• Fri. Dec 22nd, 2006 @ 7:00am - 9:00am
• TECHcoffee
• Caribou Coffee at LaSalle & Lake.
• Fee: Buy something to drink and get 1 hour free wifi, $ 1.50 purchases /additional hours

TechCoffee is an idea that’s part running club, part knitting bee, and part hackathon.

Get up early like a running club and work on fun, independent, non-work-related projects. Open source is great, but everyone is invited. Spend a few hours with some of Chicago’s most dedicated software developers.

What languages are allowed?
Whatever floats your Blub. Season One saw Python, Perl, Lisp, Ruby, Javascript, and Java (at least). Oh, and some OCaml. Work on what you’re working on. Everyone’s welcome.

• Tue. Dec 12th, 2006 @ 7:00pm - 12:00am
• Chicago Beta
• Goose Island in Lincoln Park
• Fee: $ 5
• Visit www.chicagobeta.com

This event is for founders, entrepreneurs, developers, revolutionaries, designers, and other people who are currently involved in (or want to join) a web 2.0 start-ups. You should come if:

1. You have an idea and need to people to help you execute
2. You are looking to get involved in a start-up
3. You have a new internet start-up company and would like to connect with other internet start-ups in Chicago

Pop-quiz: ruby on rails, tag clouds, del.icio.us, ajax, agile ?

…if these terms are familiar, then this event is for you. A monthly opportunity to meet, mix, socialize and connect over drinks in a relaxed and casual setting.

NOTE: This is an invitation only event, but if you fit the profile you may request an invitation on the site.

Questions? Contact: Keith Schacht, keith (at) jobcoin [dot] com

• Tue. Dec 12th, 2006 @ 7:30am - 9:00am
• Depaul Coleman Entrepreneurship Center
• Address: DePaul Center, 1 E. Jackson, 8th Floor, Room 8012, Chicago, IL
• Fee: $ 20 or less
• RSVP website

Networking can and should be more that just an exchange of business cards and contact information. At our previous networking events, attendees have said they get the most out of networking when they have the chance to build a relationship through sharing information, resources, and what they have learned through experience. So we’ve designed a structured networking program for entrepreneurs to begin building those relationships. This program is called kNetworking for kNowledge.

kNetworking for kNowledge gives you a chance to be a resource for other entrepreneurs and, at the same time, to gain knowledge about what others have learned thorough their experiences, further helping you grow your business. Giving your expertise, or learning from another’s experience, can be the first step in building a valuable relationship with other entrepreneurs, a relationship that you and your business could benefit from for years to come.

• Thu. Dec 7th, 2006 @ 6:30pm - 8:30pm
• ManhattanGMAT
• Chicago Center
• Address: 222 West Ontario St. Suite 400, Chicago IL 60610
• Fee: FREE
• Sign Up on Website

Starting the MBA application process? Essays, references, undergrad transcripts, your resume, and the GMAT? While it will not single-handedly get you into b-school, the GMAT is an important element and may demand 2-3 months worth of prep work. It WILL pay off to take ample time to study and to study well! Join the ManhattanGMAT team for a free two-hour orientation class about the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) at our Chicago center. Learn test format and scoring, how the GMAT fits into the MBA admissions process, and ManhattanGMAT’s approach to adaptive testing (a major hurdle for most students). Attendees also walk away with four practical strategies to use as you proceed, plus a $ 100 discount off any ManhattanGMAT course.

Questions? Contact: danielle@manhattangmat.com

• Tue. Dec 5th, 2006 @ 6:50pm - 9:30pm
• NorthWest Chicagoland Linux User Group
• Harper College - A242
• Address: 1200 W. Algonquin Rd, Palatine, IL 60067
• Fee: Free

We talk about linux and the things in the linux area…open source, networking, interacting w/ other os’s and such. We can have newbies to sys admins to programs at our meetings. So come on out to the NW burbs and see what things we are doing.
We meet the first Tuesday of the month at Harper College in Palatine IL.

Questions? Contact: nwclugadmin@harpercollege.edu

• Tue. Dec 5th, 2006 @ 11:30am - Tue. Oct 31st, 2006 @ 2:00pm
• e!nnovate 2.0
• Milwaukee Athletic Club
• Address: 758 N Broadway, Milwaukee WI
• Fee: 35.00
• Register Online

December 5, 2006

Milwaukee Athletic Club ~ Superior Room
758 N Broadway, Milwaukee

The Future of Innovation

Internationally acclaimed futurist David Zach will assemble perspectives on the art and science of innovation: where it’s taking us, what are the opportunities, what are the dangers? Then, he’ll help you interpret how those perspectives join into focus for your technology future.

If you’re at all curious about trends with nanotechnology, logistics, health care, secrecy, design, megacorporations, the startup in your spare room, and even the mysterious world of teenagers, this futurist will have a few answers that will surprise, infuriate and perhaps even delight you.

David Zach is one of the few professionally trained futurists on the planet, having earned an MS in Studies of the Future from the University of Houston. He’s spoken to over 1200 organizations and has shared the program with such notables as Newt Gingrich, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and most recently with Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the two guys who do Comedy Central’s South Park.

Who Should Attend?

Technology strategists, managers and innovators. Entrepreneurs, startup executives and venture capitalists. Developers, programmers and other visionaries. CIOs and CTOs in the process of planning long-term strategy.

Why Should You Attend?

Mr. Zach will donate his speaking fee to directly benefit Barbara Elliot Eaves’ daughter, Caitlin Eaves, who recently suffered a severe spinal cord injury, paralyzing her from the waist down. Barbara Elliot Eaves is an eInnovate board member and its former Executive Director. eInnovate is proud to be able to assist in giving back to a member who has contributed so much to the organization.

Date: Tuesday, December 5th, 2006

Location: Milwaukee Athletic Club ~ Superior Room
758 N Broadway, Milwaukee

Schedule:
11:30am Registration and Networking
12:00pm Lunch
12:30pm Welcome and Introduction
12:35pm Presentation: Interpreting Your Future - The Direction of Technology Innovation
2:00pm Adjourn

Cost: $ 35.00 per person

What To Do Next

Sign-up online via credit card at www.eInnovate.org
E-mail reservation to einnovate@teamwi.com.

Additional donations for Caitlin Eaves be made payable to Town Bank of Delafield. Donations will be collected on-site at the event or may be mailed to the e!nnovate office.
Parking: On-Site.

• Mon. Dec 4th, 2006 @ 6:00pm - 8:00pm
• MobileMonday Chicago
• ThoughtWorks
• Address: 200 E Randolph (25th Floor)
• Fee: 0.00 USD
• Please join the mailing group - link on the website

partyStrands is a free interactive music and entertainment service for bars, clubs and DJs that utilizes screens, mobile phones and digital music and offers partygoers a new, colorful and fresh way to have fun. Partygoers can pick the nights music, send text messages and pictures and vote on songs, drinks, and much more, all from their cell phones.

partStrands will present at this MoMo session. Stephen Venute of pS will present the application and describe his companies view of social technologies such as pS and recommendation based mobile communities. Where is this technology headed and what the future holds and ofcourse we will have an interactive session with pS and get to try it for ourselves.

Thanks to ThoughtWorks for hosting the event.

Where:
The ThoughtWorks office:
25th Floor,
200 East Randolph, (The Aon Centre)
Chicago, IL

When:
6pm on Dec 4th (Monday)

Light Snacks and Drinks will be served at the venue
At this session - be ready to draw your mobile at the sight of partyStrands, the latest in interactive music entertainment projected to a wall. With a simple text message (alias + artist) you will be able to influence the music and request a favorite artist from our music library. You can also interact with other MoMo’ers via text messages sent to the screen, or email your pictures to the display, or even participate in votings.

Please sign up to the mailing group for more details. We might get over-subscribed this event so it would be a good idea to rsvp on the mailing group.

Questions? Contact: Kiran (kiran [doT] bellubbi aT gMail [doT] com

• Fri. Dec 1st, 2006 @ 7:45am - 9:30am
• Mobium: New Paradigm Event
• Merchandise Mart Conference Center, 2nd floor of the Mart Apparel Center / Holiday Inn
• Address: Map here
• Fee: Free with reservation
• RSVP website

Join us for a discussion of textual relations and techno-marketing from author and postmodern marketing expert, Rick Mathieson. Read more here.

• Breakfast 7:45-8:15am
• Presentation 8:15-9:30am

Mr. Mathieson’s book, BRANDING UNBOUND, is hailed by Amazon.com as one of the top 20 books on advertising, and has been rated “one of the best marketing books of the year” by Midwest Book Review. Through his highly acclaimed research into next-generation business models, Mathieson has explored his belief that wireless technology is further pitting advertiser against advertiser in a survival-of-the-fittest competition, which changes from nanosecond to nanosecond.

To be successful, b-to-b marketers must understand this paradigm and get on board quickly with the techno-trends. You’ll learn:

• The five strategic advances of mBranding
• The Top 10 secrets of successful wireless advertising and how to build an effective wireless advertising campaign
• Top trends in business-driven wireless experiences
• Critical success factors for bringing your sales force into the know

Steve Simpson, Partner, Creative Director of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners describes Mathieson’s BRANDING UNBOUND and the theories within as “The road map to the right now. Provocative. Up to date.”

Arrive at the Merchandise Mart Conference Center, 2nd floor of the Mart Apparel Center / Holiday Inn Mart Plaza building (Make your way to the Apparel Center’s riverside entrance or take the Merchandise Mart elevator to the second floor and proceed across the pedway to the Apparel Center).