After Conference Social and Meetup - Open Source 101

We're really happy to announce a networking social and meetup will be held immediately following Open Source 101 on Tuesday, March 3.

The event will be hosted at SOCO Vista starting at 5:30 pm EST. Attendees of Open Source 101 are encouraged to walk across the street and attend. The event will also be open to the public, so walk-ups and members of the Columbia tech community are welcome.

The evening will serve as a networking opportunity as well as a meetup, and food and beverages will be served. The City of Columbia will serve as host.

Jason Hibbets, a senior community architect at Red Hat and the author of The Foundation for an Open Source City, will deliver a talk and facilitate a group discussion on a topic we're very interested in - burnout.

SOCO Vista address:
808 Lady Street, suite D
Columbia, SC 29201
*located in the old Woody's space, behind/beside of Hyatt Place hotel

Talk Title: 10 things I wish I knew before experiencing burnout
Talk abstract:
Working in technology and open source communities can put you into some high-stress situations. But you don’t want to go over the edge and put yourself in a situation where you are going through burnout. In this session, you’ll hear personal stories and experiences with burnout and learn ways to prevent and manage stress.

This session will help you:

Understand the signs of burnout

Learn techniques on how to prevent burnout

Discover ways to effectively manage stress

Speaker Bio:

Jason Hibbets is a senior community architect at Red Hat which means he is a mash-up of a community manager and project manager designing programs for people to participate in communities. His current role involves building community interest for #EnableSysadmin--a knowledge sharing community for system administrators. He is the author of The foundation for an open source city and has been with Red Hat since 2003.

Follow him on Twitter: @jhibbets for a fun and shareable feed of his open source (and other) adventures.

At night, he puts on his cape, and is an Open Raleigh Brigade captain, NC Open Pass co-chair, and former member of the Code for America Brigade National Advisory Committee. Jason graduated from North Carolina State University and resides in Raleigh with his wife, two kids, two border collies, nine chickens, lots of tomato plants, and a lazy raccoon somewhere in an oak tree. In his copious spare time, he enjoys surfing, running, gardening, traveling, watching football, sampling craft beer, and participating in local government--not necessarily in that order, but close to it.