Paralysis: How to Overcome It
- What is ADHD Paralysis? 8 Effective Ways to Overcome It
You are not alone. Come join a community of peers where you can safely discuss your neurodiverse experiences with a supportive community of peers twice a month.
You can attend these virtual Meetups on the first and third Tuesdays of every month. The more Meetups you attend, the more peer connections you’ll make with other professionals who have neurodiverse brains like you. Instead of being lonely in your experience, come laugh, learn, and connect with your community.
Join us to be welcomed into a community that gets you and lives with similar neurodiverse brains.
During the Meetups we’ll share struggles as well as systems and strategies to overcome your executive functioning and working memory challenges like anxiety, overwhelm, miscommunication, interrupting, inattentiveness, stress, distractibility, procrastination, paperwork fails, imposter syndrome, having to mask your neurodiversity at work, and weak organization skills.
The Community
Professionals in technology who are managing ADHD, ADD, autism, dyslexia, depression, anxiety, or other neurodivergent conditions.
The Agenda
*You are welcome to show up late or leave early to suit your schedule. We understand that this is a workday event and unexpected priorities arise. We’re neurodiverse and understand these realities.
- 12:00pm – Welcome!
- 12:05pm – Community discussion of today’s main neurodiverse topic
- 12:20pm – Breakout into small groups to discuss the topic further and meet some new friends
- 12:45pm – Return to the main Zoom room to share stories and learnings from your breakout group experience
- 1:00pm – Closing and farewell until the next Meetup in two weeks
The Vibe
Supportive community of neurodiverse folks who see, understand, and support the ups and downs of your neurodiverse journey. You’ll laugh, smile, and exhale the stresses around living in a neuerotypically-designed world and work places. Come share what you’re up to, be curious and helpful to others, and make some new friends in the tech community!
The Experience
Receive community support and professional coaching as you talk safely with fellow ADHDers and neurodiverse peers about your challenges and solutions around neurodiverse living & working as a professional. Get love, understanding, tools for support, and meet new friends in a fun and safe space. We have fun too.
- Brett G.
- 1 attendee
*IMPORTANT NOTE: RSVPing on Meetup for this ongoing group does not confirm your event attendance. Please fill out the form here**
Join the New Tech Entrepreneurs Mastermind group to experience the power of having a trusted and influential peer advisory group sharing their experience, connections, and confidentiality in support of you. Is it time for you to focus on the right things for 10x growth and expand your investor connections? Apply Now for the next cohort!
Reach your goals faster, improve your mental health, make influential connections, and expand your company growth opportunities now!
New Tech Entrepreneurs Mastermind groups are a solution for tech entrepreneurs who are ready to be vulnerable with your peers, get support, and step into the exponential power that comes from masterminding together.
When you’re a founder in the technology industry you face many challenges rolling in at a fast and furious pace. Going it alone slows down your focus, company growth, investor connections, accountability, and opportunities to scale your business.
The journey is much easier and more enjoyable when you have influential colleagues helping you to navigate current challenges as well as what’s ahead of you. So why would you go it alone when you don’t have to?
You’re in the right place if any of the following apply:
- You feel alone managing C-Level pressures
- You could be a more powerful and effective leader
- You can benefit from more mental health support
- You want to develop and operationalize ideas faster
- You want to move your business forward more consistently
- You’re ready to have less struggle and more support on your path of success
- You want access to build trusted relationships with influential leaders & investors
The Benefits of New Tech Entrepreneurs Masterminding
If you are accepted into the next cohort you can:
- Focus on the right things for 10x growth
- Improve your mental health
- Expand your investor and industry connections
- Experience having powerful trusted peer advice, experience, connections, and confidentiality in support of your goals
- Have more encouragement, accountability, insight, renewal, coaching, and opportunities that only come from a mastermind group dedicated to your success
- Build invaluable professional relationships to accelerate your company’s growth
- Achieve your most impactful results faster
You May be a Fit if at Least Three of These Criteria Fit You:
- Are a founder, C-level, or VP level leader at a tech company
- Don’t have a supportive peer and mentor community
- Have accelerator, incubator or investor support, but don’t have expert mental health support from someone experienced in the tech industry
- Want to build transformational peer and mastermind relationships
- Ready to powerfully transform your business challenges and results now
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- Brett G.
- 1 attendee
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