Talk Night: The Power of Community

Networking can be awkward, talking to strangers can feel like a huge challenge and who has the energy to talk about code after 8 hours of work?
But if we overcome our inner resistance, magic can happen 🪄

✍️ EVENT DESCRIPTION

Join us for an evening celebrating the power of community! We will hear about the benefits of being part of a community, get to know communities of Berlin and learn about how product development and community belong together.
We will have two amazing speakers and will also have guests from communities around Berlin.

Talk: Networking in Tech: A reflection on how to navigate the world of tech events and make connections and friends.
Aiming to demystify the buzzword ‘networking’, we’ll talk about getting to know people in the tech world and making valuable connections to promote products, find a job or just make new friends.

Talk: Beyond Software: How communities can help with explaining and selling software to non-technical target groups
Communities can greatly support identifying and translating customer needs into a product and therefore facilitate explaining and selling technical products to non-technical decision makers.

🌎 LOCATION

We are kindly hosted by Europace. There will be snacks and drinks.
This event is hybrid. We'd love to see as many of you as possible in person, but for those who want to join remotely we will provide a Zoom link. This is still an experiment for us, but we'll do our best to provide a good online experience.

⏰ AGENDA

18:30 Doors open: Grab a snack and meet the community
19:00 Intro and welcome
19:05 Talk: Beyond Software
19:30 Community Corner
20:00 Talk: Networking in Tech

🗣 SPEAKER(S)

Livia de Castro e Mello, TS Developer and Data Engineer.
Livia is a Typescript Developer and Data Engineer at Europace. A career changer from agronomy and rural development, her previous experiences range from field research and fertiliser exports in Latin America to pursuing a diplomatic dream in Brazil. Since 2020, she has been part of the team that allows financing customers to reach their goals as easily as checking their phone

Miriam Blanarsch, Product Lead & Senior Product Manager
Miriam is a Product Lead and Senior Product Manager at Europace. Before, she worked as an experienced banker for almost 10 years at various companies in Germany and New York. In 2018, she moved to Berlin’s fin-tech bubble and worked for Raisin and other startups. Since 2020 she is responsible for one of the products at Europace.

🏢 ABOUT OUR HOST

For more than 20 years and for over 800 partners from the banking, insurance and financial sales sectors, we have been developing solutions for our users from a consumer perspective. We are Germany's largest transaction platform for real estate financing, home loan and savings products and installment loans.
At Europace, we want people in our society to be able to make their own financial decisions and for finance to be a natural part of every life plan. To achieve this, we create the most advanced technology for the best financing of the 21st century.

👩🏽‍💻 ABOUT WOMEN WHO CODE

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🔷CODE OF CONDUCT

Women Who Code (WWCode) is dedicated to providing an empowering experience for everyone who participates in or supports our community, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, ability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, age, religion, socioeconomic status, caste, or creed. Our events are intended to inspire women to excel in technology careers, and anyone who is there for this purpose is welcome. Because we value the safety and security of our members and strive to have an inclusive community, we do not tolerate harassment of members or event participants in any form. Our Code of Conduct (https://www.womenwhocode.com/codeofconduct) applies to all events run by Women Who Code, Inc. If you would like to report an incident or contact our leadership team, please submit an incident report form (http://bit.ly/wwcode-incident-form).

📸 MEDIA CONSENT

We may be taking photos of this event for promotional purposes.
If you do not want to be photographed, please let our organizers know. We want to respect your privacy. Thank you!

🌟 FEEDBACK

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