GeekMeet Dallas

Tips for a successful Happy Hour Event: Going to a bar to watch football is one thing — don your jersey, get there early to get a table near your game, and ask for extra napkins when you order wings. Tips for a successful happy hour event aren’t too far from that… One, find out [...]

You may have read my last blog about actually showing up at a networking event. Of course, you need to walk in the door in order to even have a chance at meeting someone and making a good impression. But, the follow up is just as important. You go to a networking event with an [...]

When I moved to Dallas last year, I did not have a full-time job nor did I know anyone here.   Fuelled by a Horatio Alger-type spirit, I naïvely thought,  “The economy is better in Texas.  I will surely get a job there.”  Indeed, that was true. After I arrived, my presence graced 44 companies’ walls [...]

Variety is the spice of life, and that cannot be truer than inside a GeekMeet event. While GeekMeet is certainly a technology-based networking group and nearly all attendees are at least affiliated with some aspect of technology, only about one-third to one-half are actual “techies”.