New Tech Eastside

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Join us on Wednesday, May 15th from 5-7 pm for New Tech Eastside!
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. Enjoy hosted light appetizers, beverages, and connections with new friends and peers.

May Speakers
​Founders, leaders & innovators share their passion & new tech through 8-minute presentations & 3 minutes of your Q&A.

• ​Dedipya Laidlaw, Co-Founder, Karya Solutions - Simplifying coordination for event organizers
• ​Eraj Jayawickreme, Co-Founder, Karya Solutions - Simplifying coordination for event organizers
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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 Format Connecting > community building > community shoutouts > sponsor shoutouts > presentations > afterparty

The Vibe Neighborhood block party – fun, friendly & relaxed with complimentary food & drinks. 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 VR, IoT, Apps, Fintech, Mobiletech, Healthtech, Cloudtech… you get the idea.

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- stick around and continue to mingle!

The After Party Continue connecting to fantastic people in our community after the show ends around 7:15 pm.

The Tickets $20 before the event and $27 if purchased the day of the event.

Thank You to Our Sponsors!
ALLTech
Good Brand
WTIA

Parking Event parking is free!
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May 16th Hot Topic – Improving Prioritization Skills
Adults with ADHD frequently prioritize less critical tasks on their to-do lists, a phenomenon dubbed "procrastivity." This tendency stems from the challenge of managing complex tasks. Cognitive behavioral therapy techniques can aid in overcoming procrastivity by teaching individuals how to effectively prioritize tasks. Join us for free, virtual meetup convening with other ADHD techies to uncover strategies to improve prioritization skills.

Check out this article before the meetup:

• Why the ADHD Brain Chooses the Less Important Task — and How CBT Improves Prioritization Skills

You are not alone. Come join a community of peers where you can safely discuss your neurodiverse experiences with a supportive community of peers once month.

You can attend these virtual Meetups on the third Thursday 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

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.

Attendee Requirements

• Have a belief or diagnosis that you have ADD / ADHD
• Work, or currently be looking for work, in the technology industry

Our monthly virtual meetups are designed to foster collaboration and support within our ADHD tech community. Anyone working in tech who is seeking ADHD support is invited to join us.

To ensure a focused environment, we kindly ask ADHD coaches not to join these events. ADHD Oasis meetups are not a place to coach group members or to actively seek clients. Thank you for your understanding.

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