Women Programmers

Let’s meet up at 6:15 to stretch in the parking lot on the left side of the restaurant then head out at 6:30 for an adorable 2.5 mile walk! Get that blood pumping then back to the Grove for drinks and/or dinner.

Join us at Red Horn Coffee and Brewing for our Business Networking luncheon in the Cedar Park & Leander area. Connect with fellow professionals, foster business growth, and enjoy the interactive and referral-driven atmosphere of our group. We also contribute to local charities, making our networking experience not only beneficial for your business but also for the community. Don't miss out—come network with us! **Agenda:** \- Open Networking and Lunch Order \- Announcements and Updates \- Introductions \- Networking Activity or Spotlight Speaker \- Open Networking 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 BXN S𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀: 👉 [Farmers Insurance](https://agents.farmers.com/tx/buda/ronald-marchiani/) 👉 [Bradenn Pools](https://bradennpools.com/) 👉 [Keyss - Think Tech. Think Keyss.](https://keyssinc.com/) 👉 [Luna Tech - Managed IT Services](https://lunatechteam.com/) 👉 [American Eagle Plumbing](https://americaneagleplumbing.net/) 👉 [Dolan Mortgage Team](https://dolanloans.com/) 👉 [Genuine Automotive & Diesel](https://genuineautomotive.net/) 👉 [Balarini Floors](https://www.balarinifloors.com/) 👉 [KingFiher Roofing](https://www.kingfisherroofing.com/) 👉 [CESHKER Group - Law & Title Offices](https://www.ceshker.com/) 👉 [Horizon Realty](BuyWithBatya.com) 👉 [Truist Financial](https://www.truist.com/) 👉 [Dynamic Electrical Service ](https://www.facebook.com/DynamicTX/) 👉 [Temperature Pro ](https://temperaturepro.com/round-rock-tx/) [Learn more about BXN](https://bxnmembers.com/) We look forward to seeing you soon! BXN Leadership Team #bxn #businessexchangenetwork #supportlocalbusinesses #networking

**We’re launching a new monthly women’s hike — same spot, same time, every first Tuesday of the month — so our community has a regular place to gather, reconnect, and recharge!** This 75-minute evening hike is your built-in reset to move, breathe, and enjoy meaningful conversation with other women on the beautiful Barton Creek Greenbelt (Spyglass entrance). We’ll walk at a relaxed, mindful pace, with optional guided moments to help you slow down, take in nature, and deepen connections on the trail. ***Women of all ages and backgrounds are welcome.*** **Details:** 📍 Spyglass Trailhead, 1601 Spyglass Dr, Austin, TX 78746 🕔 Meet at 5:00 PM sharp, back by 6:15 PM 💧 Bring water, sturdy shoes, layers, and sun protection 🚫 Please, no pets — as we focus on our human connections 💡We'll be finishing this hike around sunset. For best visibility, we recommend bringing along a head lamp. 💛 Donation\-based \($7–15 suggested\, never required\) \| Venmo: @journeylandandsoul Street parking available along Barton Skyway and Spyglass Dr. Please arrive \~10 minutes early to park and meet the group at the benches by the trailhead. This is our **monthly weeknight women’s hike** — same time, same place, every month. If you love our weekend hikes, don't worry — these will continue as always! We can't wait to see you!

ONLINE Free 4 sessions — Apr 7, 9, 14, 16 @ 1-2pm CT Most technical professionals are the smartest people in the room and the least likely to voice it. Hello World is a free, low pressure, four-session online workshop that uses standup comedy as a practical framework for communication, confidence, and presence. It's built specifically for engineers, IT pros, DevOps, PMs, and cybersecurity folks who are tired of having great ideas that don't get the attention they deserve. Over this 4-session series, you’ll learn simple, practical tools to: * Communicate with clarity and confidence * Structure ideas so they land * Add memorability to your work communications * Think on your feet and stay calm * Actually enjoy speaking Recent tech professionals that have taken the course come to learn how to think on their feet, how to transfer their Slack jokes into full jokes, or how to add levity to their workplace. All join in for the dose of dopamine. "I joined out of curiosity. I didn’t expect it to change how I show up in meetings, but it did. My boss was impressed with my set and asked me to take on a new opportunity at work.” [Register to save your spot for April 7](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1985834274773?aff=oddtdtcreator) **What you get:** * 4 virtual coaching sessions over 2 weeks (Tuesdays & Thursdays, 11am PT/1pm CT) * Weekly drop-in micro-exercises + practice hours * Supportive, low-pressure environment with like-minded fellow tech pros * A totally different approach to professional development No Comedy Experience Required. Just bring your willingness to experiment, laugh at yourself, and try something new. **Topics covered:** Communication skills, public speaking, presentation skills, career development, confidence building, leadership skills, tech professionals, standup comedy techniques

We have a great group of people that pass a lot of referrals and help generate business for each other. \*Please note that if your profession is already taken then you will not be able to give your 45 second elevator pitch. Filled Categories: (Please ask to see if your category is available) [Chapter Roster](https://bnidfw.com/en-US/chapterdetail?chapterId=BI09fM6G15KZg0sXXNFhyQ%3D%3D&name=BNI%20BUSINESS%20BY%20REFERRAL)

**Come join our group of fun and fabulous friends!** **Please note that is a dog friendly event!** We meet and socialize outside on the Whitestone Brewery patio which is completely open to our four-legged friends. If you are looking to make new friends, you have come to the right place. And we offer an opportunity to get in some exercise. The exercise is a bonus and OPTIONAL! We want you to come hang out more than anything. Too cold or too hot or too whatever might keep you from exercising, but please just show up and honor us with your presence. And Whitestone Brewery has offered us Happy Hour pricing for this event! We will meet at 6:30 pm on the patio of Whitestone Brewery to **start our Run/Walk at 6:40 pm**. Please come prepared if you are going to run or walk. It is always important to be hydrated. If you are new to the event, I will make sure you have a "veteran" to run/walk with on the course. See you there, Mike

Bring a whiteboard or a laptop or a piece of paper. We will be solving 1 easy and 1 medium problem on LeetCode. We have no rules for being late or leaving early, you can be late and start from the second problem or do the first one and leave. The main idea is to work together on it, share thoughts and discuss a solution. For those who don't like the time pressure during the session, I will be posting problems in the comments for the session 1 day in advance.

Friday, end of a workweek for some. Start your weekend right and join us for a beer at Celis. It's always a fun time with this great group of women.

You do NOT need to sign up for this event. It is a placeholder only. You DO need to visit this site to register -- https://www.meetup.com/robotics-69/ The Robot Group has this to say... We currently meet simultaneously in person and on line. The in person venue is the Diogenes Makerspace which shares a building with the Collete night club. Our door is at the far left end of the building. Austin Arduino and MicroController Meetup has this to say... If Collete has an event please park in the street, apologies if the walk is long or the weather is bad.

We are going to festivals March 29 and May 5. Back to our regular brunch on April 12. We have been meeting weekly for 4 years. We meet in Cedar Park or Leander every Sunday and sometimes get together mid-week. We are progressive, non-religious people. Attendance is about 6-10. We generally discuss what is going on in our lives, not as much religion and politics. Most of us deal with religious and conservative folks all week so this is OUR space to be OURSELVES. There are other atheist groups that discuss religion, some discuss politics and some forbid it. If you think our group fits you, text301-213-9533. Location hidden until then.

**🌿 What to expect / Qué esperar:** A relaxed and welcoming space where you can slow down and just be yourself. Un espacio relajado y acogedor donde puedes bajar el ritmo y ser tú misma. We’ll sit together, connect, and share (only if you feel comfortable). Nos sentaremos juntas, conectaremos y compartiremos (solo si te sientes cómoda). ✨ No pressure. No judgment. Just come as you are. ✨ Sin presión. Sin juicios. Solo ven como eres. **🌿 What to bring / Qué traer:** • Water or your favorite drink • Agua o tu bebida favorita • An open mind • Mente abierta **🌿 Details / Detalles:** • Women only / Solo mujeres • Small, intimate group / Grupo pequeño e íntimo ***✨ If you feel called, you’re welcome here.*** ***✨ Si sientes el llamado, eres bienvenida.***

**The world keeps changing. Fast. The question is whether your approach is.** KAA 2026 is where Agile practitioners, leaders, and builders come to work through what's actually hard right now: delivering real value, building trust across teams, and figuring out where AI fits without losing the human system underneath it. This isn't a theory conference. The speakers are doing the work. Our keynote, **Kevin Koym**, has helped over 6,500 entrepreneurs across 42 countries build something real. He founded Tech Ranch Austin. He's seen what stalls people and what moves them. If you're building something, leading something, or still figuring out what comes next, his talk is worth your whole morning. The rest of the lineup covers leadership, product, teams, and technology. Talks and workshops. Practitioners and executives. A room full of people who take this seriously. **If that sounds like your kind of day, purchase tickets here:** [https://www.agileaustin.org/kaa-2026-ticket-info](https://www.agileaustin.org/kaa-2026-ticket-info) Want to see who's speaking first? [https://www.agileaustin.org/kaa-2026-speakers](https://www.agileaustin.org/kaa-2026-speakers)

Semi in honor of March being International Women's Month Columbus libraries: [https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3454709](https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3454709) Location: SOW Plated Menu: [https://www.sowplated.com/menu-brunch/](https://www.sowplated.com/menu-brunch/) Book summary: In 2006 Julia Lerner is living in Moscow, a recent university graduate in computer science, when she's recruited by Russia's largest intelligence agency. By 2018 she's in Silicon Valley as COO of Tangerine, one of America's most famous technology companies. In between her executive management (make offers to promising startups, crush them and copy their features if they refuse); self promotion (check out her latest op-ed in the WSJ, on Work/Life Balance 2.0); and work in gender equality (transfer the most annoying females from her team), she funnels intelligence back to the motherland. But now Russia's asking for more, and Julia's getting nervous. Alice Lu is a first generation Chinese American whose parents are delighted she's working at Tangerine (such a successful company!). Too bad she's slogging away in the lower echelons, recently dumped, and now sharing her expensive two-bedroom apartment with her cousin Cheri, a perennial "founder's girlfriend". One afternoon, while performing a server check, Alice discovers some unusual activity, and now she's burdened with two powerful but distressing suspicions: Tangerine's privacy settings aren't as rigorous as the company claims they are, and the person abusing this loophole might be Julia Lerner herself. The closer Alice gets to Julia, the more Julia questions her own loyalties. Russia may have placed her in the Valley, but she's the one who built her career; isn't she entitled to protect the lifestyle she's earned?

Whether you've never done improv before, or you've done it for so long you knew Del Close on a personal level, or anywhere in between, come join us! Swing by *Gresso's* for the **Columbus Improv Comedy Meetup** for some fun and games! The idea behind improv is to create entire scenes from scratch based on a suggestion from the audience. This can be done in game form, like *Whose Line Is It Anyway*, *ComedySportz*, or *Wild 'n Out*; it could also be done to tell stories, like *Middleditch and Schwartz*. Our meetup, which is central Ohio's longest running (and free!) weekly comedy event, brings the games (and occasionally different forms) for you to play in a safe, supportive, and compassionate environment. Not only is it a lot of fun, but you get to work on thinking faster on your feet, plus it's an excellent way to meet new people and make friendships that'll last a lifetime! Ask yourself if you want to join the **Columbus Improv Comedy Meetup**, and say "Yes, And" that you'll have fun!

Columbus Code & Coffee is an inclusive, informal co-working session. People of all skill levels attend, and we love it that way. Many people (optionally) bring projects to work on, and many other people (optionally) socialize the entire time. It's entirely up to you! **What to Expect at the Intro Circle** \~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~ Near the beginning of the event (1:30 pm), we do a standup: * Organizer announcements, updates, and logistics Round 1 - (7 secs max): * Your name * What you're working on * What you can help others with Round 2: * Community events you wanna plug. If none, that's cool too. Round 3: * Job opportunities you're hiring for OR announce that you are looking for one. If none, that's cool. After the introduction circle, everything is self-organized! Feel free to work alone, pair up, attend one of our workshops/presentations, or mingle!

The Fellowship of the Star Schema: Transforming OLTP Data for Power BI One does not simply build reports on OLTP data. Join us on an epic journey from the depths of raw, normalized tables to the shining halls of a well-modeled star schema fit for Power BI greatness. We will demystify the differences between OLTP and OLAP, walk through star schema vs snowflake (and why Power BI has a clear favorite), and show you the compression differences between normalized and columnar storage that will make you never look at an OLTP model the same way again. We will cover the different types of dimensions, when to use them, and how to handle Slowly Changing Dimensions without losing your mind. You will leave knowing exactly how to identify a bad model, how to convert OLTP data into a clean star schema, and how to forge relationships that rule them all. Whether you are a data wizard, a curious hobbit, or somewhere in between, your models will never be the same.