of charge programming workshop for women.! ! It is a fascinating opportunity for joining the world of modern technologies, discovering web development tools and new perspectives, both personal and professional.! ! Rails Girls was founded in Finland in 2010. Since then have been over 140 editions held all over the globe, organised non-profit by some of the best programmers and educators.
coaches Coaches can be female or male, but always experts in their field. They will help and explain programming concepts, fighting harmful stereotypes in the meantime. 1. Programming workshop The participants, with the help of the coaches, go through a step-by-step tutorial to build their first online application. Rails Girls Poznań Rails Girls Warsaw III
to interact with the mentors, speakers and make meaningful connections – and a few new friends. 3. Lightning talks As a break from coding, the attendees can listen to a number of short talks, given by guests and sponsors, who share their personal experience with working in tech, exciting and challenging as it is. Rails Girls Warsaw III Rails Girls Warsaw III What happens at a Rails Girls event?
be very popular in Poland. There have been seven Polish editions so far, with the last Warsaw workshop in February 2014 attracting a record number of applications – over 26 for one spot.! ! Now it is time to bring Rails Girls to Łódź.
Some 700 000 residents.! ‣ Over 42 000 students.! ‣ 30 large-scale, beautiful murals.! ‣ 10 active tech user groups.! ‣ 3 RoR dev houses.! ‣ 4 motivated women, willing to introduce others to a Rails adventure.! ‣ 1 goal: make it happen! * pronounce it like ‘would’ # in casual ‘would you’
she went from being a Rails Girls workshop attendee to coach and now – organiser. Her dream has come true and she works as a Ruby on Rails developer. Kasia Jarmołkowicz She has got into programming very recently and is only a beginner, but has immediately fallen in love with the idea of Rails Girls and joined the Rails Girls Łódź organising team. Kasia Kacprzak
programming yet, she works as a SEM specialist and co-organises the Łódź group of Geek Girls Carrots, Marketing Meeting and the Częstochowa barcamp, Aleje.it. Ewelina Choroba Rails Girls Kraków and Rails Girls Berlin attendee as well as Women In Tech And Startups Berlin supporter, she works as a Social Media Manager, co-organising Rails Girls Łódź. Gosia Cieśla
supporting women in tech.! ‣ Promote your own brand among our ambitious and open-minded attendees as well as local IT community and start-up scene.! ‣ Reinforce the image of your company as innovative, readily responding to global trends and appreciating women’s perspective.! ‣ Realise your commitment to equality and diversity of the workforce.! ‣ Have the one-of-a-kind satisfaction of introducing some thirty motivated young women to the exciting world of programming, modern web technologies and entirely new possibilities.! Why should you support our event?
(€400)! ‣ Printed materials: posters, stickers, pens and workbooks – 500zł (€120)! ‣ Swag and gadgets – 500zł (€120)! ‣ Photographer – 500zł (€120)! ‣ Afterparty: for coaches, organisers, sponsors and partners, as well as our friends from the local IT ands start-up community – 650zł (€150) What do we need your support for?
at the workshop.! ‣ You will be invited to our afterparty, together with other sponsors, partners and friends from our local community. ! ‣ You will get the chance to place promotional posters and roll-ups in the workshop space.! ‣ You can give a lighting talk during the workshop.! ‣ You will be mentioned as our supporter in printed materials and digital announcements.! ‣ Your company’s gadgets or swag will be included in gift bags for our attendees and coaches.! Promoting your company logo: ‣ on posters distributed in Łódź;! ‣ on facebook.com/railsgirlslodz, Google+ and twitter.com/RailsGirlsLodz as well as in direct e-mail to our attendees, mentors and organising partners;! ‣ on the Rails Girls event page, railsgirls.com/lodz. Ruby Sponsor – 1500zł (€360)
materials and digital announcements.! ‣ Your company’s gadgets or swag will be included in gift bags for our attendees and coaches.! ‣ You can give a lighting talk during the workshop.! ‣ You will be invited to our afterparty, together with other sponsors, partners and friends from our local community. ! ! ! Promoting your company logo: ‣ on posters distributed in Łódź;! ‣ on facebook.com/railsgirlslodz, Google+ and twitter.com/RailsGirlsLodz as well as in direct e-mail to our attendees, mentors and organising partners;! ‣ on the Rails Girls event page, railsgirls.com/lodz. Emerald Sponsor – 1000zł (€240)
‣ You will be mentioned as our supporter on printed materials and all sort of digital announcement.! ‣ You will be invited to our afterparty, together with other sponsors, partners and friends from our local community. ! ! ! Promoting your company logo: ‣ on posters distributed in Łódź;! ‣ on facebook.com/railsgirlslodz, Google+ and twitter.com/RailsGirlsLodz as well as in direct e-mail to our attendees, mentors and organising partners;! ‣ on the Rails Girls event page, railsgirls.com/lodz. Sapphire Sponsor – 500zł (€120)
talk to us! # We are open to other solutions, too.# We will be happy to answers your questions. You can reach us at: Kasia Jarmołkowicz | [email protected] | +48 609 390 069 Kasia Kacprzak | [email protected] | +48 515 938 170 # Ewelina Choroba | [email protected] | +48 697 493 697# Gosia Cieśla | [email protected] | +49 160 250 59 33, +48 793 963 313#