Events

Join us at one our events to connect with other women, foster learning, and engage with the Charlottesville tech scene.  CWIT events are usually free and open to all women in our community. If you are new to or have been in technology for many years, you will find a welcoming and safe environment to engage.

Graphic Content: Visualizing data so your audience hears the message

WHEN: November 18 2021, 12pm - 1pm EST
WHERE: Online event
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Your team has done a lot of research and data crunching, and you’ve uncovered a great story to tell. Now, how do you get people to listen? 

You can throw all the numbers and tables at people like you’d like, but there’s no guarantee that your audience will take in that information or remember the key points. Knowing what works and what doesn’t when visualizing your data can help your messages be heard by coworkers, clients, or that person with the fancy c-suite title at next week’s meeting.  

Please Join Leanna Kent, from Elder Research, for a virtual session on November 18, 2021 from noon to 1pm. She will discuss ways to visualize data for your specific audience, and how to help that audience focus on what’s most important. 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leannakent/

Bio
LeAnna is a creative, data-driven problem solver dedicated to utilizing her analytical skills to improve the daily lives of others. LeAnna enjoys researching innovative options to achieve goals and objectives and has experience employing her skills to solve real-world problems and influence policy. LeAnna is passionate about the power analytics has to inform decision making. She is currently an analyst and data scientist at Elder Research with experience utilizing text analytics, statistics, network analysis, and unsupervised learning techniques across a diverse range of business problems and data structures. She is ardent about creating user-centric design through visualizations of advanced modelling techniques. As a data scientist, LeAnna has managed engagements with several commercial and government entities.

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Charlottesville Tech Scene

 There are many ways to get connected to Charlottesville's vibrant tech scene. Check out this list of events and resources curated by CWIT to help guide your way.

Upcoming

April 20 - Charlottesville Entrepreneurs + Espresso (Ce-2) which will feature early stage entrepreneur: Sid Carpenter of Maverick Exchanges along with Crash & Learn speaker: Kirby Farrell from Locus Health. More info.

April 28 - Improve your conversion rates hosted by Startup Virginia. Learn about website conversion rates with David Song, marketing expert and found of Rose Labs. More info.

May 10-13 - Third Annual NVTC Impact AI Summit. A 4-day virtual summit to learn more about the recent advancements and innovations in AI. More info.

Ongoing

Online

CBIC Tech on Tap, a monthly series of happy hours held on the 2nd Tuesdays from 5:00–7:00 p.m.

CBIC Charlottesville Entrepreneurs + Espresso (ce-2) is a casual gathering of learning for entrepreneurs at all stages of venture creation on the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 8:00am at the i.Lab at UVA.

First Wednesdays is an informal, ad-hoc, technology-agnostic meetup held on the 1st Wednesday of the month starting at 8:00pm.

Charlottesville Business Innovation Council (CBIC) has a mission to educate, celebrate and advocate for Charlottesville’s technology community and to accelerate technology innovation and entrepreneurship in the region. CBIC Connect

Code for Charlottesville is a local chapter of the Code for America Brigades focused on improving the lives of Charlottesville residents.

Cville Makes is a meetup group sharing and creating projects while working toward making a makerspace a reality in Cville.

Cville Slack is a quick and easy way to catch the ear of the local tech community.

CWIT group on CBIC Connect

Shift/Enter provides educational and career development resources, in a welcoming and inclusive environment, for the burgeoning technical workforce in Charlottesville and the surrounding area.

The Neon Guild listserv offers another avenue to reach local tech folks. To get on this famous list, however, you have to attend at least one of their monthly meetings (except summer).